We are considering coming to Victoria Falls around October 9-12. We have heard that there is very little water. Do you think that early October would be a good time to see the falls? We do not want to travel there from the US and not see the majesty of the falls! If you have any pictures from OCTOBER, please include. Thanks
October is at the height of the dry season, and it gets intensely hot. The Falls will be at their lowest at about the end of November.
The Falls on the Zimbabwe side never dry up and are always impressive even at the height of the dry season. In fact its a lovely time of year because there is greater visibility of the Falls due to less spray.
The Falls only become dry from rainbow falls going east towards Zambia. So if you only go to Zambia you will be disappointed as you will not see any waterfall, just a huge rock face.
Game viewing in October is at its best and summer migrant birds are here in full force.
So all in all if you can handle a little bit of heat, it is a brilliant time of year. If you come to the Zimbabwean side you won't be disappointed I can assure you.
It's not possible for me to up load picture here as I am only commenting on your question but if you go to our pictures page Click Here. Pictures 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 are all taken in late September and you can see that there is plenty of water. Picture 9 shows you rainbow falls and eastern cataract in Zambia that are starting to dry up. By late October those will probably be completely dry. Picture 10 shows you main falls which still has tons of water.
Hope that helps and look forward to seeing you there
