Livingstone Motorbike Festival 2018
Are you ready for the Livingstone Motorbike Festival – a unique motorcycling festival set around the Zambezi! Festival-goers will enjoy great food, music and mass ride-outs in one of the worlds most unique settings. Be a part of a community of like-minded bikers for an unforgettable Easter weekend – all ages/skills welcome! Dates – Easter Weekend, 30 March to 2 April, hosted by The Waterfront, Livingstone, Zambia and proudly sponsored by Zambezi Expeditions. Enjoy this Easter weekend of motorcycle action in Livingstone on the Zambezi River just upstream from Victoria Falls. The Livingstone Motorbike Festival consists of off-road racing for all skill levels on Sat/Sun and outrides for adventure bikes. There will be entertainment all weekend, including live bands and DJ’s. March 30th-April 2nd 2018 Off-road racing March 31 Extreme enduro April 1 Kids/Novice/Expert riding to suit everyone Activities and entertainment for all road/adventure bikers and families. Bring the entire family to the tourist capital of Zambia and enjoy an unforgettable Easter break! To stay at the Waterfront book early to avoid disappointment. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday 30th March – Arrival Day 10h00 – Registration will be open at The Victoria Falls Waterfront 12h00 – Tech inspection opens for racers, fuel for P1 and Quarry to be put out by racers 15h30 – Bridge that Thunders – mass ride-out to Victoria Falls Bridge via Livingstone loop. 19h00 – Welcome & Race Briefing 19h30 – Entertainment by Evicted Saturday 31st March – Off-Road: Day of Dirt Venue: Quarry Site Overview: Championship (xx kms); Novice (xx kms); Junior (xx kms) Participants – please move vehicles early if you have no support crew – Racers trucks pit kit/fuel/small junior’s J2 bikes to go to secure quarry site on Lusaka road. We will arrange a 07h30 pick-up from this location in order for participants to get back in time for start. 08h30 – Liaison section to start line. Racers will be accompanied by road/adventure bikes (23km) 09h15 – First bikes depart 10h00 – Those not following or participating in enduro, meet at Post Office. 10h30 – 10h45 – First championship bikes expected through quarry entertainment area. Refuel and continue on Championship Loop 2. 11h10 – 11h45 – First novice/clubman/J1 expected at quarry entertainment area. Riders under 2hrs will then refuel and start Novice Loop 2. 12h00 – 12h30 – Anticipated time for Championship Loop completion. 13h30 – Junior-class race starts at quarry (approx. 1h30) J2 14h00 – Fun Competitions SLOWEST RIDE OVER 20 METERS BITE THAT SAUSAGE (PILLION RIDER) IN THE QUICKEST TIME DOWN – DOWN COMP FOR MALE AND FEMALE ARM WRESTLING COMP FOR MALE AND FEMALE TYRE THROW COMP FOR MALE AND FEMALE TUGG OF WAR FOR CLUBS (MIXED) THROW THAT BALLOON 15h00 Return to The Victoria Falls Waterfront Notes: Transport truck for J1 will leave from the Victoria Falls Waterfront to follow convoy out at 08h10. Bikes must be loaded Friday evening and name-list at race control. Junior racers and parent / guardian get first option. After the race start the same truck will take juniors to quarry pit stop area arriving around 10h00. Spectators driving to watch bikes through first serious bumps on Makunka road must have passed start line to get to area before 08h45 and can only leave area once sweeper has gone past (est. 09h30) 10km on sandy road to spectator spot. Liaison to first fuel stop is around 65km Route Overview – Championship (approx. 120-150kms) Liaison to Start Line – 23kms and to complete Loop 1 is a total of 91kms Loop 2 (from quarry) for Championship approx. 30km Route Overview – Novice (approx. 91-111kms) Liaison to Start Line – 23kms and to complete Loop 1 is a total of 91kms Loop 2 (from quarry) for Novice approx. 20km Route Overview – Fun (91kms) Liaison to Start Line – 23kms and to complete Loop 1 is a total of 91kms Route Overview – Adventure Bikes (96kms) Liaison to Start Line – 23kms and to complete Loop 1 is a total of 91kms For Adventure bikes the same route but includes about 6km of tar just before quarry 90km from start line – estimate 3 hours. Refuel Points Start to Refuel 1 – 40kms Refuel 1 (Makunka) to Quarry pits – 51km Track Description A true Off-Road track. Riders will start with a liaison from Waterfront to race start (23km) Race start to refuel 1 (40km) is a fast sand road with sections of bumps and the odd surprise puddles between some of the natural big bumps in the sand road. Riders will briefly stop at Makunka for an unassisted fuel top up then continue on a much smaller road that turns into single track winding through villages and farms reaching Dambwa Forest reserve the track is mainly narrow single track through the forest. Riders will reach the Quarry entertainment area where they will complete a loop and some obstacles* (championship) and those riders will then refuel and head out on the next loop. Novice/clubman that arrive after 2 hours end at the quarry. Novice/clubman will race for 2 hours min. Championship will race for 3 hours min. The first leg of 91km will be relatively easy riding with a few technical sections late in the loop. Loop 2 for Championship has a multiple technical hill section aprrox. half way through the loop Loop 2 for novice/clubman has sections of harder riding for those that have made Loop 1 in good time. Small Junior class will take place at the quarry at approx 1330 when other racers have arrived in. The Quarry area is set up so spectators can get food/drinks/shelter and a good view of some action, the championship class has several tough sections to complete here in front of the crowd. As we are riding out from The Victoria Falls Waterfront racers will need to have trucks driven out to quarry for finish line. (We are offering transport back from quarry Saturday morning before race so people can drop trucks off prior to race/ride.) J2 Riders will have transport to
Zambezi White Water Festival Update
What an awesome two days of rafting mayhem and fun on the mighty Zambezi. The Zambezi White Water Festival; a huge thank you to all our participants and incredible sponsors that made this such an incredible event. Pushing the button, taking some incredible lines, this is why the Zambezi is one of the best one day trips on the planet. You guys rock. To our entire Zambezi Community, thank you; we are proud to be part of such an incredible collection of people in such an incredible part of the world, thank you Livingstone Zambia, lets keep innovating and pushing the limits. DJ Claudous Hunt, you were amazing, thank you for tirelessly keeping the party going. To our musicians who rocked out and made the off-river party such a success Shyman Shaizo, Chickenbus, Alistair Burton. SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR! 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Zambezi Rafting Festival at Victoria Falls
Le Mans meets the raging White Water [/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text]By Glen Byrom Chief Explorer at The Explorer Club Africa Group[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text]Adventure teams from around the globe have been invited to the inaugural Zambezi White Water Rafting Festival at Livingstone (Victoria Falls) Zambia from November 9-11 this year. Registration is still open for teams of six who will compete, in a series of events, for the Zambezi Champions Trophy over a stretch of water widely acclaimed as the finest in the world for one-day grade 5 white water rafting. Steve McCormick, managing director of festival organisers Safari par Excellence, said this would be “fun in the sun and an annual adventure event to match the best on the world’s adventure calendar.” The Zambezi White Water Rafting Festival format features four distinct events – three races and a grand finale of a “surf and turf” competition for the “best surf and carnage” on the iconic grade five “Oblivion” rapid 18 to be judged on live-streaming from patrons at the Zambezi Waterfront bar. First evening festivities, on November 9, will feature the teams bidding for the most experienced, or their preferred, rafting guide to spearhead their challenge. All proceeds will be split equally between three charities – Ebeneezer Children’s Village in Livingstone, Conservation Centre for Wild Africa (CCWA) and International Rivers. After a full training day on Friday November 10 the action happens the next day, opening with the “Test of the Best” – a timed race featuring two rafts at a time over a 2,300-metre course from the base of one of the seven natural wonders of the world, Victoria Falls, to rapid number four. The second phase of the Zambezi White Water Rafting Festival is a mass start of all rafts in the “Zambezi Le Mans Sprint” over 700 metres between rapids five and seven to be followed by the Slalom Race where one raft at a time competes against the clock over a 900-metre course that includes various tasks.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”1″ divider_color=”default” custom_height=”30″][vc_column_text] You may also be interested in [/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][nectar_portfolio layout=”3″ category=”white-water-rafting” project_style=”3″ load_in_animation=”none”][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”1″ divider_color=”default” custom_height=”20″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/4″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=”page-sidebar”][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”3/4″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][recent_posts style=”default” category=”all” columns=”3″ posts_per_page=”3″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
