Victoria Falls National Park occupies the area between west bank of the Zambezi River below the Victoria Falls and the A8 national road. Entry is off Livingstone Way from the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority entrance. The Zambezi National Park is north and east of Victoria Falls town along Livingstone Way with the main Park entrance a few kilometres north of Victoria Falls town next to the Zambezi River. A notable feature of the park is the rainforest which grows in the spray of the falls, including ferns, palms, liana vines, and a number of trees such as mahogany not seen elsewhere in the region. The park is located within the Zambezian and Mopane woodlands eco region.

The best birding time is during the summer rainy season, when there is a profusion of insect life and all the migrant birds are in residence. Swallows and warblers are the most prolific Eurasian migrants while a range of cuckoos migrate to the area from central Africa. Because of the rise in the water table some ground-nesting species leave the area during the wet season.There is less active bird life in the winter when the visitors have departed, but this is compensated for by an increase in resident raptor activity. Many of the larger eagles engage in courtship displays during early winter and breed during the dry season when trees have shed their leaves and prey on the ground is easier to spot.

Common birds along the river include the squadrons of Cape cormorants that fly low over the water, African darters and little egrets. Away from the river, look out for the variety of hornbill species, the fork-tailed drongo and the white-browed sparrow weaver, which is responsible for the conspicuous, round grass nests in the dry woodlands around Victoria Falls. The most commonly-seen large bird is the marabou stork.

Birding is a highlight of a trip to Victoria Falls: 470 species of birds have been recorded in both these parks and in the Victoria Falls area, including Pel's fishing owl, African skimmers, Taita falcon, African finfoot, Verreaux's eagle, African fish eagle, Miombo pied barbet, collared palm thrush, Lanner falcon, Goliath heron, osprey and half-collared kingfisher. More birds here are; White-faced Whistling-Duck, Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Knob-billed Duck, Egyptian Goose, Spur-winged Goose, African Pygmy-Goose, Blue-billed Teal, Cape Shoveler, African Black Duck,Yellow-billed Duck, Red-billed Duck, Southern Pochard, Crested Francolin,Coqui Francolin, Shelley's Francolin, Harlequin Quail, Red-billed Francolin, Natal Francolin, Swainson's Francolin, Greater Flamingo, Lesser Flamingo, Little Grebe, Mourning Collared-Dove, Red-eyed Dove, Ring-necked Dove, Laughing Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove, Namaqua Dove, African Green-Pigeon etc. Double-banded Sandgrouse,Kori Bustard, Denham's Bustard, Red-crested Bustard, Black-bellied Bustard, Schalow'sTuraco, Purple-crested Turaco, Ross's Turaco, Gray Go-away-bird, Senegal Coucal, Coppery-tailed Coucal, White-browed Coucal, Black Coucal, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Levaillant's Cuckoo, Pied Cuckoo, Dideric Cuckoo, Klaas's Cuckoo, African Emerald Cuckoo, Black Cuckoo, Red-chested Cuckoo, African Cuckoo, Common Cuckoo etc.