Kazungula ferry: End of a precarious border crossing

The adventure is all but gone. The border crossing at the world’s unique “double tripoint,” has been totally transformed. On May 10, five Heads of State from Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and DRC together with Vice President from Namibia met on the new Kazungula Bridge to cut the ribbons, unveil placards and release balloons marking the commissioning of the Bridge. It was a symbolic event to celebrate the success of a 10-year project aimed at smoothening the movement of goods in the Southern Africa’s unique border crossing.

Throughout the years a pontoon ferry was used to cross the 400-metre wide Zambezi River at Kazungula between Botswana and Zambia. There were two ferries, one each from the two countries, which operated between the Kazungula border posts.