Classification: a 4-day linear, guided trail

Environment: Pristine

Accommodation: Excellent

Facilities and safety: Excellent

Difficulty Rating: Easy

Basic Trail Description:

Rio Elephantes Canoeing Trail is a 3 nights / 4 days trail in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park Mozambique. The trail is located in the Parque Nacional do Limpopo, the 1.1 million hectare Mozambique sector of the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park, adjacent to Kruger National Park. Trailists paddle the Rio Elephantes, which forms the southern boundary of Parque Nacional do Limpopo, starting near its confluence with the Shingwedzi and ending 50km downstream, close to its confluence with the Limpopo.

The Rio Elephantes Canoeing Trail offers an unforgettable adventure through a remote wilderness area for groups of no more than 8 paddlers (by special arrangement this can be extended to 10). Trails are led by an experienced qualified guide. Three days are spent paddling the meandering river and three nights camping wild on its tree-lined banks. The river below the Missiger dam is a steady flowing stream with no rapids or gorges to negotiate. It requires no previous experience of canoeing and can be classified as an easy trail.

Trail users are cautioned that the Elephant River has crocodiles and hippos and that care should be taken to keep a vigilant eye open for such animals at all tunes. NB=o rifle is being carried by the guide.

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