For two people, the appeal here is simple: a lodge on the water, a boat at sunset and animals coming down to drink. Kazungula itself is a freight and border junction and not a romantic spot, so the trip centres on three lodges and the boats around Kasane in Botswana, about 8 km west of the bridge. Three lodges compared Lodge Country Setting Getting there Chobe Water Villas Namibia Stilted villas, Kasika Conservancy, on the Chobe River boat from Kasane, about 15 minutes Ichingo Chobe River Lodge Namibia Impalila Island boat from Kasane Sanctuary Sussi & Chuma Zambia Zambezi bank near Livingstone and the Falls road, far from Kazungula Chobe Water Villas The villas face Chobe National Park and Sedudu Island across the water, so elephants on the opposite bank become part of breakfast.

Kazungula itself offers nothing in the way of a walking tour. It is a border and freight junction where lorries dominate, and there is no town trail or heritage route. A few guided walks exist in the area, and the more important advice concerns where not to walk. The short list of walks worth doing Kasane Cultural Village walk, Botswana. Listings describe a guided stroll of about two hours that includes the Prison Baobab and a market.

The classic multi-day plan here pairs Chobe wildlife with the Falls. Each of the three itineraries below uses the Kazungula crossing between Botswana and Zambia. Pick by interest and be realistic about border time, which varies. Itinerary A: Two nights, Chobe only Night one in Kasane, about 8 km west of the Kazungula Bridge. Take a vehicle drive in Chobe National Park from Sedudu Gate. Day two begins with a three-hour river cruise.

Kazungula rewards visitors who know what they are looking at. The town is an industrial crossing, but it sits on remarkable geography and close to some of southern Africa’s best-known sights. This page lists them in the order you would meet them travelling from west to east. Chobe riverfront, Botswana Kasane, about 8 km west of the bridge, is where the Chobe River is at its most visible. The finest viewpoint is from a boat, on a cruise of about three hours that passes elephants, hippos, crocodiles and birds.

Families do well here when they pick outings that keep children seated and the animals at a distance. The sensible base is Kasane in Botswana, about 8 km from the Kazungula Bridge. This page answers the questions parents tend to ask, in the order they tend to ask them. What can children actually do? The headline outing is the Chobe cruise, which lasts around three hours from Kasane. Children watch elephants at the shoreline, hippos in the shallows and crocodiles on the banks.

Which tour suits you depends on what you want to see and how many borders you are willing to cross. This page sorts the tours near Kazungula by the question that usually decides things, starting with the cheapest and simplest and ending with the ones that need the most paperwork. If you want elephants without a border: the Chobe cruise A cruise leaves from Kasane in Botswana and lasts about three hours.

Every worthwhile day trip from Kazungula involves a passport check. That shapes how to plan: choose one main destination, start early and leave slack for the queue. Here are the four trips in order of difficulty, followed by a checklist for the day. Trip 1: Impalila Island, Namibia (easiest) You do not drive. A speedboat leaves Kasane and takes about 15 minutes, and the Namibian immigration formalities are completed in Kasane before you sail.

Think of Kazungula as a gateway rather than a single attraction. A bridge, a border post and freight yards sit at the meeting point of the Zambezi and Chobe, while the experiences people remember lie a short hop away in Botswana, Namibia and Zambia. The table below gives the main options at a glance, and the notes after it fill in what you need to plan each one. Activity Country Base Typical length Chobe river cruise Botswana Kasane about 3 hours Open-vehicle game drive Botswana Kasane, via Sedudu Gate afternoon, about 3:00 to 6:00 pm Tiger fishing Botswana Chobe River half day or more Birding by boat Namibia Impalila Island about 15 minutes by boat each way Livingstone Island and Devil’s Pool Zambia Livingstone seasonal Notes on the Chobe options Kasane is the town to know.