The Row Zambezi Sculling Club (RZSC) as a virtual rowing club made up of rowers who are passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of others through our sport (and like a little adventure). We are on Water, For Water, raising funds for Village Water, who put this money to work in Zambia and Mozambique, bringing clean water and sanitation to parts of the country who need it.
We have completed 3 expeditions on the Zambezi and Kafue and rowed Lake Kariba. As an international group we encompass club, elite and Olympic rowers from the UK, USA, Europe and Africa, rowing together to make an impact.
The 2024 expedition is a 2 stage rowing expedition along the Zambezi and across Lake Cahora Bassa in Mozambique.
We depart from Tete in July, on the Zambezi heading towards the Indian Ocean. This stage of c 600km comprises days on the water covering between 40km and 100km, navigating crocs, hippos and sharks as we get to the final 250km stage.
Once we complete the river section we return upriver on water and then land to Tete where we will see a changeover of some crew before we depart for Cahora Bassa.
From the end of the river near the hydro dam we will row back ‘upstream’ toward Zambia, crossing the border on water with Zambia ahead, Mozambique to our right and Zimbabwe to our left. We are completing this final stage of our final expedition in Zambia where it all began in 2011.