Border post
Border post · Zimbabwe to Botswana
Kazungula
Short answer
Kazungula border post is open from 06:00 to 20:00 on the Zimbabwean side (checked 18 October 2026). It crosses to Kazungula Road in Botswana.
- Hours
- 06:00 to 20:00Zimbabwean side · checked
- Other side
- Kazungula Road (Botswana)
- Nearest town
- Victoria Falls
What to know
- Zimbabwe publishes no hours for its side. 06:00 to 20:00 is Botswana's figure for its Kazungula Road post (Immigration Department, April 2025). OpenStreetMap's node for the Zimbabwean post still carries 06:00 to 18:00, so arrive before 18:00 to be safe.
- The crossing between Victoria Falls and Kasane. Do not confuse it with the Kazungula Bridge over the Zambezi, which joins Botswana to Zambia about 4.5 km away by road: follow the Zimbabwe signs.
- More of a tourist post than a cargo one, as the Home Affairs ministry put it in 2011. In 2019 immigration put traffic at 400 to 700 people a day and, with the Hospitality Association of Zimbabwe, added five clearing counters and a holding shed for 100 people. Zimbabwe joined the second phase of the Kazungula one-stop project in 2022, and work on its side had begun by August 2023.
- Foreign-registered cars need a Temporary Import Permit from ZIMRA at the border (ZIMRA says its services are free; hired cars need a Commercial TIP backed by a clearing agent's guarantee) and pay carbon tax and third party insurance at the ZIMRA counter, in US dollars. ZIMRA's own guide puts the two at US$10 and US$30 a month and the Herald (July 2026) at about US$40 together for a car. The US$10 road access fee that light vehicles paid on each entry was scrapped by Statutory Instrument 113 of 2026, gazetted on 24 July 2026, because ZINARA's toll gates already charge for the road.
- Carry US dollar cash. Border charges in Zimbabwe are quoted in US dollars; the ZiG has been the local currency since 8 April 2024, and paying in foreign currency stays legal until the end of 2030.
Bring with you
- Your passport
- The vehicle's registration papers
- For a hired car, the rental company's letter of authority to take it across
- Whatever Botswana asks of your passport: visa, fees and the papers it wants to see
Quick answers
What time does Kazungula border post open and close?
06:00 to 20:00 on the Zimbabwean side. Zimbabwe publishes no hours for its side. 06:00 to 20:00 is Botswana's figure for its Kazungula Road post (Immigration Department, April 2025). OpenStreetMap's node for the Zimbabwean post still carries 06:00 to 18:00, so arrive before 18:00 to be safe.
Where does Kazungula border post go?
It crosses to Kazungula Road in Botswana. The nearest Zimbabwean town is Victoria Falls.
Places to stay within 40 km
- 11.1 KM
- 27.0 KM
- 3.1 KM
- Campsite Kubu Lodge3.6 KMCampsite · Kasane+267 625 0312kubulodge.net
- Chobe Bush Lodge11.9 KMHotel · River Road, Kasane+267 625 0336chobesafarilodge.com
- Cresta Mowana Safari Resort & Spa11.2 KMHotel · 5 star+267 625 0300crestamowana.com
- 5.0 KM
- 8.8 KM
Sources
- Botswana Department of Immigration and Citizenship, ports of entry with operating hours (PDF, updated April 2025, copy hosted by pcf11.org)
- Tourism Update, Govt investment to ease travel through Zim border post (28 March 2019)
- The Herald, Govt to expand Kazungula (27 October 2011)
- The Sunday Mail, Ports of entry get boost (27 August 2023)
- Zimbabwe Tourism Authority, Getting to Zimbabwe (lists the ten main road border posts, no hours)
- The Herald, Govt scraps duplicative access fees in transport sector, on Statutory Instrument 113 of 2026 (28 July 2026)
- ZIMRA, Temporary Importation for Visitors' Vehicles (undated guide: TIP, third party insurance, carbon tax, road access fee)
- Wikipedia, Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG official currency since 8 April 2024; foreign currency payments valid until 31 December 2030)
- Wikipedia, Kazungula
- OpenStreetMap, Kazungula Border Zimbabwe node (opening_hours 06:00-18:00)
Cite as: Travel Africa Guide, "Kazungula border post hours", checked 18 October 2026, https://travelafrica.guide/zimbabwe/border-posts/kazungula/