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Photo: Whitewater Rafting
Photo: Tourist fall out of a whitewater raft
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Photograph by Chris Johns
"Tourists overboard!" One of the ferocious Class V rapids below Victoria Falls flips a raft; passengers are assured beforehand that hippos and crocodiles usually steer clear of fast water.

— From "Down the Zambezi," October 1997, National Geographic magazine
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