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- 'Super high!' April through mid June. OUTRAGEUOS
BIG-BIG VOLUME BOATING.
- 'High water' Mid June through July, Feb/March Brilliant
boating, powerful water, the river has a great feel about
it… this is the start of the best period.
- 'Medium-low water' August through September, January/February.
An incredible level.
- 'Low water' October through December. As steep as
the Zambezi gets.
A river-runner's and Playboaters Guide to the Zambezi
- '..against the wall ' # 1. From the boiling pot,
the zambezi slams into a wall producing a wicked cushion
wave, either avoid with a simple ferry or drop in! Cartwheels,
splits all possible… furnished with an eddy.
- '..the bridge' # 2. Awesome mixture of waves and
hole @ varying levels. Great place to show off to the falling
bunji jumpers and spectators…optimal time, medium-low
water.
- Rapid # 3. Drop in and surf, bounce, blunt & get
unbelievable fast ends or move right avoiding this steep
radical fast wave. Higher flow brings a great boof on river
right.
- Rapid #3.5. Small wave train with a great pocket
hole/wave on river left, all vertical moves attainable, furnished
with an eddy. Perfect @medium-low water.
- 'Morning Glory' # 4. First taste of theZambezi,
varying lines through different levels, both top & bottom
holes give fast-n-wild surfs at varying times of the season.
A classic always.
- 'Stairway to Heaven' # 5. An easy line through a
maelstrom of monster crashing waves and holes. Steep and
powerful. Try "the bull move"- run or freewheel the pourover.
Wicked cartwheel hole just above to rack up the ends. Best
@ medium-low water.
- Rapid # 5.5. Fantastic waves at medium/low level.
Furnished with an eddy.
- 'Devil's Toilet Bowl' # 6. As the name implies,
get flushed! Drop into the steep powerful hole on entry to
the rapid and experience a thrashy fast surf then become
engulfed by whirlpools and boils. Or simply avoid the hole,
but why do that?! Everything flushes on theZambezi. The lower
the better…
- 'Gullivers Travels' # 7. A world class rapid. Long & technical,
playable @ varying levels. Features the "temple of doom", "land
of the GIANTS" & the "Patella GAP". At certain levels this
one is a respectable class V. Cut back and forth between
the powerful chutes, making this rapid an awesome super slalom!
- 'Midnight Diner' # 8. A Zambezi classic, where else
can you drop/wavewheel into the guts of a 15ft crashing hole
and get away with only a nasal aenoma! Get rumbled, go "star
trekking". Super-fast wave beyond the rapid for incredible
surfs. A great place to watch the commercial rafts get spanked…
- 'Commercial Suicide' # 9. The infamous Big one.
Definitely classV. The longer you stare the bigger the rapid
appears. A variety of challenging lines at varying levels,
each line comes with it's own worrying consequence! Another
world class rapid.
- 'Overland Engine-Eater' # 11. The ocean tubing wave,
twice a year during small windows (early July-Mid Jan) For
around 10-14 days this beauty works. It is the mother of
all river waves, and the site for moves of the future! During
low water the rapid allows two lines both avoiding a heinous
hole. Watch out for the evil eddy line & whirlpool.
- 12B - needs no introduction. The infamous Zambezi
wave. All moves are possible, plus the option of innovating
your own new moves. A fast, powerful, retentive wave with
two windows and a wicked green shoulder to get aerial. Wheelbarrows
optional. Paddlers, have been known to play only on this
cool wave and paddle very little of the rest of theZambezi.
It's that good. Furnished with a big eddy. Perfection. Surfable,
Aug through December.
- 'The Mother' # 13. A classic monster wave train
of note. The first three waves can give super fast surfs.
Ocean size waves on a river. Classic. Perfect between Aug> Dec…
- Rapid # 14 various chutes to run at different levels,
with the centre chute producing a powerful "wrestling hole" at
medium/high level but to be avoided at lower levels.
- 'Washing Machine' # 15. One of only two really
gnarly rapids. A simple wave train with a huge shallow crashing
hole @ the bottom. Paddle left or right into the eddy to
avoid. Stop and stare into the guts of the hole to imagine
the potential! At higher levels drop into the surging hole/wave!
- 'The Terminators' I / II # 16. Not up too much in
low water. In high water an immense roller coaster wave train,
ocean size waves and diagonals. Wavewheel and freefall into
the waiting trough.
- 'Double Trouble' # 17. The second of the gnarly
rapids. Again a simple wave train but this time with TWO
shallow crashing holes from hell @ the bottom. Escape left
or right into the eddies to avoid At higher levels both holes
can give wicked fast & furious bouncy wild rides.
- 'Oblivion' # 18. World renowned, this rapid consists
of three waves. It is the third wave which provides all the
entertainment One of the best rafting rapids anywhere. Long
surfs, spectacular tube stands and violent flips are the
order of the day. So if the crashing wave hammers rafts,
just imagine what it will do to you in a feeble kayak? WICKED!
Drop in or wavewheel into the guts of the trashiest wave
you'll ever dare to surf! It is the safest- OUT OF CONTROL
surf you will ever experience. It can feel as if a Goliath
monster is trying to smash and rip you into OBLIVION!
- Rapid # 24. At High water. There is another world
class wave. It's basically a small 12B.With a foam pile,
glassy trough, a shoulder to get aerial on, great eddy service.
All moves possible. An incredible GEM of a wave. Not too
be missed!
- These are the major highlights, but there are many
other features on the river at all water levels.
- beyond… another 2-5 days of classic zambezi
whitewater including the famous big ones - Open Season, Upper
Moemba & Lower Moemba, Dam Site, Ghost Rider and Deep Throat,
with numerous play spots, too many to mention!
- You want to go on a multi-day? WE Can ORGANISE all,
transport - hire of rafts - Food - porters - guides. Local
knowledge is essential for an unbelievable trip 2 - 5 days
trips. A MUST FOR ALL PADDLERS…
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