Due to drought-induced low water levels, the launch spot for white-water rafting activities on the Zambezi River in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, has been moved back to Rapid 1, earlier than in previous years. Normally, launching is done at Rapid 1 from around September (low-water season).
Water levels on the Zambezi normally peak between March and August, meaning that rafting is normally closed during this period. This is not the case this year.
Outgoing Operations Manager of Shearwater, Cephas Moyo, says low-water season on the Zambezi is the ideal time for white-water rafting from Rapids 1 to 19 on the Zimbabwe side and between Rapids 1 and 22 on the Zambian side.
“It will be great white-water rafting for the next two months. The low-water season always presents the best white-water because of the natural rapids that we get,” says Moyo. – Tourism Update
