The 108 year old Victoria Falls Bridge was opened on 12 September 1905 by Charles Darwin’s son, George. The powerful structure that took a mere fourteen months to build represents an incredible feat of cutting edge Victorian design and a magnificent example of industrial revolution engineering. Once at the heart of Cecil John Rhodes’ vision for a Cape to Cairo Railway, today the bridge is the second greatest tourist attraction in Victoria Falls after the Falls themselves.
I am notorious for being afraid of heights - so it was just a little scary to be hanging under a bridge 300 plus feet in the air. Also - this is the only bridge across the Zambezi for hundreds of miles and every time a vehicle went across - the whole bridge shook.
But it was cool. We put on climbing harnesses and climbed down under the bridge to see the construction
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| We are clipped in to the cable - but actually it felt really safe. |
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| We made it across the bridge. We are now on the Zimbabwe side A beautiful day! |
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