‘Beyond Boundaries’ forges ahead

ELEVEN challenged volunteers taking part in a daunting expedition headed for Namibia are already having their fair share of African experiences – from Zimbabwe, their starting point, through the perimeters of Zambia.

The 11 are on an expedition, ‘Beyond Boundaries’, which aims to challenge preconceptions about what disabled people can and can’t do, in the words of Richard Klein, Commissioning Editor of the BBC’s Documentaries and Contemporary Factual Department. A documentary of their trip is planned.At the start of the trip, the team trekked atop a group of African elephants, trained and marshalled by local ‘fixer’ Tony King, manager of the ubiquitous Safari Par Excellence organisation in Livingstone, Zimbabwe, and visited the Victoria Falls.White-water rafting at the Falls saw the intrepid adventurers take a tumble in the wild waters.The next stage saw them forging a passage across the banks of the Zambezi to Mambova, crossing the mighty river and entering Namibia at Kasika, before paddling in canoes up the Chobe river, home, of course, to many hippos and crocodiles.On their third day, the adventurers trekked some 15 kilometres through dense bushveld close to the banks of the mighty Zambezi, an early taste of the extraordinarily tough schedule that lies ahead.The expedition is headed for Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.A documentary of their trip is planned.At the start of the trip, the team trekked atop a group of African elephants, trained and marshalled by local ‘fixer’ Tony King, manager of the ubiquitous Safari Par Excellence organisation in Livingstone, Zimbabwe, and visited the Victoria Falls.White-water rafting at the Falls saw the intrepid adventurers take a tumble in the wild waters.The next stage saw them forging a passage across the banks of the Zambezi to Mambova, crossing the mighty river and entering Namibia at Kasika, before paddling in canoes up the Chobe river, home, of course, to many hippos and crocodiles.On their third day, the adventurers trekked some 15 kilometres through dense bushveld close to the banks of the mighty Zambezi, an early taste of the extraordinarily tough schedule that lies ahead.The expedition is headed for Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.