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Zambia Africa

The Republic of Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west. The capital city is Lusaka, located in the southeast of the country. The population is concentrated mainly around the capital Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt to the northwest. Zambia has been inhabited for thousands of years by hunter-gatherers and migrating tribes. After sporadic visits by European explorers starting in the 18th century, Zambia was gradually claimed and occupied by the British as protectorate of Northern Rhodesia towards the end of the nineteenth century. On 24 October 1964, the protectorate gained independence with the new name of Zambia, derived from the Zambezi river which flows through the country. After independence the country moved towards a system of one party rule with Kenneth Kaunda as president. Kaunda dominated Zambian politics until multiparty elections were held in 1991. Zambia's economy has been traditionally dominated by the copper mining industry; however, the government has recently been pursuing an economic diversification programme. During the 1970s, the country began sliding into a poverty from which it has not recovered. Zambia's total foreign debt before HIPC completion exceeded $6 billion in 2000. The average per capita income is US $800 (World Bank, 2007). 51% of the population are reportedly living on less than one dollar per day. The territory of Northern Rhodesia was administered by the [British] South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the UK in 1923. During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining spurred development and immigration. The name was changed to Zambia upon independence in 1964. In the 1980s and 1990s, declining copper prices and a prolonged drought hurt the economy. Elections in 1991 brought an end to one-party rule, but the subsequent vote in 1996 saw blatant harassment of opposition parties. The election in 2001 was marked by administrative problems with three parties filing a legal petition challenging the election of ruling party candidate Levy MWANAWASA. The new president launched an anticorruption investigation in 2002 to probe high-level corruption during the previous administration. In 2006-07, this task force successfully prosecuted four cases, including a landmark civil case in the UK in which former President CHILUBA and numerous others were found liable for USD 41 million. MWANAWASA was reelected in 2006 in an election that was deemed free and fair. Upon his abrupt death in August 2008, he was succeeded by his Vice-president Rupiah BANDA, who subsequently won a special

Where is it? Africa

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presidential election in October 2008.

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Southern County in Zambia

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Where is it? Zambia

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Livingstone Town of Southern

Livingstone is a historic colonial city and present capital of the Southern Province of Zambia, a tourism centre for Mosi-oa-Tunya (Victoria Falls) lying 10 km (6.2 mi) south on the Zambezi River, and a border town with road and rail connections to Zimbabwe on the other side of the Falls. Its population was estimated in 2002 at 97,000

Recommended Web Site http://www.livingstonetourism.com/

Canoeing / Kayaking Livingstone Why not take on one of the world's best whitewater rivers for the ultimate adventure! For kayakers this river seems to be the untouchable. However at the right time of year and right flow it is certainly achievable and based on scores for 'paddle rush' and pleasure it is worth its weight in gold! Starting below Victoria Falls, with sheer mist rising up for a third of a mile and the thunderous sound of your journey ahead, there is no greater put-in anywhere. The days are packed full of adrenalin, the nights are chilled with a well deserved beer around the riverside campfire, with your neighbourhood wildlife!

Recommended Web Site http://www.livingstonetourism.com/

Where is it? Southern, Zambia

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Victoria Falls River : 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 at varying levels. Great place to show off to the falling bungy jumpers and spectatorsoptimal 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 at medium-low water.

Where is it? 'Morning Glory' # 4. First taste of the Zambezi, varying lines through different levels, both top & bottom holes give fast-n-wild surfs at varying times of the season. A classic always.

Livingstone, Southern, Zambia Type : Playspot Category : River

'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 the Zambezi. The lower the better

Grading : Grade 4 Approximate Length : No distance recorded. Time Needed : No timings recorded.

'Gullivers Travels' # 7. A world class rapid. Long & technical, playable at 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 enema! 6/9 http://www.Worldwide-CanoeingAndKayaking.com

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 class V. 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 Truck 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 the Zambezi. 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 at 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 7/9 http://www.Worldwide-CanoeingAndKayaking.com

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! Source: http://thezambezi.com/

Hazards No known hazards recorded.

Waterlevel Indicators No waterlevel indicators recorded.

Best Time To Go No indication has been recorded.

Access No access information recorded.

Put-ins / Get-outs No put-in / get-out information recorded.

Getting There No directions recorded! Ask the locals.

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River Grade Summary Below is a table listing all the canoeing and kayaking spots and trails in this guide book. The trails have been listed in order of grade first then alphabetically by location, category and finally by the name of the river, estuary, lake or coast. Please feel free to email us with your canoeing and kayaking trails. Our email address is info@worldwide-canoeingandkayaking.com County

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