The fabled hidden empire is renowned for its extraordinary history, chanting priests, rock-hewn churches and its breathtaking natural scenery. The highland plateau is dissected by a series of spectacular gorges that hold the best kept secrets of this remarkable country. The Omo River offers the ultimate rafting journey, a wild and beautiful immersion in an almost prehistoric world. Deep forested gorges hide thundering waterfalls, wildlife is prolific and we encounter some of the most remarkable tribal peoples on earth. The Zambezi, more than any other river, evokes the mystery and excitement of Africa.
Few rivers remain as pristine or as little explored.
For centuries, elephants have stamped tracks deep in the sandy beaches and hippopotamuses wallowed in its calmer reaches. Native boatman have long fashioned canoes from trees that grow along the banks of the upper river, but their path downstream has been inhibited. On a clear day the spray from the falls rises hundreds of metres skywards and the resounding thunder is heart stopping. The waterfalls remain unchallenged, but rafting in the gorges below is now one of the world's greatest whitewater challenges. If you were given the powers to create a land and you wanted it to be perfect, you might create Chile - the land of milk and honey.