
Home Places Accommodation Activities Special Offers Houseboats	BOOK NOW

Your are in > Activities > Livingstone

Victoria Falls - moonbow

Somewhere, over the moonbow.

Two locations noted for their frequent moonbow observations are Kentucky's Cumberland Falls and Africa's Victoria Falls. There, the bows form from drops in the waterfall mist.

The best time to see Victoria Falls, moonbow, is during a full Moon, at times of high water – the months of January to July.

The spray can be seen for miles, and on a clear, bright, moonlit night ( usually from March to July ) it forms something called a “moonbow” — reputedly one of the most staggeringly beautiful natural phenomena on the planet.

It is then that the light of the moon is refracted through the mists that rise up from the base of Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls has predictable, regular Moonbow's

To look on the delicate Lunar Rainbow, which the light of the moon shining through the spray creates, is a natural wonder without equal

A moonbow (also known as a lunar rainbow or white rainbow) is a rainbow that occurs at night. Moonbow's are relatively faint, due to the smaller amount of light from the Moon. As with rainbows, they are always in the opposite part of the sky from the moon

For obvious reasons, Moonbow's are most easily viewed during full moon, just after astronomical twilight in the evening or before astronomical twilight in the morning
(i.e. when the moon is low, not overhead)

Lunar Calendar Full Moon 2008

Jan 22 | Feb 21 | March 21 | April 20 | May 20 June 18 | July 18 | Aug 16 | Sept 15 | Oct 14 | Nov 13 | Dec 12

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

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 spray has subsided to a point where the falls are visible.

Satellite Picture of Victoria Falls

National park entrance fee rates for Moonbow Viewing:

International USD30 - Regional USD15

Easy Bookings

Click Here for Moonbow tour at Victoria falls on the Zambian side

OR email us at

Tel: + 27 31 762 2424 |ask for Niki, Maxine or Carien office hrs
Fax: + 27 31 762 2402 All hours | Direct fax to Email 086 512
Emergency + 27 (0)31 776 3173 (clients only) World Times
Skype or Google Talk call sign afrizim live chat (S.Africa +2 hrs)

next activity from zambia >>