Rafting Jinja/Nile vs Zambezi?

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stebed
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It seems these two offered a very comparable experience in the past, but now with the new dam being built on the Nile do they still compare? I can't seem to find any recent posts. I read that all the dam means is that the route on the Nile will move further down river, but then further down the river the rapids are less exciting than what is being drowned by the dam?

If anyone has any info please share, on paper Zembezi looks like a much more intense experience with around 8 class 4's and 8 class 5's vs Jinjia which has 8 class 4's and only 3 class 5's?

Thanks!

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simsy
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Yes stebed, This is of interest to me as well.
the guides were saying when I was there that they thought it would be an inferior but who really knows until the river is raging if it rages at all.

I have also been on the Zambezi and it is fanbloodytastic.

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Yeah my dilemma is Kampala/Uganda seems like a more interesting place to spend a couple of days than Livingstone, plus going to Victoria Falls would cost an extra $250 in airfare. We'd be traveling in November so it would be low water which means Zambezi rafting would be at it's best, but Victoria Falls would be pretty dry, but at the same time that means Devil's Pool would be accessible. Hard to decide!

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