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In November, the man considered by many to be the world’s greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, will recreate part of the journey that Dr Livingstone made exactly 150 years before.

Over four days, accompanied by local dignitaries and four Zambian dug-out canoers, Fiennes will travel some 180km along the Zambezi, from Mwandi (the original village of Shesheke that Livingstone witnessed in his journals) to the lip of the falls. The group plans to recreate the original journey as faithfully as possible, walking in places and camping at night on the river banks. On reaching Livingstone Island, Sir Ranulph, like us and thousands of others before, will get his very first glimpse of Victoria Falls. He’ll then unveil a commemorative plaque in honour of the pioneering man who introduced the “smoke that thunders” to the wider world.

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