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Bungi
Jumping
Remember
 During the rainy season (Nov to Feb), bungi jumping
may be interrupted by rain.
Bungi does not provide transfers to/from the Bridge
Bring your passport
Victoria
Falls Bungi Jumping - Safety
Over
70 000 people have jumped off The Vic Falls Bridge with
Shearwater Bungi. While every Endeavour is made for you
to have as much fun as possible, the jump master will
cease jumping if he feels concern with any element on
the system.
You are attached to the cord by webbing and carabineers.
These are rated at 2000kg breaking strain. Your main
attachment is a self-loading knot on your ankles, which
is backed up by a secondary attachment to a full body
harness. The knot cannot come undone. There have been
over 500 000 incident free jumps worldwide using this
system.
The cord itself is made from 40 000 pieces of latex and
can do 1000 jumps safely. We change it at 500 jumps just
to be sure. This cord stretches to three times its
length, giving a gradual deceleration. After jumping, a
recovery operator is winched down to you and you are
pulled back to the bridge.
Most of the impact is absorbed by the knees and ankles
so old knee and ankle injuries can cause problems. There
is a full first aid kit on the Bridge at all times and a
fully trained first-aider is always present, not that
you'll need him.
You must declare if you have any of the
following medical conditions:
• pregnancy • high blood pressure
• heart conditions • neurological disorders
• epilepsy
•
acute or chronic knee or back injuries •
knee and ankle dislocations
Please be responsible and tell a crew member if you have
indeed every suffered from any of the above.
You can decide at any stage not to jump. At no stage is
anybody forced to jump or pushed. However, after the
registration process has been completed, jumps paid for
are considered non refundable and non transferable.
Victoria Falls Bridge
Designed
by Sir Ralph Freeman, the same engineer who designed the
Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Victoria Falls Bridge is an
engineering feat linking Zimbabwe and Zambia. Spanning
152 metres, the bridge was the brainchild of Sir Cecil
John Rhodes, who wanted the “spray of the Falls on the
train carriages” – even though he never visited the
Falls and died before construction of the Bridge began.
Located just below the Falls, and completed in just 14
months, the Bridge made way for modern-day
transportation and commerce to reach central Africa.
Constructed from steel, the arch spans 156.50 metres,
with a height of 128 metres above the valley floor. Like
Sydney, the Bridge carries cars, trains and foot traffic
and plays host to the world-famous, 111 metre Shearwater
Bungi Jump.
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