Cross-border
Country Forums
Dedicated boards for Botswana, Zambia and Namibia. Ask about borders and routes, share the tips you picked up on the road, and post the photo highlights from your trip across.
These forums are new — the first thread in each one is yours
Route map
Distances through Zambia
The stops members string together out of Victoria Falls, in order, with the distance between each one. Tap a pin for what that leg involves.
Leg by leg through Zambia
- 1
Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe · the start
Route start — the falls and the bridge
- 2
Livingstone & the Zambian side
Livingstone
≈ 11 km · about 10 min driving
- 3
Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park
Livingstone
≈ 4 km · about 4 min driving
- 4
Kafue National Park
Southern gate
≈ 260 km · about 4 h driving
- 5
Lusaka
Lusaka
≈ 310 km · about 4 h 45 min driving
- 6
Lake Kariba & Siavonga
Siavonga
≈ 160 km · about 2 h 30 min driving
- 7
Lower Zambezi National Park
Chiawa
≈ 110 km · about 1 h 45 min driving
- 8
South Luangwa National Park
Mfuwe
≈ 410 km · usually flown
Zambia from Victoria Falls: ≈ 1260 km · about 13 h of driving
Estimates only — measured as the crow flies with a road allowance, at an average speed that includes border posts and fuel stops. Confirm current roads, water levels and flying times in the forum before you commit.
Victoria Falls Bridge: Zimbabwe to Zambia
Walk or drive across, both sides stamp you, and bring your passport even for a few hours in Livingstone.
Zambia forum
No threads yet · gateway Livingstone
The board for everything on the far side of the bridge: Livingstone, the walking safaris, the river parks and the road north.
- Crossing the falls bridge
- Livingstone & the Zambian side
- South Luangwa & Kafue
- Kariba houseboats
Nothing in the Zambia forum yet
Start the first thread — a border question, a route you drove, or a photo from your last trip across.
Botswana forum
No threads yet · gateway Kasane
Chobe day trips, Kasane border paperwork, the Delta, the pans and the long 4x4 roads that get you there.
- Kazungula border tips
- Chobe game drives & cruises
- Okavango & Moremi
- Makgadikgadi pans
Nothing in the Botswana forum yet
Start the first thread — a border question, a route you drove, or a photo from your last trip across.
Namibia forum
No threads yet · gateway Katima Mulilo
The Zambezi Region, Bwabwata, Etosha, the dunes and the coast — routes, timing and what a Namibian leg really costs.
- Katima Mulilo & Ngoma crossings
- Bwabwata & the Caprivi corridor
- Etosha waterholes
- Sossusvlei & Swakopmund
Nothing in the Namibia forum yet
Start the first thread — a border question, a route you drove, or a photo from your last trip across.
How the country forums work
Each forum keeps its own threads and answers, so a Chobe border question stays with the people who cross at Kazungula. Title your thread with the country and the month, add up to three photos when you have them, and confirm the current entry rules at the post — the tips here are from members, not from immigration. See the nearby countries guide.