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In 2013 Centurion vehicle branch (does not exist anymore) would not give me a Private Vehicle Certification without the vehicle being data-dotted and after that would not think about giving me a...

The administrators should make this a sticky in the Zambia or Zimbabwe Forums. There are piles of information and discussions on the subject in those forums, especially Zambia. The short answer is...

Grips, Being from Kathu you know these roads well. In May coming back from KTP I wanted to use the tar on the Botswana side, so I went through the border at Middelputs, then to Van Zyls Rust and then...

I have had my Deltec LC 100 Ahr in the back of my Cruiser since beginning 2013 and have done Tanzania (once) and Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kgalagadi a couple of times with some really poor roads....

I discovered some travellers cheques from a previous trip I did some years ago and phoned the bank to cash them. According to the bank they do not handle or cash cheques anymore. It is Thomas Cook...

When in Botswana in July 2019 they would not accept Pulas that one of my sons still had from a previous visit. When going through some old travel files I discovered some old Pulas that I never used,...

We also bought at Phoenix at Chirundu. Their office is about 200m from customs buildings. They also close for an hour at lunchtime. Just remember to phone the numbers on their website to make sure...

Frank, Do you know how many vehicles and persons per campsite? Is it one vehicle, two persons?
I see from Safari Vacations the lodges on the Plains are generally more than US$1000 pppn (R15000!) for...

Because of all the info I obtained here I must give some feedback of the June -July trip.We left on 14 June at about 05:00, travelled Lephalale,Vaalwater and arrived at Martins drift at 9:00. Cleared...

Agree with Tony's evaluation. We camped there beginning of July 2019.

Lekhubu943, Thank you.
So it is Stockpoort- Makwate-Machaneng-Seleka-west of Sherwood (about 92 km)? Is the road usually in a reasonable condition?
I drove Middelputs- Van Zylsrust- Hotazel about...

Overlander2000, Thank you. We plan to be in Kariba Arr 22 Dept 23 and Mana Arr 23 Dept 26 June 2019. We managed to get bookings for the lodges at Mana Pools. I always wanted to stay there just once,...

Anyone knows the present condition of the Stockpoort -Mahalapye gravel road. 80 km/hr?

Thank you all. I will then take the Vaalwater- Lephalale route. Dungbeetle, unfortunately I won't be able to buy biltong (meat) in RSA. It will also be too early. Any recommendations for biltong and...

Thank you DC. We are two vehicles, not towing. I suppose Groblersbrug border is better than Stockpoort because it is all tar.

Very good information. I have made a copy! We are now probaly entering at Vic Falls ,back through Kariba and out again through Chirundu.
Hope it will be more easy through Chirundu with a multiple...

WillH, Thanks for this. It is now the first time I hear Interpol is also at Kazangula and require the Stolen Vehicle Certificate. We plan to enter at Vic Falls and then out again at Kariba and into...

I plan to leave for Botswana at about 05:00 on Friday. Which is the preferred route? Through Bella-Bella-Vaalwater- Lephalale or via Mokopane. T4A shows the Lephalale route.

I have now have my meat order at Palapye Spar confirmed. Apparently there are three Spars but one butcher supplies all. His name is Norman and his tel nr 0026771530997 (why more numbers I do not...

Tunshiyanshia (what does this difficult name means? Just curious -you don't have to answer).

Thanks again. We last camped at your place in 2013 when Tom Jenkins was still there. We then took the...

TRON, Thank you. We are staying at Senyati with the specific purpose of doing a road trip in the Chobe park along the river road with our own vehicles in the morning after paying the park fees for...

Any more recent information on Warthogs and Lomagundi camping. We just want to stay over one night on our way to Mana Pools. Four adults and two primary school children. We stayed at MOTH (2008?) but...

Tunshiyanshia,Thank you very much for this valuable information, We are then going to enter the Spinal Road from the M9 at about 12:00 and travel to Hippo Bay camp. The next morning to Dumdumwezi to...

Is there a way to book a ride along the river road in Chobe at Kasane. I remember reading that they limit the number of visitors and we will be there during the RSA school holidays. We will be...

ELU, Directions and information really appreciated!

I am still working on the " checking slip stolen status" certificate in Pretoria.
My normal contact say that they do not know such a document.
Does anyone know where one obtain the Vehicle...

Does anyone know where one can obtain a "Checking slip stolen status" from the police in the Pretoria area.
I will also get a Vehicle Clearance Certificate (VCC). WillH when will you be able to...

Can the moderators make this subject a sticky as information on this subject is important but it is scattered all over all the pages of the Zambia/Zimbabwe threads.

It is well known that Chirundu...

Can one do it the Phoenix way at the Vic Falls border as well. I do not want to waste time in Livingstone because it will be a long day of driving through Zambia to avoid the Binga -Kariba road and...

We are now planning to enter south Kafue from Roys Camp at about 11:00 and drive the Spinal Road to Hippo Bay Camp. We camp and leave early to exit Kafue at Dumdumwezi before 11:00 and then on to...

For paying for fuel should we get ZMW from an ATM and pay with ZMW? From what I remember they do not take US$.

This is the wrong thread but there are such a number of knowledgable persons helping here that I want to pose the question.
From 2013 we always made sure that we had Police Clearance Certificates...

Farmgirl, Look at the thread in the sticky and also one of the recent threads. There is a lot of information by myself and others. I got excellent meat pre-packed and frozen in Bray and others from...

I do not like border crossings but I think the safe option now is to drive back through Hwange Town and cross into Zambia at Vic Falls. Then overnight at the Moorings and cross to Kariba the next day...

Anyone with information on the current dam level of Kariba dam?