Zambezi Rafting Day Tours

EPIC White Water Rafting Adventure on the Zambezi River in Zambia

One of our most adrenaline-filled adventures is the white water rafting we did on the Zambezi River in Zambia. Paddling through even the class 5 rapids was not easy, but very rewarding. Check out how it looks like!
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(Footage of us on the river by the courtesy of Safari Par Excellence/SafPar. Others are our own GoPro footage.)

Into the world 2015 - Rafting on the zambezi river in Livingstone, Zambia

Some short footage of our rafting trip on the zambezi in Zambia.

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Rafting The Zambezi River With Water By Nature

A multi-day rafting trip on the Zambezi river, is one of the world's great adventures. Starting your rafting holiday beneath Victoria Falls, you'll have the option to do either 4 days or seven days whitewater rafting as part of an 8 or 9 day adventure which may also incorporate a spectacular safari to Botswana, or sampling one of the many activities based in Livingstone, Zambia. Join us for a rafting vacation of a lifetime on one of the world's greatest rivers. For trip details go to
Thanks to Davey O'Hare, Tony Barnett & Sean Edington for the amazing footage.

Zambezi River - Multiday Rafting - Stairway To Heaven

Come and share an amazing adventure on the Zambezi River with Water By Nature. Four and seven day adventures through the heart of the Batoka Gorge. Combine this trip with a safari to Botswana, or try out some of the best adventures in Livingstone.

Canoe safari on the Zambezi River, Zimbabwe

An amazing 3-day canoe safari down the Zambezi river from Chirundu to Mana Pools in Zimbabwe with Natureways May 2008. An adventure full of natural beauty, amazing wildlife and surprises - we were knocked out of our canoe by hippos! Luckily no-one was hurt and it turned out to be an incredible experience.

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Jet boating the Zambezi River, Zambia

Day 203 and my time in Livingstone is really now starting to come to an end. I've been waiting around trying to finish up some work projects and hoping the water levels drop enough for some rafting on the Zambezi to become possible. However, an alternative I got to do was Jet boating the Zambezi River which is absolutely amazing.
The jet boating trip occurs down river from Victoria falls on a part of the river that they normally raft. The jet boat cruises at incredibly high speeds, then occasionally turns tight circles basically on a dime. It's pretty intense and you're almost guaranteed a couple things after a jet boating trip: 1) to be soaken wet, 2) to have a bruise or a scrape, and 3) to want to get back in that boat and try driving it as well.
This was a phenomenal day on the Zambezi River.
If you're interested in jet boating on the Zambezi out of Livingstone, check out the company Jet Boat Extreme.
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River Rafting Adventure in the Zambezi - Safpar

Safari Par Excellence (Safpar) takes a group of travelers to a thrilling white water rafting adventure down the Zambezi River near the famous Victoria Falls in Zambia.

Zambezi is acclaimed as the best one-day white water rafting destination in the world. Safpar has the only guiding team on the Zambezi who are all accredited by the International Rafting Federation.

Visit our YouTube channel for more videos:


Contact Safpar:


zaminfo@safpar.com

Zambezi River Rafting Action - Safpar

A group of adventures participated in a white water river rafting experience in the fierce Zambezi River in Zambia, with Safari Par Excellence (Safpar).

Zambezi is acclaimed as the best one-day white water rafting location in the world. Safpar has the only guiding team on the Zambezi who are all accredited by the International Rafting Federation.

Visit our YouTube channel for more videos:


Contact Safpar:


zaminfo@safpar.com

Zambezi Multi-day Rafting - Safpar

Experience a thrilling rafting adventure in Zambia. Safari Par Excellence (Safpar) offers multi-day white water rafting trips on the famous, exhillerating Zambezi River.

Raft down the mighty Zambezi, swim under a section of Victoria Falls and camp on the sandy beaches under the starlit African sky.

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Contact Safpar:


zaminfo@safpar.com

White Water Rafting on the Zambezi, Africa, New Year 2011

Edited down version of the original video shot by Diego at Bundu Rafting. This three day trip departed from the Vic Falls at Livingstone, Zambia. On new years eve we camped on the Zimbabwe side of the river. We were a group of Zambians, Americans, Canadians, South Africans, one Argentinian and one Englishman.

Music: Finished Symphony by Hybrid

Rafting Livingstone, Zambia

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Royal Livingstone Hotel - Livingstone, Zambia (HD)

Directed and Photographed by Los Angeles Director, Gene Massey, The Royal Livingstone is a serene and gracious refuge from the heat of the African sun. The 173 luxurious rooms with their comfortable furnishings are tastefully decorated in the soft earth tones of the bushveld, with spreading views of the river and Acacia forest. Guests may pass lazy days on the magnificent sun deck overlooking the Zambezi as it flows relentlessly to the Falls, and enjoy fine dining in the restaurant or on the long verandah overlooking the gardens. In the warm smile of your personal butler, or in the simple luxury of a cane chair, you will find an Africa that has all but vanished.

For the discerning traveler in search of luxury, extravagance and sheer indulgence, the Royal Livingstone Hotel will set your heart on fire and soothe your soul. Set in the lush riverine belt and touching the banks of the great Zambezi River, this earthy Eden provides a secluded haven.

There is a highly sophisticated and flexible conference centre, able to cater for a variety of international functions and themed banquets. It offers conference facilities that match and exceed many of its size in the world.

The innate heritage of the land offers guests nail-biting experiences ranging from water-rafting to bungee jumping, a paradise for wildlife lovers with daily land and water safaris, and exceptional angling and fly-fishing.

This magnificent Falls Resort allows you the chance to be at one with the uninhibited majesty of the Victoria Falls, a time to regroup, to find your inner core and to leave enriched and empowered, promising to return.

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The Last Wave of the Zambezi - The Journey Zambia

Special thanks to:
Zigzag Magazine
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SMG for the Toyota Fortuner:
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Safpar for the accommodation and good vibes:
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The awesome band BCUC for the music:


In this latest episode of The Journey, in association with Zigzag (South Africa’s core surfing magazine), a team of intrepid South African surfers go on an epic overland adventure to Zambia, a landlocked country thousands of kilometres away from the nearest ocean, to surf a rare and powerful standing wave on the mighty Zambezi River. This is a tale of extreme adventure...

With surfboards strapped to the roof of a first-generation Toyota Fortuner, the crew including talented surfers, Koby Oberholzer and ex-World Championship Tour campaigner, Royden Bryson, set off from Durban on an unorthodox surf trip that would take them across South Africa, Botswana and finally, Zambia, covering well over 6 000 km’s on this journey...

After countless hours of driving, the crew finally reached the Zambezi River, which was crossed on an industrial barge ferry and made their way to Livingstone where the team stood in awe of the magnificent Victoria Falls.

The Zambezi River is wild and home to large crocodiles and hippos, not a place for surfers to be dipping their toes... The elusive standing wave on the Zambezi River is a rare phenomenon that hardly ever breaks, but when it does, it’s raw, powerful and laced with danger.

Armed with life vests, helmets and Nyami-Nyamis for protection in the gorge and on the river, Koby and Royden took a leap of faith and scored the wave of a lifetime.


Credits:

Main Edit: Luke Patterson
DOP: Luke Patterson
Final Mix: The Workroom
Photography: Greg Ewing and Luke Patterson
Surfers: Royden Bryson and Koby Oberholzer
Music: BCUC Yindi from the album Our Truth

Cruising Zambezi River in Zambia, Africa

Cruising the Zambezi River in Zambia during our trip to Africa

The view during sunset is so amazing

Cruising with Lady Livingstone Cruise

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White Water Rafting Zambezi River, Victoria Falls December 30 2015

A few clips of our white water rafting day on the Zambezi, Victoria Falls. Went with SAFPAR company. Great experience

Rafting The Mighty Zambezi

From August until November is the ideal time to raft one of the greatest rivers in the world. This 7 day trip starts beneath Victoria Falls and features all of the best rapids, beaches and wildlife on the Zambezi River. Travel with world class and knowledgeable guides down the spectacular Batoka Gorge, before we collect you by helicopter and fly you back to Livingstone Zambia. Come and join us. For more details on this trip

Zambian Fishing Trip on the Zambezi River

We took a trip south to Gwabi Lodge in Chirundu, Zambia. The fishing was ok, lots of bites but only one hook up. And the guide took the rod and lost the fish #fishingguidefail.

At least we got to see elephants, lions, hippos, and lots of other wildlife.

White Water Rafting Down the Zambezi River - Safpar

A rafting experience in the Zambezi River in Zambia, with Safari Par Excellence is an utterly thrilling adventure.

Zambezi is internationally acclaimed as the best one-day white water rafting trip available in the world. Safari Par Excellence has the only guiding team on the Zambezi who are all accredited by the International Rafting Federation.

Visit our YouTube channel for more videos:



Contact Safpar:


zaminfo@safpar.com

rafting the zambezi part2

A film of my rafting trip on the Zambezi at Livingstone, Zambia with the excellent SafPar company. Part two

Bundu White Water Rafting - Livingstone Zambia

So you're a crazy person looking for an adventure huh? Wanna white water rafting down the Zambezi? Good! It's an amazing adventure you'll never forget..plus, you have failed if you leave Livingstone without this notch on your travellers belt!

Here's some advice and a little taste of what to expect.


The city of Livingstone is a lively eclectic mix of tourist destinations and local living. It is the hub in Zambia for tourism, especially adventure tourism. It's all made possible by the beautiful Zambezi river. From it's calm shores in the city where you can see elephants roaming and fisherman fishing, to it's thunder and roar when it reaches an epic crack in the earth and plunges hundreds of feet into a beautiful abyss. It's just downstream from this abyss that one of the greatest rafting adventures on earth begins. A classy, high volume, deep watered rapid wonderland. I say classy because it has one of the most varied 'classes' of rapids on earth. From class 1 (super easy fun times pools) to class 5, (slow motion, hold yer breath, oh ma gawd!) type rapids. If you are a human..you have a gamut of emotions and you're most likely to feel them all on you're rafting trip down the Zambezi. Excitement when you approach a rapid, fear when you're in it, happiness when you survive and sadness when it's all over!

The rafting Season:
The rafting season here is from June-February, with the best season being from August - January. Best because you can experience the whole river and not just a part if the water levels are too high. Nevertheless, you should go even if it's not the ideal time.

Who to book with:
There are two main operators in the area. They are called - Bundu Adventures & SafPar.
Both operators have similar rates, boats and safety records etc. I chose to book with Bundu Adventures and so happy that I did. Here's why:
*I contacted a few companies to get rates & options for the trip. Bundu was the only one that got back to me with a personal message. (I even called them last minute to add a friend on the trip with no problems.)
*Their staff picked us up from our hostel on time and were super friendly. I had great conversation with them throughout the whole day.
*Our guide, Potato, was so amazing. Apart from gracefully guiding us down the epic gamut of rapids, he also gives you a guided history lesson on the Zambezi, some specific landmarks and sites along the river. Talk about value! Haha. He also had a gift of bringing strangers together as one close, chanting rafting' team. A true cap'n Ahab! Halfway through the river, we were by far, the loudest and happiest boat. Thanks Cap'n..
*Safe! Being a solo traveler, I make it a point to meet lots of new people and get the low down on things to do, people to see.. While comparing rafting experiences, I can say that my rafting experience seemed to be the best and safest (or maybe my boat just kicked a lot of derrier?). Anyway, totally safe from my point of view.
So yes, do your research, but start with these folks. I highly recommend:
BUNDU ADVENTURES


Tips:


This is a physical activity, both in the boat and ..well not in the boat. You don’t have to be in peak physical condition, but you should be able to hold your own and paddle for several hours.


If you cannot swim, do not do this!


Do the full day trip. They offer half day trips, but it’s really worth just doing the whole day. You’ll live to regret only being half awesome.


What to bring.. courage, comradery and a sense of humour…and sunscreen. I went barefoot and just wore ma trunks. There is a hike down to the starting point, so wear hiking shoes (They have a 'dry bag' that you can out your shoes in). If you’re get cold easily (ladies) or you're a bit of a wuss, they have wetsuits! I say if you’re cold, you’re not working hard enough! HAHA.

GOPROs! Hey, if you have a gopro, put the darn thing on your helmet! I saw a few people with the chesty attachments. That's no good cause you can't see anything!

Any other questions? Contact me and I'll let ya know what I know:)
Matt - EndsOfTheEarth.ca