Joanna James
Apart from incredible scenery and national parks, Zambia is known as Africa's most acclaimed extreme sports and adventure capital. It has a range of exciting activities to arouse your hidden adventure enthusiast. Here are what's popular.
Known as one of the best stretches of commercially run rivers in the globe, Batoka Gorge is sure to amaze you with the most intense thrills that you can ever think of. Its eye-catching scenery is within the sheer black cliffs and 23 white-water rapids. You will enjoy a wild roller-coaster ride along the route over the Great Zambezi. Just below the falls are the rapids. That is running in large rubber rafts. Whether you decide to do a half-day trip or a full-day trip, there are plenty of thrilling adventurous activities to try out.
Completely for adrenaline junkies! Enjoying a waterfall and its surroundings could be enjoyable but abseiling will certainly take you beyond the limits of an ordinary sightseeing tourist. Once you are helmeted, you will be attached to the safety rope and main rope from the harness. Then you will be gently lowered over the platform. When you gently make your way down the rock face, the rope will be let out. If you are staying at a Livingstone Hotel Victoria Falls the likes of Royal Livingstone Hotel by Anantara, you can arrange a trip to the wild to try our adventurous sports such as abseiling.
Imagine......Five.... Four.... Three...Two.... One...Bungee! Get ready for an ultimate adrenaline rush as you will be free as a bird in space with swirling water below and hurtled upward with great speed. This once-in-a-lifetime experience will probably change your life. Forget all worries of your life for a moment and throw yourself into nothing – you will continuously fall and fall and fall and if you can keep aside the feeling of being afraid, this will be an extremely blissful thing. You just have to take a stroll down the bridge. No booking is necessary.
A great way to explore the region on calm turquoise waters! Be it with your special someone or a bunch of friends, kayaking is a gentle workout of paddling against the gentle swell. While paddling you can soak up views of reefs below the crystal-clear waters and surrounding phenomenal views. If you are luckier, you will get a chance to be up close and personal with dolphins and harmless rays. Don't forget to carry your camera to capture some pictures to make your friends jealous. Kayak is similar to a tandem bicycle on the ocean making it a perfect activity for two people.
One can easily hail a taxi at all times of the day in Zambia. It is the best way to travel long distances in this city through the traffic. If you are travelling with a group of friends, you won't feel the expense much. Roving taxis are highly recommended. Most of the time standing taxis are a quite expensive. Some taxi drivers do not use metres even though the vehicle has one. Therefore, always negotiate the price before you get in the vehicle.
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