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Crossing the Zambezi River on the Kazungula Ferry
A few years ago I crossed the Zambezi River above Victoria Falls between Zambia and Botswana. My trip was via a private boat and lasted all of about 10 minutes. The other option is the Kazungula Ferry.
Kazungula Ferry
The ferry operates between Kazungula, Zambia and Kasane, Botswana. It’s all of 400 meters across the Zambezi River. The ferry plays an important role as part of Africa’s north-south transportation corridor. Now look again at the picture and notice the ONE truck on the ferry. Therein lies the problem. The wait time for a truck going in either direction is ONE WEEK. No reservations are taken. Truckers know they just have to show up, get in line, kill time, play cards and socialize for the week.
There is an alternative road through Zimbabwe. It’s much faster but unfortunately it’s not a particularly safe road; huge numbers of truckers elect to wait out the week for the Kazungula ferry. A bridge across the Zambezi River was announced in 2007. Yesterday’s Globe and Mail spoke of the lack of trade between African countries and the need for improvements to aid the flow of goods, particularly between Cairo and Capetown. Certainly a bridge providing timely and safe travel between Zambia and Botswana would go a long way to making that happen.
Zimbabwe (on the left of wires) - Botswana (on the right of wires) Border
Leigh McAdam
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Its so sad specially for the small vehicles like scooters and cars since they hav e to wait for a very long time here.
The transportation facility is indeed very poor here.
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