Re: Self-drive from Cape Town to Kasane Posted: Tue November 20, 2007 10:06 PM UTC
Hi. You can only do it if you enter Botswana through the Caprivi strip and from Namibia at the Ngoma border gate and drive on the tarred road which takes you from the border gate to Kasane through the north of Chobe National Park. However, you will only be able to drive on this road, as all the side roads and routes off, which frankly take you to anything that's worth seeing, are all deep sand in Botswana and a 2WD will be impossible. Having driven around Namibia and Botswana in 4WD, I would very strongly recommend you keep to 4WD, even in Namibia the roads are largely gravel and 2WD will be much more prone to issues. And its a long way from anywhere to get mechanical help. Your experience would be much richer and you'd see far more wild life and far more of the national parks if you went by 4WD. The stretch of road I've described is the only stretch in Botswana accessible by 2WD.
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