The Museum

Livingstone, Zambia  is 10km from the world famous Victoria falls, named after the explorer David Livingstone the first settlement was called the Old Drift and located a few km from the falls. The main town was established in 1905.

As a major European settlement it was made the Capital of Northern Rhodesia in 1911.As  the capital it enjoyed excellent facilities and has some Grand Edwardian colonial buildings are still here. After the capital was moved to Lusaka, Livingstone became a quiet & was somewhat neglected town. Recently there has been a surge of new investment into the town developing it into a rival to the town of Victoria falls across the bridge in Zimbabwe. Since We set up Zulunet here in Sept. 2000 there have been a number of new Lodges, restaurants, shops, adventure centres & the new Sun hotels to be opened in April/May 2001.Livingstone is having a face lift and we're proud to be part of it!

If you want to know more about Livingstone & Mosi-o-Tunya ( the smoke that Thunders) try these links:

africa-insites.com/zambia/cities/travel/livingst.htm

adventure-africa.com      www.zambiatourism.com

The falls are located midway along the course f the Zambezi River at the boarder between Zambia & Zimbabwe. It is twice as wide & twice as deep as the Niagara Falls. The waterfalls spans the entire breadth of the Zambezi River at one of the Widest points ( more than 1,700m. At the Falls the water) At the falls the river plunges over a sheer preciple to a maximum drop of 108 meters. The Falls mean flow is almost 935 cubic meters per second.

The Kololo Lozi people named the falls 'Mosi-o-Tunya' ('The smoke that thunders'). The eastern portions of the falls are mostly dry during times of low river flow. The waters drop into an open chasm which varies in width from 25-75m. The chasm's only outlet is a narrow channel out in the barrier wall. This gorge is less than 65m wide & 350m long. Through this flows the entire volume of the Zambezi River. At the end of the gorge is the Boiling Pot a deep pool into which the waters churn & foam at flood time. 

The British explorer David Livingstone was the first European to see the falls ( Nov.16th 1855). He took it upon himself to name them for Queen Victoria of the UK. 

The Victoria Falls & the adjoining Parklands were collectively designated a 'World Heritage sight' in 1989.

Popular tourist sports around this area are Bunji Jumping from the bridge which links Zimbabwe on one side of the falls with Zambia on the other, White water rafting along the gorges, balloon and micro light flights over the area and canoeing. Sunset cruises are also popular. 

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