Bungee Jump at Victoria Falls Source: cometoafrica.com

Zambia's tourism minister Given Lubinda took a leap of faith by bungee jumping from the world famous bridge at Victoria Falls in an attempt to reassure visitors after the recent incident where a young Australian women’s rope snapped doing the same bungee.

The botched jump for 22-year-old Australian Erin Langworthy sent her plunging into crocodile infested waters in the Zambezi River, with the shocking footage shown around the world.

The backpacker miraculously survived the head first fall into the rapids when the bungee cord snapped from the 360 foot high bridge over the falls on New Year's Eve.

Mr Lubinda said he remained convinced the accident was a one off, proving his faith in the attraction by making the jump himself.  After the jump he added he would be engaging the operator on how to make the exciting tourism event totally incident free, according to Mail Online.

Safari Par Excellence travel company which reportedly organised her jump also reported the incident as a ‘one off’ with the boss of the company Mike Davies adding there had been over 150,000 people jump in the past 17 years without incident.

Ms Langworthy who escaped with just cuts, bruises and a broken collarbone said herself that she would consider doing the bungee jump again.