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
24km pool-drop. Formerly part of the Umkomaas marathon, dropped from races due to stone throwing. Mostly easy, only two rapids of note. Immediately below Riverside: Four Foot drop — runnable. River then flattens for roughly 10km with easy rapids. As rapids build again: Mpompomani rapid (grade 3). Line starts through a narrow slot on the extreme left, then crosses to the far right for the rest.
Access
Put-in
Riverside Store
Take-out
Mpompomani
Permits
None
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