Swimming at the edge of Victoria Falls

Posted by Miss Cellania in Pictures, Travel & Places on February 12, 2008 at 11:58 am


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Victoria Falls is on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is 360 feet tall. At the top is a natural rock pool, called Devil’s Pool, where the water is relatively calm. From September to December, when the water level is low, you can swim in Devil’s Pool. The pictures are bound to make you just a little nervous. Or a lot. Link (with video) -via Dark Roasted Blend


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10 comments to "Swimming at the edge of Victoria Falls"

  1. ::mwah::
    February 12th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

    Every single year, someone swims above a waterfall in Yosemite and gets Darwin'd.

  2. Nate Deviate
    February 12th, 2008 at 1:44 pm

    Take me to the river, but there is no way on this green earth you would get me in that water... all the while it is so freaking cool to look at others hopping in...

  3. owen
    February 12th, 2008 at 2:15 pm

    Probably lot's of well fed crocodiles down river every September to December.

  4. Christophe
    February 12th, 2008 at 2:26 pm

    You got to be already crazy to go in Zambia or Zimbabwe. Victoria Falls seems tamed compared to the risk of travelling in those countries...

  5. stacyj
    February 12th, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    I'm outright amazed that googling 'Victoria Falls' (or Devil's Pool) and 'death' didn't result in much at all, one look at those pictures made me sure there had to be a heap of unlucky tourists (or tourist bits) churning away at the bottom of those falls ... yeesh!

  6. Lea
    February 12th, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    those pictures made me shudder with terror but it looks exhilirating at the same time!
    ...I've only been to Cumberland Falls. Victoria Falls and Cumberland Falls are the only two waterfalls in the world to have moonbows (like rainbows but at night).

  7. Tempscire
    February 12th, 2008 at 9:13 pm

    Oh lord. And yet, I would still be tempted.

  8. Greg
    February 13th, 2008 at 8:57 am

    I just saw something similar in a recent issue of National Geographic, with an African, not a tourist.

    It still gives me chills, but then I'm one of those guys whose palms get sweaty watching a mountain climbing documentary. Heights...shudder...

  9. marieissah
    February 14th, 2008 at 2:51 am

    This is very cool!

  10. laur
    February 15th, 2008 at 1:10 am

    I think I got nausea just from looking at those pictures. I'd be the one all the way at the other end of the pool, sticking a toe in and then scrambling back up.

    Seriously. What if there's a gust of wind? Aaaah...


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