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Article: VICTORIA FALLS; OUT OF IT IN AFRICA: CHECK OUT ZIMBABWE'S OTHER WILDLIFE.(Features)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- March 21, 1998
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Locals crossing between Zambia and Zimbabwe barely bat an eyelid if a crazy foreigner leaps, screaming, into the deep Zambezi gorge as they pass.
They have grown used to the bizarre sight of tourists leaping into the Victoria Falls, only to be saved from death by a rubber band.
The arched bridge is the world's highest bungee jump - 111 metres (364 feet). You can keep your safaris ... for many, this is wilder than any lions.
But the locals are more shocked at the pounds 60 price tag.
Bungee jumping is far from the only odd thing foreigners ...