Victoria Falls Off The Beaten Path Tips by Alain_Smeets

A bungi jump

It sounds very stupid to jump from a perfectly good bridge with elastic tied around your ankles. But some people need this kick and they take the opportunity to take a jump from the .... bridge over the Zambezi.

First you have to pass the border and in no-man's-land between Zambia and Zimbabwe you can throw yourself safely from this 110-meter high bridge. Scary and nothing for me, so who dares ....

You can find more photos on the following travelogue: Jumping of a perfectly good bridge sounds stupid on my Livingstone page.

A flight over the falls.

A must for many tourists is a flight over the falls. You can go by helicopter or small airplane and see these impressive falls from above.

An Australian lady (Marianne) from our group did this flight and saw some amazing landscapes and she enjoyed it very much. I didn't go because I already had this experience in the Grand Canyon, but when I saw her photos later in Melbourne, I felt a bit of remorse that I didn't take that ride.

White water rafting on the mighty Zambezi

We did a half day rafting trip with a company called Shearwater. It was amazing, extraordinary, it’s impossible to catch it in words on paper. An experience like this has to be done and not written about or read. I try to catch some of those moment here with you. What does names like “Morning Glory”, “Stairway to Heaven” or “Midnight dinner” tell you. Nothing, well these are some of the names of the grade 5 rapids that you pass while you are doing white water rafting with these guys.

“Morning Glory” will eat you, the “Stairway to Heaven” makes you think that you are invincible and the “Midnight dinner” will chew you up. You don’t believe me, well read my travelogue “Rafting on the roaring Zambezi” or even better when you are in Victoria Falls go to their office and book a rafting trip.

You will see it will be one of the best things you ever did in your life.

GO FOR IT !!!!

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On the certificate that we got there is this statement: “Volumes of water up to four times that of the Colorado River are pumped through narrow gorges creating the world’s most exciting one day rafting experience over grade 5 rapids - one level below the impossible!”

You can find our whole story in the following travelogue: “Rafting on the roaring Zambezi”

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Other Contact: e-mail: shearadv@zol.co.zw

Phone: 263-13-4471

Website: http://www.shearwateradventures.com/rafting.html