Located on the Zambezi River, the mighty Victoria Falls is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. With sights that are guaranteed to leave a mark one's soul, the Victoria Falls, known locally as the Mosi-oa-Tunya (Tokaleya Tonga: the Smoke that Thunders), is one of two World Heritage Sites on the Zambezi River. The river flows broad and placid to the brink of a 1700 mm wide basalt lip before taking a 100 metre headlong plunge into the thunderous, frothy chasm of the Batoka Gorge below. Its the world's largest sheet of falling water..