The Big Tree This large baobab 100m away from the river, a few kilometres north of Victoria Falls town, was a historical landmark, meeting place and camp site for pioneers crossing the river to Old Drift settlement. Many people have carved their names into the tree, which is hundreds of years old. Even though it is undoubtedly a “big tree” – 16m around the trunk and about 20m high, there are many bigger and older specimens in the area. The baobab (Adansonia digitata) is southern Africa’s most distinctive tree with its extremely stout, fleshy trunk and widely spreading crown. An African legend holds that a giant child of the gods once pulled the baobab out of the ground and then stuck it back upside down, which accounts for its root-like branches. Left: 1997 by Prof. Lee Berger Right: 1884 by by Frank "Zambezi" Watson

Other walks

Victoria Falls Safari Lodge has a nature walk through its property on the edge of the Zambezi National Park. There are some wonderful walks in the park itself – a particularly good option is the half-walk, half-canoeing outing.
Nakavanga Game Reserve offers guided game walks.