Photo: Afrizim.com
Etched between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya ("the Smoke that Thunders") is both an inspiring landscape and the launchpad for some of Southern Africa's most intense whitewater on the Zambezi River.

Photo: SteveFisher.com
Thanks in part to the Zimbabwean independence in 1980, the region has since took root as one of the most popular adventure travel destinations in Africa. There are a number of travel outfits worth hosting your next departure, such as Victoria Falls Safaris or Afrizim to name a few, and the activities run the gamut: kayaking, rafting, hiking, bungee jumping, hang gliding, fishing and horseback riding. Low water season is typically between August and January, which is the peak season for kayaking the Zambezi.

Photo: Ian Restall / Wiki

Here's a video of a group of kayakers scouting the Zambezi River atop its 400 ft tall Basalt gorge that zig-zags for miles beyond Victoria Falls. They also find some mellow spots, like "Devil's Pool", a natural swimming pool that formed along the very edge of the 360 ft falls.