Lunar Rainbow Experience Victoria Falls
Lunar rainbow experiences at Victoria Falls offer a rare opportunity of viewing the moonbow over the Falls.
Also called Moon Bows, this spectacle of light is best seen just after moonrise.
The National Park is open for 3 nights so you can view the phenomena the night before, the night of and the night after the Full Moon.
Starting from the entrance the guides will escort you along the paths to a stopping point. By this time the moon will be visible. Time is allowed for photographs to be taken and then it is a slow walk back.
This is an activity not to be missed.
How the Moonbow occurs
When the moon is full, the sky is relatively clear and the Victoria Falls are at their peak flow, (Jan to May) huge rainbows appear through the mist at night.
Victoria Falls is one of the very few places where you can view this phenomenon.
This unique event, is visible the day before, the day of and the day after the full moon.
The lunar rainbow is best seen at times of high water Jan to July.
The months of March, April, May, June and July are ideal as clear skies are normal and the waters have subsided
It is then that the light of the moon is refracted through the mists that rise up from the base of Victoria Falls
During high water on the Zimbabwe side you will be soaked with spray as sheets of endless water thunder into the Zambezi below.
The sound is deafening as over ten million litres of water a second plunge 100 metres over the edge. (Jan to March)
Ma Nature doesn’t charge a red cent for the most incredible sights of all, a moonlit rainbow over the Falls and magic sunsets over the Zambezi River Activities.
What you should do to enjoy this spectacular phenomenon
Firstly, please note that pre-booking not required. Just make your way to the National Parks entrance.
You can choose to view the moonbow the night before, on the actual night of the Full moon or the night after.
To look on the delicate Lunar Rainbow, which the light of the moon shining through the spray creates, is a natural wonder without equal
When the Moon is Full, it rises at sunset and is visible all night long.
At the end of the night, the Full Moon sets just as the Sun rises.
The Rainforest gates are open the night before, during and after the full moon.
Visitors MUST show proof of Nationality when entering the Victoria Falls Rainforest.
Zimbabwe Park guides will escort you to designated stopping points.
Time is allowed for photographs of this beautiful natural sight.
