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Acclaimed
as the wildest one-day whitewater run in the World, the Zambezi River is
also recognized by rafting and kayaking enthusiasts as one of the top ten
paddling rivers on the planet!
If you don't
immediately associate the terms "Stairway to Heaven" and "Oblivion" with
adventure then you haven't experienced Zambezi Whitewater! |
The Batoka
Rapids
White Water
Rafting on the Zambezi River in Victoria Falls has been classified by the
British Canoe Union as Grade 5 - "extremely difficult, long and violent
rapids, steep gradients, big drops and pressure areas".
This is a high
volume, pool-drop river with little exposed rock either in the rapids or
in the pools below the rapids. Pick up a rapid-by-rapid account through
the Batoka Gorge....
The Batoka
rapids below Victoria Falls were run in a raft for the first time in March
1981 |
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Safari Par
Excellence was one of the first commercial rafting operations in the early
90's and has established itself as the leading whitewater outfit in Zambia:
first in safety, gear, river guides and back-up.
The company
also pioneered river-boarding on the Zambezi and is recognized as the top
kayaking outfit on the Zambian shoreline at Victoria Falls.
The Zambezi
Waterfront located 4 km upstream of the falls is the official base from
which we conduct our rafting, kayaking and riverboarding operations. |
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Excellence operates year round. River conditions are determined by
seasonally predictable fluctuations in water levels.
Low water season
generally runs from August to January each year - this is when the Zambezi
is at its very wildest.
We're in high
water from about February to July with a short "closed season" around April/May
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