Found on the list of the seven natural wonders of the world and nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria falls, also called Mosi-oa-Tunya, is found on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, on the Zambezi river in Africa. Called Mosi-oa-Tunya, meaning "the smoke that thunders", by the locals, the majestic falls were renamed, after Queen Victoria, when a Scottish exployer, David Livingstone, visited the falls in 1855. One of Southern Africa's main tourist attractions, the falls are a part of two National Parks. Victoria Falls is located in both the Victoria Falls National park in Zimbabwe and the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park in Zambia. Both National Parks are home to giraffe, elephants, hippos and buffalo. The Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park is also home to two white rhinos, imported from nearby South Africa. Victoria Falls is, approximately, one mile wide and four hundred and twenty feet high.
