In 1851, Livingstone first heard of the great waterfall, but it
was only in 1855 that he set out to visit it. He spent the night
on Kalai Island a few kilometres upstream of the Falls, having
come down river by foot, and the next morning set off in a small
canoe to approach the thundering smoke. He landed on the biggest
island on the lip of the falls and from there obtained his first
view of the falls.
He named the Falls in honour of his Queen and the
island became known as Livingstone Island.
Now protected by the National Parks of Zambia, it has become
the world's most exclusive picnic spot. Accessed by a reliable
twin-engined launch boat, a three course waitered picnic lunch
including champagne awaits you, only a few metres from the spray
and rainbows.
Livingstone Island separates the Main Falls from Horseshoe
Falls and Rainbow Falls, the highest cataract.
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