Home Base
Katima Mulilo, Zambezi Region, Namibia
The final Namibian base before the route turns through Zambia toward Malawi.
Firsthand material by Liv Kenya
See the published routes that arrive at this Home Base and radiate outward toward nearby Places.
Begin with the primary Journey into Katima Mulilo, then continue toward the Places connected to this Home Base.
Primary Journey · Begin here
The return leaves Cape Town for Windhoek, turns west to Swakopmund and Dune 7, then crosses northern Namibia through Rundu and Bwabwata to Katima Mulilo.
Travel to Katima Mulilo →Primary Journey · Begin here
Follow the river systems that distinguish northeastern Namibia: the Okavango at Rundu and Divundu, the long B8 crossing of Bwabwata, the Kwando around Kongola and Mudumu, the Chobe-Linyanti wetlands at Nkasa Rupara, and the Zambezi at Katima Mulilo.
Travel to Katima Mulilo →The road returns through Livingstone, Choma, Lusaka, Luangwa Bridge, and Chipata before crossing at Mwami–Mchinji into Malawi.
Follow Journey →A nine-country overland loop shaped by the road actually traveled: south from Nairobi through Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa, and Lesotho, then home through Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, and …
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A river-edge orientation point at the eastern end of the Namibia chapter.
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