The first SUP descent of Africa’s Zambezi River was part of a noble effort to raise awareness about rhino poaching. As I stood on my board above the indifferently named Rapid 12 on Africa’s infamous ...

I picture a placid paddle, just a smooth morning skimming along under the sun, exploring one of Africa’s most famous waterways at a slow pace. I get something else entirely. “We’re headed 11 or 12 ...

The Zambezi is Africa's fourth longest river, flowing through six countries: Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, where it becomes the largest river to flow into the Indian ...

Five southern African countries signed an agreement Thursday to create a giant conservation zone in the Okavango and Zambezi river basins that stretches over an area half the size of France. The ...

“Going up that river was like traveling back to the earliest beginnings of the world … an empty stream, a great silence, an impenetrable forest,” wrote Joseph Conrad in classic novella “Heart of ...

For millions of people across southern Africa, the Zambezi River serves as highway, fishing ground, water fountain, laundromat, and swimming hole. From its source—a trickling spring in the highlands ...

A deck at the Zambezi Grande, a new family-owned, luxury boutique lodge overlooking the Zambezi River. Photo Credit: Zambezi Grande The Lower Zambezi National Park in Zambia has often been described ...

River cruises have been a popular way to explore Europe from a different angle for quite some time, but it's not something people necessarily associate with an Africa vacation. However, river cruises ...

nghe81@upenn.wharton.edu A: Unfortunately, Mountain Travel-Sobek is the only outfitter I spoke to that runs regularly scheduled, multiday group rafting trips down the Zambezi. Their nine-day river ...

The African porters, hired by white traders, who first labored their way 300 miles upstream on the Zambezi River called the spot Kebrabasa — “where the work ends.” A huge gorge through which the ...