We will pick you up around 8am for tea and coffee at our check-in spot, next to the Zambian side of the Victoria Falls. Your guide will give you a complete trip briefing regarding the logistics and the safety of the trip. You will pack your gear and the food required for the trip into dry bags You will then walk down to the boiling pot, directly below the Victoria Falls where your rafts and guides will be waiting for you.The equipment will be loaded evenly onto the rafts. After practicing your paddling and getting used to your guide’s quick commands, you will start rafting from rapid #1 to rapid #23. (25km) Some of the bigger rapids run today are, #4 Morning Glory, #5 Stairway to heaven, #6 Devil’s toilet bowl, #7 Gulliver’s travel, #8 Midnight Dinner, #11 Overland truck eater, #13 the Mother, #15 the Washing machine, #18 Oblivion.
At mid-day we will stop below rapid #10 to take a break and have some Lunch.Upon arrival at rapid #21, you will unload the rafts and set up the camp on the beach: building up tents, starting a fire, organising drinking water, cooking dinner will be some of the evening’s tasks.Overnight in tents on the beach. (Mosquito proof tents, sleeping bags and mattresses provided.)

 

Wake up at around 7h30am. Tea, coffee, full English breakfast and lunch for the day will have to be prepared, followed by the packing and loading of the equipment onto the rafts. Today’s rafting section will take you from rapid #21 to the rapid called « Lower Moemba » (25 km), The Zambezi will offer on this section some more challenging grade 5 rapids like, « Open Season », « Narrows 1 and 2 », « Chimamba falls » and « Upper Moemba ». But progressively, as you drift downstream, the tranquil pools in between the rapids will become longer, giving you more time to enjoy the splendour of the Batoka gorge.We will have lunch at mid-day on the side of the river. We will take out below rapid Upper Moemba and start our ascent to the top of the gorge, where a magnificent view and cold drinks will be waiting.Drive back to Livingstone through traditional Zambian villages. Drop off back at your accommodation at around 19h00pm.