{"id":9934,"date":"2026-05-24T06:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T06:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mat-travel.com\/?page_id=9934"},"modified":"2026-05-24T06:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T06:02:20","slug":"etosha-to-caprivi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mat-travel.com\/de\/namibia\/etosha\/etosha-to-caprivi\/","title":{"rendered":"Etosha to the Caprivi Strip (Zambezi Region): The Long Road North"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-462d5e7a alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<p>The Zambezi Region (formerly known as the Caprivi Strip) is one of Namibia&#8217;s most distinctive destinations and one of the least integrated into standard Namibia itineraries. Positioned in the far north-east, where Namibia narrows between Botswana and Angola to form a geographic anomaly of colonial border-drawing, it offers a completely different Namibia from Etosha and Damaraland: river-based wildlife, permanent water, dense riparian vegetation, and species unavailable anywhere else in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Die Route<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From Okaukuejo to Katima Mulilo (Zambezi Region):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Option 1 (via Windhoek):<\/strong> Okaukuejo \u2192 Anderson Gate \u2192 Windhoek (440km, 5 hours) \u2192 B1 north toward Otjiwarongo \u2192 B8 northeast through Grootfontein, Rundu \u2192 B8 east to Katima Mulilo. Total: approximately 1,500km from Okaukuejo; 2 to 3 driving days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Option 2 (via northern roads):<\/strong> Exit Etosha via Von Lindequist or Nehale lya Mpingana Gate \u2192 north toward Ondangwa \u2192 east toward Rundu \u2192 B8 east to Katima Mulilo. Total: approximately 1,200km from Okaukuejo; 1 to 2 driving days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What the Zambezi Region Offers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Zambezi Region&#8217;s parks. Bwabwata National Park, Mudumu National Park, and Nkasa Rupara National Park, protect a river and floodplain ecosystem that supports species absent from Etosha and Damaraland:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Red lechwe<\/strong> in large numbers on the floodplains; <strong>sitatunga<\/strong> in the papyrus swamps; <strong>puku<\/strong> (a Zambia-adjacent species rare in Namibia); <strong>hippo<\/strong> und des <strong>Nile crocodile<\/strong> in the rivers; <strong>African fish eagle<\/strong> calling across every waterway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The wildlife viewing is entirely different in character from Etosha: boat-based game drives on the Chobe and Kwando rivers, walking in floodplain habitat, and the atmosphere of a water-rich environment after the aridity of the rest of Namibia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is It Worth Adding?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For a ten-day Namibia itinerary focused on Etosha and Damaraland, the Zambezi Region is too far and the driving too significant to add without a dedicated allocation of time. For visitors with 14 or more days who have specifically done Etosha and Damaraland before, or who want to combine Namibia with Botswana&#8217;s Chobe and Okavango, the Zambezi Region is a natural extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Zambezi Region also connects directly to Botswana&#8217;s Chobe National Park and, via the Kazungula crossing, to Zambia&#8217;s Livingstone and Victoria Falls. A 14 to 21 day itinerary combining Etosha, Damaraland, and Zambezi before crossing to Chobe and Victoria Falls covers southern Africa&#8217;s greatest highlights in a single circuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mat-travel.com\/de\/kontakt\/\">Contact Mat-Travel<\/a> to discuss a Zambezi Region extension or a combined Namibia-Botswana programme.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zambezi Region (formerly known as the Caprivi Strip) is one of Namibia&#8217;s most distinctive destinations and one of the least integrated into standard Namibia itineraries. Positioned in the far north-east, where Namibia narrows between Botswana and Angola to form a geographic anomaly of colonial border-drawing, it offers a completely different Namibia from Etosha and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9795,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"slim_seo":{"title":"Etosha to the Caprivi Strip (Zambezi Region): The Long Road North","description":"Connecting Etosha to Namibia's far north-east, the Zambezi Region and its river-based wildlife. 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