Wanting to continue the trip in style after our visit to Islands of Siankaba, we opted to have high tea on Livingstone Island. This is the island at the very top of Victoria Falls from where David Livingstone first saw the waterfalls and was reported to have said that ‘scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight’. How could we miss that?

Our pick-up for the trip was from the Royal Livingstone Hotel, a beautiful lodge overlooking the falls. We snuck in early to make use of their sun loungers, pool and fluffy towels and caught a glimpse of high tea served in their lounge. I’ve never seen such an amazing array of cakes! I hoped this was a sneak preview of what was to come.

After a three minute speed boat ride to the island we were greeted by welcoming staff serving the local maize/banana drink before being guided one-by-one to the very edge of the top of the falls. It was slightly nerve-wracking given the 110m drop and slippery wet rocks, but apparently they’ve not lost anyone over the edge so far. After seeing the falls from the ground and a microlight, I feel like this completed my view. It was a great experience.

Over at the tented ‘restaurant’ we were served Pimms and lemonade, which our American friend Ang was amused to try – this was his first high tea and we had to guide him through the menu and etiquette (like putting milk in your tea). Drinks were followed by a tasty tea of savoury pastries and cakes, including great brownies, though I was slightly disappointed – it was nothing like the display over at the hotel (and we later learnt that we paid 4x the price for our tea). But I guess you can’t put a price on standing at the top of one of the natural wonders of the world.

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