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The Caprivi Strip

NAMIBIA
  • CURRENCY Namibian Dollar
  • LANGUAGE English
  • WEATHER
  • FLYING TIME 16 hrs 15 mins
  • TIME ZONE GMT + 1

You'll get the feeling here that you’re truly alone with nature

Tailor Made Holidays to The Caprivi Strip

At Inspiration Holidays, we pride ourselves on tailoring holidays to The Caprivi Strip that are designed around your needs and expectations and not ours. We have a range of The Caprivi Strip holiday offers that we have negotiated special or exclusive deals on. We can also arrange multi centre The Caprivi Strip holiday itineraries as well as tours and excursions in The Caprivi Strip. For more information on our The Caprivi Strip holidays, call an Inspiration Holidays tailor-made expert on and speak to one of our reservation experts who will be able to help you plan the perfect holiday in The Caprivi Strip.

Destination Overview

Overview

The 280-mile-long panhandle known as Namibia's Caprivi Strip only exists as is because Germans thought the Zambezi would lead to the Indian Ocean. Unfortunately the Victoria Falls got in the way - but today this does provide the benefit of acting as a gateway to Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls and Botswana's Chobe National Park.

Stretching improbably eastward toward Zimbabwe the Caprivi Strip is typified by expanses of mopane and terminalia broadleaf forest, punctuated by shonas or fossilised parallel dunes that are the remnants of a drier climate.

Be alone with nature

The Caprivi is surrounded by 4 perennial rivers – Chobe, Kwando, Linyanti and the mighty Zambezi! The regional capital is the town of Katima Mulilo, which is located on the Zambezi River. There are no other major towns in the area, although it is fairly densely populated and travellers will encounter numerous villages. Because it's relatively unknown as a tourist area, you'll get the feeling here that you’re truly alone with nature. This part of Namibia is the closest thing to Botswana's Okavango Delta, and it shelters much of the same game: elephants, the aquatic lechwe and the rare sitatunga antelope, the uncommon roan and sable antelope, and, hardly ever seen in Namibia, big buffalo herds.

Getting to Caprivi Strip

Getting to the Caprivi strip is not easy. From Windhoek, it is over 17 hours driving. In fact the Caprivi strip is closer to Livingstone in Zambia than it is to the capital of Namibia. To get to Susuwe Island Lodge for example, you fly into Livingstone, then take a small plane to the Namibian immigration post at Katimo Mulilo, then fly to the Immelman airstrip nearby, the once infamous Doppies SADF forward base, and travel by road and river to the lodge. Alternatively, you can drive 4 hours to the border and then a further 2 hours to the lodge.

The Caprivi Strip

When to visit The Caprivi Strip

Do you need inspiration for when to go on holiday to The Caprivi Strip? Give the team of experts at Inspiration Holidays a call and we will help you plan your The Caprivi Strip holiday at the best time of year for your requirements. Although our The Caprivi Strip holiday search tool will allow you to search for The Caprivi Strip holiday prices upto 11 months in advance, we can also price holidays to The Caprivi Strip for 2025 and 2026. We can advise on the best time to travel on your The Caprivi Strip holiday based on The Caprivi Strip weather, special events in The Caprivi Strip or even when the crowds in The Caprivi Strip are at their lowest.