White Water Rafting

On Saturday, we went white water rafting on the Zambezi river for the whole day. All the water from Victoria Falls flows into one narrow gorge which creates world-class class IV and V rapids. Class V rapids are the highest level rapids in the world that you can commercially raft and there is one rapid on the river which is one of the most difficult rapids in the world. It is such a thrill and actually a lot safer than hiking to the edge of the falls.

I have included some pictures of our rafting day. The end of the rafting was a lot more enjoyable than I imagined it being. In the past, one had to hike 700 meters up out of the gorge to be transported back to your hotel. I have done it before, and it is a horrible experience. Try to imagine a full day of getting pounded by the river and then having to hike your way up a very steep gorge. But now they have installed a trolley so that you don’t have to hike out of the gorge. Even though I have spent a couple of days surrounded by natural creation, my most enjoyable moment was seeing that trolley working. You have no idea how hard it is to hike that gorge until you have tried it. Even though it felt like the trolley was going to fall off the wire, it was a welcome relief to a tired body.