Water means life in Southern Central Africa and the Zambezi River draws life to itself as it wanders from a spring in northern Zambia 2,700 kilometers to the Indian Ocean. Zambia has the most peaceful history of any nation in the region. Known as “The Real Africa”, this country remains relatively untouched and undeveloped. Each place we visit reveals a different aspect of the river’s nature. At the Falls themselves the river roars as it drops into a great chasm and here we see its power and majesty. In the Gorge beneath the falls the river gathers itself for the descent through miles of the best whitewater rapids in the world. We learn first-hand that what at first appears to be the chaos of churning whitewater is actually yet another character of the living waters of the Zambezi that is both ordered and knowable. Downstream of Victoria Falls the Kafue River feeds into the Zambezi creating a sanctuary for all manner of creatures. The character of the river here is one of peace and tranquility. Here the slow and wide current waters the garden of the Lower Zambezi Valley and draws to it an unprecedented abundance of wildlife. Our journey is really several “slices of life” along the Zambezi River. Each is completely unique and distinctive from the next. The thread that ties them all together is the river itself.

The Spectacular Victoria Falls	Elephants in the Lower Zambezi	Riversurfing under the Victoria Falls.