Hi All,
Driving your own foreign-plated 4x4 or motorbike into Zambia without a Carnet de Passage is easy.
A Temporary Import Permit for the vehicle is free. It's valid for one month and can be easily extended.
There is a $20USD carbon tax, and a $30USD road tax you must pay, and you pay those if you have a carnet or not.
The visa can be easily bought the border - $50USD for one month.
Vehicle Insurance is mandatory - you can get six months of local insurance for $27USD for a 4x4, and then add COMESA on top of that for another $55USD
That COMESA is then valid for practically every country in East Africa.
(See the COMESA page on WikiOverland for more info - COMESA - WikiOverland, the encyclopedia of Overland travel)
All the details for Overlanding in Zambia in your own vehicle can be found on WikiOverland here: http://wikioverland.org/Zambia
it has all the details like required paperwork, the process at the border, the price of gas and diesel, road quality, bribery information, camping and much, much more.
Happy Overlanding!
-Dan
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