Umkomaas River – Riverside to Mpompomani
Umkomaas River – Riverside to Mpompomani · kwazulu-natal
Grade
III
Length
24km
Duration
2 to 4 hours
Type
pool drop
About
A 24km pool-drop section once part of the Umkomaas marathon, now dropped from races due to stone throwing. Fairly easy, with only two rapids of note. Immediately below Riverside is the runnable Four Foot drop, after which the river flattens for roughly 10km with easy rapids. As the rapids build again, Mpompomani rapid — a grade 3 — is reached; the line starts through a narrow slot on the extreme left, then crosses to the far right for the remainder.
Access
Put-in
Riverside Store
Take-out
Mpompomani
Permits
None