Originally Posted by Full Score
Kurwah & bertheike:
As you've both visited Victoria Falls, for a quick 3 day visit would you advise staying on the Victoria Falls or Livingstone side of the Falls? Not really interested in safaris, etc. Just a relaxed luxury hotel with local sight-seeing.
Is there any advantage to splitting it between the two sides and entering via VFA and exiting via LVI, or vice versa?
Also, is travel between the two countries easy (security, hassle factrors, etc)? Visas for travellers with US & UK passports?
Does any OW airline fly LVI-JNB?
i have done the Zambia side of the Falls, but I booked from SA, otherwise the hotels charge way more and get really expensive.
The Royal Livingston is a SUN international hotel and shares the gorunds with the cheap hotel. From the hotel it is a 10 minutes walk to the falls, and if you are in the hotel you don't pay the park fee to go into the Fall area.
Even though it sounds horrid, we did a package. FLights, hotel, breakfast, helicpoter and river curise.. EEEK River Cruise, but it was actually quite good, and the free booze was plenty and sufficiently diverse.
Three days is minimum if you are doing these things.
OTOH, the Zim side is more spectacular, as you are in the middle of the river. Having said that we went oto the bidge (I didn't do the bungee jump) and had a look from both sides, I think it is impressive. If you go Nov,DEC JAN, you will be disappointed as the water levels are low. In June/July it is spectecular.
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Wolfgang