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Zambia into Mozambique / Namibia for 1 month?
Hi all

I should point out at the outset that I know HUBB is primarily for overlanders in their own vehicles and, although I've done that in the past, this time I'll be backpacking and using public transport.

Am mulling options for a trip involving flying into Lusaka but out from elsewhere, taking (up to) 1 month to get to the 'elsewhere'.

Therein lies my question: would I be better off going through Zambia into Mozambique and flying out from there, or doing likewise via Namibia?

This is a question that straddles borders, so I will also post it in other sections - but I am hoping that a forum like HUBB will have members who've visited each country!

Look forward to hearing any thoughts members may have.

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I would check out the security situation in Mozambique first, a beautiful country but they are having problems with Islamic insurgents at the moment, if the foreign office advises against travel there it might invalid your insurance.
Namibia is worth a visit and you could go through Botswana to get there rather than travel along the Caprivi Strip.
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Mark M - sounds like the insurgency isn't likely to affect the area I was thinking about but always wise to check these things out - www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/mozambique

Namibia via Botswana - thanks a lot, precisely why I like to throw a question like this out to the world (or a tiny bit of it!)
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Of course a month is way too short for a trip in that area of Africa. Namibia is spectacular, but so is South Africa, Lesotho, Zimbabwe.... and I haven't even been to Botswana. Mozambique is worth some exploration, too, although my last time there was in the nineties just after the UN-sponsored elections. Basically, wherever you decide to go you'll be simultaneously deciding NOT to go elsewhere.

You'll want to think as well about public transportation options. In Namibia we really needed our rental car, while in Mozambique at the time the public transport existed, but involved long waits, discomfort, slow travel and intermittent hitchhiking. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it means that suggestions you may find on motor forums like this one don't quite apply.

Hope that's helpful.

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A bit of a wide open question - and your interests are not clear to me, however:

I know the region fairly well, but have never spent time in Mozambique. The insecurity is apparently in the north, and unlikely to affect visitors staying in the south, however you never know. Botswana and Namibia are very safe.

As markharf notes, a month isn't long, however I suggest that it's enough to make a trip via Kazungula, Chobe, Caprivi, and Etosha to Windhoek, with a trip to Sossusvlei thrown in.

The big challenge is that unless you go on tours in these parks you'll have to rent vehicles in each place. Now, you could get to Kasane via Victoria Falls by public transport, then rent from an agency there to explore Chobe and Moremi. Then travel to Windhoek and do the same.
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All the previous posts are absolutely correct - @ilesmark's problem will be to find public transport. I doubt that. You could hitch-hike though. The Trans Kalahari Hwy from SA through BOT to NAM has quite some traffic. Maybe you could hang around petrol stations or road houses to talk to people to hitch a ride.
Next problem is South AFrica. Standing in the middle of nowhere with a rucksack you are prone to being robbed. This is a problem mainly in South Africa. The other African countries have way less crime than SA Although, this applies mainly to the more densely populated regions in the eastern parts (Gauteng, KZN, the Cape provinces).
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