Kazungula Ferry Kazungula Ferry The Kazungula Ferry is a pontoon ferry across the Zambezi River between Botswana and Zambia. It is one of the largest ferries in south-central Africa, having a capacity of . The service is provided by two motorised pontoons and operates between border posts at Kazungula, Zambia and Kazungula, Botswana. It links the Livingstone-Sesheke road (which connects to the Trans–Caprivi Highway at Katima Mulilo and forms part of the Walvis Bay Corridor) to the main north-south highway of Botswana through Francistown and Gaborone to South Africa, and also to the Kasane-Victoria Falls road through Zimbabwe. It serves the international
R3 road (Zimbabwe) in Zimbabwe connecting Zambia and South Africa. The first is from Lusaka to Beitbridge via Victoria Falls and the other is from Lusaka to Beitbridge via Chirundu, Zimbabwe. The Chirundu Route is shorter but not the fastest. For Trans-African Highway transporters, both Zimbabwean routes are slower and costly. Together with the R5 Highways it forms part of the Beira-Lobito Highway which is the Trans-African Highway Network route number 9. The A1 Highway is currently under rehabilitation together with other regional road corridors in Zimbabwe. Most highways in Zimbabwe are more than 30 years old, outliving their 20-year life span, and