Kasane is a town in

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...

, close to Africa's 'Four Corners', where four countries almost meet: Botswana,

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...

and

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

. It is at the far north-eastern corner of Botswana where it serves as the administrative center of the

Chobe District Chobe District is an administrative district in the northern part of Botswana, with the headquarters in Kasane. In 2001 it was merged with Ngamiland, and until 2006 it shared with Ngamiland the North-West District Council as local government. Cho ...

. The population of Kasane was 9,244 in 2011 census. Kasane briefly obtained international fame as the location of the remarriage of

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, in 1975.

Transport

The town lies on the south bank of the wide

Chobe River The Cuando River (or Kwando in the non-colonial spelling) is a river in south-central Africa flowing through Angola and Namibia's Caprivi Strip and into the Linyanti Swamp on the northern border of Botswana. Below the swamp, the river is called t ...

which forms the border with the extreme tip of

Caprivi Strip The Caprivi Strip, also known simply as Caprivi, is a geographic salient protruding from the northeastern corner of Namibia. It is surrounded by Botswana to the south and Angola and Zambia to the north. Namibia, Botswana and Zambia meet at a sin ...

. The Namibian island of

Impalila Impalila (sometimes spelt Mpalila) is an island at the far eastern tip of Namibia, bounded on the north by the waters of the Zambezi river and on the south by the Chobe River. It is home to some 2500-3000 people in 25 small villages, including Tswa ...

lies opposite the town on the north bank of the river, and there is a border crossing by passenger ferry to Namibia. About to the east of Kasane is the village of

Kazungula Kazungula is a small border town in Zambia, lying on the north bank of the Zambezi River about west of Livingstone on the M10 Road. At Kazungula, the territories of four countries (Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Namibia) come close to meeti ...

, where Botswana has of frontage to the Zambezi river immediately below its confluence with the Chobe River. Here the Kazungula

border post A border checkpoint is a location on an international border where travelers or goods are inspected and allowed (or denied) passage through. Authorization often is required to enter a country through its borders. Access-controlled borders ofte ...

serves the

Kazungula Bridge Kazungula Bridge is a road and rail bridge over the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Botswana at the town of Kazungula. The by bridge has a longest span of and links the town of Kazungula in Zambia with Botswana. The bridge fe ...

crossing to

on the north bank of the

Zambezi The Zambezi River (also spelled Zambeze and Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. Its drainage basin covers , slightly less than hal ...

. Nearby a second border post serves the road into

which runs east to

Victoria Falls Victoria Falls ( Lozi: ''Mosi-oa-Tunya'', "The Smoke That Thunders"; Tonga: ''Shungu Namutitima'', "Boiling Water") is a waterfall on the Zambezi River in southern Africa, which provides habitat for several unique species of plants and animal ...

. Kasane is at the northern end of the tarred highway from

Francistown Francistown is the second largest city in Botswana, with a population of about 103,417 and 147,122 inhabitants for its agglomeration at the 2022 census. and often described as the "''Capital of the North''" or as the natives would have it “''T ...

and

Gaborone Gaborone ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census. Gaboron ...

which is a regional artery between southern and central Africa particularly for trucks too heavy for the

Victoria Falls Bridge The Victoria Falls Bridge crosses the Zambezi River just below the Victoria Falls and is built over the Second Gorge of the falls. As the river forms the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, the bridge links the two countries and has border post ...

's periodic weight restrictions. There is also a tarred road to the

n border 51 km west at Ngoma. Kasane is at the north-eastern boundary of

Chobe National Park Chobe National Park is Botswana's first national park, and also the most biologically diverse. Located in the north of the country, it is Botswana's third largest park, after Central Kalahari Game Reserve and Gemsbok National Park, and has one of ...

and its road links make it a popular access point for tourists to the park as well as those including it in an itinerary taking in the

Okavango Delta The Okavango Delta (or Okavango Grassland; formerly spelled "Okovango" or "Okovanggo") in Botswana is a swampy inland delta formed where the Okavango River reaches a tectonic trough at an altitude of 930–1,000 m in the central part of the en ...

, the Caprivi Strip and

. The town is served by

Kasane Airport Kasane International Airport is an airport serving Kasane, a town in the Chobe District of Botswana. The airport is located along the A33 Road, south of the town and south of the border with Namibia. Air Botswana provides scheduled service be ...

Amenities and social places

Kasane has a number of campsites and

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s (accommodations oriented towards the safari business). These lodges offer day trips into the Chobe National Park and Victoria Falls, and boat trips on the Chobe River. Kasane has ABSA Bank, First National Bank, Stanbic and Standard Chartered Bank with ATM facility.

Gallery

File:Citation M2 Kasane v1.jpg, Air Cessna Citation M2 over Kasane, Botswana File:Tourist Resort at Kasane.jpg, Kasane Chobe Safari Lodge File:BTW-kasane-hauptstr.jpg, Downtown Kasane File:Kasane Airport (2919).jpg, Kasane Airport File:Kasane 01.jpg, Kasane street File:Kasane Airport (2018).jpg, Kasane Airport File:BW Kasane to Nata March 2017 01.jpg, Kasane road File:Río Chobe 02.jpg, Kasane: Chobe River boat cruise File:Air Botswana new ATR 72 at Kasane International Airport on a cloudy day.jpg, Air Botswana new

Embraer E170 The Embraer E-Jet family is a series of four-abreast narrow-body short- to medium-range twin-engine jet airliners designed and produced by the Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer. The E-Jet was designed as a complement to the preceding E ...

at Kasane International Airport

Notes

External links

* * {{Authority control North-West District (Botswana) Populated places in Botswana Botswana–Namibia border crossings