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Fake Backpacking the Zambia - Zimbabwe Border Crossing

​​Posted: September 10 2023

​After Backpacking Mosi-Oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls, I went and fake-backpacked the Zambia-Zimbabwe Border Crossing.
Fake Backpacking the Zambia-Zimbabwe Border Crossing
From the entrance to Victoria Falls, it's a short walk to Zambian Immigration, where you show your passport and say that you are just going to the middle of the bridge.
Victoria Falls border post
Victoria Falls border post
They give you a slip of paper with a single stamp on it:
Victoria Falls border post
Then it's about a 500m walk to the Victoria Falls Bridge that separates Zambia and Zimbabwe.

I bought a 20 Billion Zimbabwe Dollar note for my collection:
20 billion dollars Zimbabwe
When I was there, they were using USD, then they switched again to the 'New Zimbabwe Dollar' but it suffered to become a worthless currency again with lots of zeros.

They are now back to using  USD.

So I walk halfway across the bridge. Get my obligatory photos of my fake border crossing:
Nomadic Backpacker Victoria Falls Bridge
Nomadic Backpacker Victoria Falls Bridge
Zambezi gorge Victoria Falls
The boiling pot Zambia victoria falls
The boiling pot Zambia victoria falls
Victoria Falls bridge
Victoria Falls bridge
Victoria Falls Bridge
And then I retrace my steps. I re-enter Zambia:
Welcome to Zambia sign
Welcome to Zambia sign
Getting my slip of paper stamped:
ZAMBAI RE-ENTRY STAMP
There are minivans to whisk you back to Livingstone. They take 18 passengers and go when full. The ride takes 20 minutes and costs 10Kw

Not much room so if you are travelling with a lot of luggage, private shared cars cost 20 Kw, so I am told.

The 'bus station' is marked in Google Maps:
Livingstone to Victoria Falls minivan
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