Zongo Falls - à TipTopduTop

A good day to explore!  Something nearby is making a tremendous noise.  An overgrown trail leads to a very special place.

As if a scene from an adventure film, the view suddenly opens to reveal Zongo Falls, a name meaning 'roaring.'

The guide waves to come over for a better look.  The eroded slopes are a jumble of rocks and boulders.

But after climbing down to the river level, one finds an almost alien landscape caused by severe wearing that happens during the equatorial monsoon rains and flooding.

Below, the river has carved out all sorts of weird and curious shapes out of the sandstone layers.

The wild and crazy forms are everywhere, exposed during the short dry season.

Here, loose rocks spun around to wear out first a depression, then over time a hole where during the monsoon floods, the wildly churning river spins them around inside the cavity that they continue to erode.

As the young explorer views with awe the crashing torrents of water, the guide smiles and says, "It's a good day to visit.  We only turned on the water yesterday." 

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