This morning we were set to have our first of 2 adventure filled mornings with abseiling, flying fox, and a gorge swing in the gorge over the Zambezi River. We also said our good byes this morning to our crew and a few of our group who were continuing on bound for Pretoria.
The abseiling was off a 53m cliff and was our first activity. Jack teed up with the guides to be allowed to go fast so got down in 4 jumps. Brii on the other hand hadn’t abseiled since grade 10 camp so didn’t say anything and was unfortunately slowed a little too much for her liking but still had great fun.
The flying fox options were either to be in a seat harness or to have a full body harness which allows you to fly like Superman. Needless to say, we both chose to fly like Superman! The challenge was to try to make it to the other side and touch Zimbabwe but none of us made it.
Our last activity for the morning was the gorge swing. This sounds like fun... and it was when we finally started to swing. You see before one starts swinging one must step off a cliff either forwards, backwards, or roll of backwards with feet tied together, and then fall 53m free fall!! Absolutely terrifying!!
After coming down off our adrenalin high we made our way back to the campsite for a quick lunch before we went on a Helicopter ride over Victoria Falls. Victoria Falls was named by Dr David Livingstone after Queen Victoria but is known to the locals as ‘Mosi-Oa-Tunya’ which in English means ‘The Smoke That Thunders’. By flying we were able to see the Falls from both the Zambian side and Zimbabwean side as well as the entire length of the 1.4km waterfall. It was spectacular! Definitely worth its title as one of the 7 wonders of the world.
Awesome shot!
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