Mutinondo to Muchinga Escarpment Falls
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- Distance
- 25.52 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,709 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,709 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,893 ft
- TrailRank
- 21
- Min elevation
- 4,258 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 229
- Uploaded
- January 23, 2019
near Kaponyamboo, Muchinga (Zambia)
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Beautiful, uninhabited part of Zambia that falls off down the Muchinga Escarpment; moderate, but certainly not difficult. Walked to the Falls, then took another route back; the coordinates going to the falls - along the creek at the top (North)- are reasonable enough, but the route back is a fair-to-good estimate, as the GPS device I was using did not work.
To the falls from Mutinondo Wilderness, who provided the guide and cook (Moses the cook is phenomenal; I ate like a king), is theoretically doable in 1 day, but I wouldn't recommend it because you're often walking through knee-deep brush and higher, some of it pretty thick. On the way there, we camped about a 3 hour walk away from the falls. Then on the way back, powered through until we were about 3 hours away from Mutinondo. In total a 4-day trek of unbelievable beauty - looking down from the falls into the South Luangwa National Park, and watching the sunrise, is simply spectacular.
To the falls from Mutinondo Wilderness, who provided the guide and cook (Moses the cook is phenomenal; I ate like a king), is theoretically doable in 1 day, but I wouldn't recommend it because you're often walking through knee-deep brush and higher, some of it pretty thick. On the way there, we camped about a 3 hour walk away from the falls. Then on the way back, powered through until we were about 3 hours away from Mutinondo. In total a 4-day trek of unbelievable beauty - looking down from the falls into the South Luangwa National Park, and watching the sunrise, is simply spectacular.
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