See Long Island from the air — a long island of sand and bush in the Zambezi upstream of the falls, a single shape in the channel on the way toward Zambezi National Park. From the bank it is a strip in the river; from the helicopter it is a waypoint on the game flight.
The 25-minute game flight is the one that flies over it on the park circuit. The 12-minute scenic flight stays with Victoria Falls and a short stretch of the upper Zambezi; it does not sell this island pass. Zambezi National Park is the country this island sits toward.
You do not land on the island and you do not walk it. You see Long Island from the helicopter, then continue the game flight. The pilot turns for the V&A of this river — the park — or back toward the helipad after the loop.
The extra minutes over the 12-minute flight are how Long Island and the park become named waypoints instead of a glimpse on the way home. That is the point of the longer Victoria Falls product. Batoka Gorge is the downriver slot on both flights; this island is only on the 25-minute ticket.
Stay on the 12-minute tour if the curtain is enough. Stay on the 25-minute tour if the upstream river and park are the point.
Sand, bush, a long shape in the channel, the park ahead. That island is a 25-minute waypoint. The 12-minute scenic flight does not sell it. You do not land on it. The extra minutes are how the island and the park become the product instead of a maybe on the way back to the helipad. Keep an eye out for game on the banks; sightings are not guaranteed. The island is a shape in the river, not a stop.
Book the 25-minute tour and see Long Island from the air.
Ver Long Island desde el aire: Victoria Falls · Victoria Falls 12-Minute Helicopter Tour.