Kasane is a town in

Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...

, close to Africa's 'Four Corners', where the borders of Botswana,

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and

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almost meet. The town is at the far northeastern corner of Botswana where it serves as the administrative center of the Chobe District. The population of Kasane was 9,244 at the 2011 census. Kasane briefly obtained international fame as the location of the remarriage of

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, in 1975.

Transport

The town lies on the south bank of the wide

Chobe River The Cuando (or Kwando) is a river in south-central Africa flowing through Angola and Namibia's Caprivi Strip and into the Linyanti Swamp on the northern border of Botswana. Below the swamp, the river is called the Linyanti River and, farther east ...

which forms the border with the extreme tip of

's Caprivi Strip. The Namibian island of Impalila lies opposite the town on the north bank of the river, and there is a border crossing by passenger ferry to Namibia. About to the east of Kasane is the village of

Kazungula Kazungula is a small border town in Zambia, lying on the north bank of the Zambezi River about west of Livingstone on the M10 Road. At Kazungula, the territories of four countries (Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Namibia) come close to mee ...

, where Botswana has of frontage to the Zambezi river immediately below its confluence with the Chobe River. Here the Kazungula

border post A border checkpoint is a location on an international border where travelers or goods are inspected and allowed (or denied) passage through. Authorization often is required to enter a country through its borders. Access-controlled borders of ...

serves the

Kazungula Bridge Kazungula Bridge is a road and rail bridge over the Zambezi, Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Botswana at the town of Kazungula. The and bridge, which has a longest span of , links the town of Kazungula in Zambia with Botswana ...

crossing to

on the north bank of the

Zambezi The Zambezi (also spelled Zambeze and Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. Its drainage basin covers , slightly less than half of t ...

. Nearby a second border post serves the road into

which runs east to

Victoria Falls Victoria Falls (Lozi language, Lozi: ''Mosi-oa-Tunya'', "Thundering Smoke/Smoke that Rises"; Tonga language (Zambia and Zimbabwe), Tonga: ''Shungu Namutitima'', "Boiling Water") is a waterfall on the Zambezi River, located on the border betwe ...

. Kasane is at the northern end of the tarred highway from

Francistown Francistown is the second-largest city in Botswana, with a population of about 103,417 inhabitants and 147,122 inhabitants in its agglomeration at the 2022 census. It is located in eastern Botswana, about north-northeast from the capital, Gabo ...

and

Gaborone Gaborone ( , , ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Botswana, largest city of Botswana, with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its metropolitan area is home to 534, ...

which is a regional artery between southern and central Africa particularly for trucks too heavy for the Victoria Falls Bridge's periodic weight restrictions. There is also a tarred road to the

n border 51 km west at Ngoma. Kasane is at the north-eastern boundary of

Chobe National Park Chobe National Park is Botswana's first national park, and also the most Biodiversity, biologically diverse. Located in the north of the country, it is Botswana's third largest park, after Central Kalahari Game Reserve and Gemsbok National Park. ...

and its road links make it a popular access point for tourists to the park as well as those including it in an itinerary taking in the Okavango Delta, the Caprivi Strip and

. The town is served by Kasane Airport.

Amenities and social places

Kasane has a number of campsites and lodges (accommodations oriented towards the safari business). These lodges offer day trips into the Chobe National Park and Victoria Falls, and boat trips on the Chobe River. Kasane has ABSA Bank, First National Bank, Stanbic and Standard Chartered Bank with ATM facility.

Climate

Gallery

File:Citation M2 Kasane v1.jpg, Air Cessna Citation M2 over Kasane, Botswana File:Tourist Resort at Kasane.jpg, Kasane Chobe Safari Lodge File:BTW-kasane-hauptstr.jpg, Downtown Kasane File:Kasane Airport (2919).jpg, Kasane Airport File:Kasane 01.jpg, Kasane street File:Kasane Airport (2018).jpg, Kasane Airport File:BW Kasane to Nata March 2017 01.jpg, Kasane road File:Río Chobe 02.jpg, Kasane: Chobe River boat cruise File:Air Botswana new ATR 72 at Kasane International Airport on a cloudy day.jpg, Air Botswana new Embraer E170 at Kasane International Airport

Notes

External links

* * {{Authority control North-West District (Botswana) Populated places in Botswana Botswana–Namibia border crossings