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Krokodille is een van daardie besienswaardighede wat alomteenwoordig is in Suid-Afrika en glo dit of nie, een van die gewildste aktiwiteite daar is om te kajak saam met hulle.

Om te kajak in water wat wemel van dreigende roofdiere soos krokodille is besonder gevaarlik, soos gedemonstreer deur die ontelbare stories van kajakvaarders wat aangeval en gedood is deur hulle.

Alhoewel, ten spyte van die onsekerheid van die aktiwiteit, staan sensasiesoekers wat soek vir hul volgende waaghalsigheid steeds in lyn om dit te doen.

Gidse wat kajakvaarders daagliks uitneem om te roei tussen die krokodille, waarsku hulle dat een van die gevaarlikste dele van die rit is die tewaterlating van die kajakke.

Krokodille val dikwels kajakvaarders aan wanneer hulle in vlak water is, want hulle weet dat mense—'n bron van voedsel vir hulle—gereeld daar is.

Die gidse vertel kajakvaarders om nie eens één toon in die water te sit nie, as gevolg van die gevaar.

Een van die gewildste plekke in Suid-Afrika vir kajakvaarders om uit te gaan tussen die krokodille is die St.Lucia riviermonding.

Dit is ongeveer drie voet diep, maar die water is baie donker daar, wat dit alreeds 'n baie ontstellende ervaring maak. Selfs nog meer omdat dit moeilik is om die krokodille te sien waarvan die kajakvaarders deeglik bewus is.

St.Lucia is 'n klein nedersetting in Suid-Afrika se KwaZulu-Natal provinsie en dien meestal as basis vir die Groter St.Lucia Vleilandpark.

Ongeveer 1,200 Nyl-krokodille bly in die vleilandgebied.

Die Nyl-krokodil is die tweede grootste reptiel wat steeds bestaan en 'n uiters aggressiewe tipe krokodil. Dit maak dat kajakvaart saam met meer as 'n duisend van hulle die adrenalien laat pomp deur jou are as gevolg van die gevaar.

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Crocodiles are one of the most ubiquitous sights in South Africa, and believe it or not, one of the most popular activities there is kayaking with them.

Kayaking in a body of water that's teeming with menacing predators like crocodiles is singularly dangerous, as is demonstrated by the countless stories of kayakers being attacked and killed by them.

However, in spite of the precariousness of the activity, thrill-seekers looking for their next derring-do still line up to do it.

Guides who routinely take kayakers out to paddle among the crocodiles warn them that one of the most dangerous parts of the trip is the launch of the kayaks.

Crocodiles often assail kayakers when they're in shallow water because they know people—a source of food for them—are there frequently.

They tell kayakers not to put a single toe in the water there because of the peril.

One of the most popular places in South Africa for kayakers to go out among the crocodiles is the St.Lucia estuary.

It's only about three feet deep, but the water is very tenebrous there, making an already disconcerting experience even more so because it's difficult to see the crocodiles the kayakers know are there.

St.Lucia is a small settlement in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province and serves mostly as a base for the Greater St.Lucia Wetlands Park.

About 1,200 Nile crocodiles live in the wetlands area.

The Nile crocodile is the second biggest extant reptile and an extremely aggressive type of crocodile, which makes kayaking with more than a thousand of them a huge adrenaline rush because of the danger.

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