Meet our team
Davidson Tshuma: Director
BIO: Davidson Tshuma home town Victoria Falls Zimbabwe
The owner of Try Rafting Vic Falls - founded in 2011 under the name Pioneers of Africa. His other exciting accomplishments include a white rafting guide, kayaker, and cameraman at Shearwater Rafting in Victoria Falls. In 1998 Davidson was selected to represent the Zimbabwe international rafting competitions at the landrover camel challenge the team did well and came second on the downriver race.
Lead overnight and multiday trips on the Zambezi River from 1-7 days rafting. Produced videos of rafting on the Zambezi on a daily basis. After spending most of his raft guiding career in Zimbabwe in 2000 Davidson was offered a rafting guide job in Italy, as his ambition was to guide overseas, Davidson took the job.
Spent a season in Italy before moving to the USA where he spent 3 seasons Guiding For timberline tours in Vail Colorado.
While he was in the Colorado Davidson managed to guide the Salmon River, the Grand Canyon and the Sneak River. He then moved to the UK in 2003. After hanging his life jacket up to focus on other career opportunities Davidson started college at the Southampton City College and studied construction studies as a carpenter. After completing his course after nearly 6 years away from rafting Davidson returned to Italy in 2010 and spent 9 seasons rafting and kayaking and advising young trainee guides about how to accomplish a career as a rafting guide.
“Traveling helped me see that it’s important to help others and to share success. It showed me that when you’re doing well, you do good for others. And that’s an idea I still hold onto today.”
Elvis Tshuma
Elvis Tshuma has been rafting since the age of 14. He started his rafting career in Zimbabwe on the Zambezi River before moving to Europe. He's now a rafting company owner in Norway.
Elvis enjoys travelling and meeting new people he's also a very passionate kayaker and has competed in many competitions in Norway, Italy and Sweden.
Rick
Rick our international guide from the USA. Rick has been working as a rafting guide for almost 29 years he went on to start his own business and 2 successful rafting companies although after some years as director a few years ago decided to sell his business and traveled the world. He recently returned to the USA after spending some time travelling in Africa this includes Zimbabwe and Zambia. Rick will work as our USA agent. He will be responsible for our multi-booking from the USA.