African sports

If you are reading this and would like to try it, 50% of these sports follow African safety standards which are slightly different to what you have in England. In each category I will list sports of that type from favourite to least favourite. At the bottom there is a paragraph on each sport the paragraph numbers match the sport numbers. If a sport requires African safety standards this is the symbol AFSS sometimes I will explain why and sometimes you will understand by looking at the photos

Sports where you paddle

1. Sea kayaking
2. White water or sport kayaking
3. Makoro AFSS
4. Open top kayak
5. Canoe

1. We did a three day trip in these. Although you can't play around as you can do in a white water kayak, crashing through waves getting your skirt full of water is definitely still fun. They are also a lot more practical, as you can put your bags in with you to do multi day trips and you can paddle long distances in them to use them as a mode of transport instead of an activity for the day.
2. These are just fun boats to be in!
3. An absolutely useless boat! I should have put this in sports that get you into the water. The reason these are fun is because it is such a hard boat to get into and once you are in it you should be happy with yourself if you get a meter. But it does make you respect the fishermen a bit more.
4. They are just a boring kayak you can do everything you can do in a normal kayak apart from any of the exciting parts as you can’t attach a skirt. I don't know why anyone invented this boat; you could just use a real kayak.
5. These are hard to paddle slow, and as they are big, you end up with the fish that you bought from a fisherman (still alive) flapping around in the back.

Sports that get you into the water

1. Cliff jumping AFSS
2. Rope swing AFSS

1. Both of these sports are in my top five, but I think I like cliff jumping better. My favourite Cliff jumping phrase is me:"can I do the highest jump." Kumbo our kayak guide: "first try the smaller jump and see if you can jump 2 meters.” At the edge of the rock face. Kumbo:" are you sure you can jump 2 meters because if you can't you will hit those rocks and die.”
2. Rope swinging is also really fun and almost as good as cliff jumping. You start at an elevated level sometimes holding onto a handle, piece of wood, or just the rope. You jump off the platform and swing into a body of water letting go after swinging away from the shore and shallow water. You let go and fly forward falling toward the water. However if you let go at the incorrect spot you will either fall into the shallow water that is not deep enough or the rope will leave you flying back toward the land getting closer every second to hitting the floor and hurting yourself badly, plus if your legs drag in the water you have a good chance of falling into the shallow water.

Other sports that use water

1. Tubing
2. SUPing
3. Fishing

1. Here you sit in a truck innertube and go down rapids hoping not fall out whilst going down rapids on the nile. Sometimes you are on a smaller rivers, like the Palmiet, where you can go down waterfalls and different types of rapids, some that are more enjoyable as you can go round bends in the rapid and choose what channel to take.
2. This is AKA stand up paddle board. You paddle this through the waves. This is one of my favourite sports, but there are no rapids so tubing is better.
3. I enjoy this, but it is a bit boring sitting and waiting for a fish.

Once you are in the water

1. Canyoning afss
2. Swimming
3. Snorkelling

1. I like this for the same reason I like swimming, but you swim down rapids which is why it is better than swimming.
2. This is just swimming, but I like swimming.
3. Snorkels are weird. I enjoy this as well, but if you just want to swim having a snorkel is irritating. If there are fish, it is much better to have a snorkel as then you can see the fish.

Sports where you ride

1. Cycling afss
2. Horse riding

1. Even though in Africa it is not as exciting as in England, it is still fun despite how terrible the bikes are, and sometimes they are really bad, you can still enjoy it. It Is African safety standards because of the helmets if you are fortunate enough to have them.
2. I tried this for the first time in Ethiopia in a crater lake outside Addis and really enjoyed this.

Sports that use a harness

1. High ropes afss
2. Rock climbing

1. This I did for my first time in Africa, as in England you have to be older. You do some really cool courses that you would not be allowed in countries where it matters if the thing you are standing on breaks. For example, when my dad jumped onto a bucket it snapped but unluckily my dad did not fall.
2. Climbing is climbing. You climb up a rock face and reach the top.

Other

1. Mountaineering afss
2. Caving afss
3. Sand boarding
4. Hiking afss
5. Boules
6. Football

1. I love climbing mountains.
2. Caves are really cool, and you see really cool thing inside them
3. This is my brother’s sport, but I have to admit it is extremely fun.
4. This is really fun if it is not too hot, and I will hike for 24 hours if the reward at the top is swimming
5. I don’t see the point in heaving these balls down to the beach so you can throw them at each other.
6. I really do not like football.