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. Your gear for the overnight will be loaded onto our vehicles.

You will then walk down to the boiling pot, directly below the Victoria Falls where your rafts and guides will be waiting for you.

After practicing your paddling and getting used to your guide’s quick commands, you will start rafting from rapid #1 to rapid #23. (25kilometers) 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 on the beach at rapid #21, the camp will be ready and you will be welcomed by our staff with cold drinks and snacks. All you have to do is enjoy a relaxed evening on the beach, eating and drinking around a friendly fire.

Overnight in tents on the beach. (Mosquito proof tents, sleeping bags and mattresses provided.)

Day 2:

Wake up at around 7h30. Tea, coffee and full English breakfast will be prepared by our staff.

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.

We will then jump back into the vehicles and drive back to Livingstone through several traditional Zambian villages. We will drop you back at your accommodation at around 19h00.

This River Trip includes:

- All transfers from major hotels / lodges in L/stone and from take out points
- All meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
- All camping equipment
- Minerals, beers, wine and drinking water
- Certificate to prove you braved the Zambezi
- Videos & photos can be arranged for groups
- Satellite phone for emergencies
- Evacuation insurance out of the Batoka gorge in case of emergencies

Rates: (A minimum of 4 people is required to run any of these trips.)

Rate USD 315.00 (-10% discount if booked online)

- Special trips can be tailor-made upon request.

- Iit is possible to arrange a helicopter take out. If this activity is requested on this particular trip,you will fly out from the bottom of the gorge next to rapid « Upper Moemba ». Helicopter take out is not included in our tarif, please do not hesitate to contact us for further information

- This Rafting multi day trip only runs during the Low Water season, (Approximately from mid-July until mid-July.)

What’s needed?

Shoes or sandals, mosquito repellent, torch, warm jacket, rain jacket (during the rainy season), quick drying shorts, sun cream, hat, long pants and small toiletry bag.