While in Livingstone, we took advantage of all the activities that we could, most of which involved the mighty Zambezi river. In addition to our helicopter tour over Victoria Falls and swimming in The Devil's Pool, we also went on a sunset dinner cruise and Mike spent a morning white water rafting.

(Not to mention the day safari in Chobe National Park. Clearly it was an action-packed five days. We really lived it up in Zambia.)

The sunset cruise was a wonderful, relaxing way to spend our last night. From the boat, we saw some more animals, watched a gorgeous sunset and enjoyed a traditional braai of delicious crocodile sausages. Oh, and there was an open bar. 

White water rafting the lower Zambezi is considered the wildest one-day rafting trip in the world. It's a stretch recognized by rafting enthusiasts as one of the top ten paddling rivers on the planet.

At Victoria Falls, the Zambezi plummets into a basalt gorge, which separates the placid river above the Falls and the class IV-V rapids below. The gorge is over 100m deep at the Falls and increases to over 200 meters by the end of the day. Between the rapids and the crocodiles sunning on the banks, it was a day that rivaled our best back home in Colorado.