Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
South African Airlink
( 0211-254350;
www.saairlink.co.za
)
Daily flights between
Lusaka, Livingstone and Ndola and Johannesburg (South Africa).
South African Airways
(
www.flysaa.com
;
Southern Sun Ridgeway)
Zambezi Airlines
( 0211-250342;
www.flyzambezi.com
)
Connects Lusaka to Ndola,
Kitwe, Solwezi and Chipata as well as Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Harare (Zimbabwe) and
Johannesburg (South Africa). Also direct flights between Livingstone and Cape Town
(South Africa); Ndola and Lubumbashi (DRC).
Land
BORDER CROSSINGS
Zambia shares borders with eight countries, so there's a huge number of crossing points.
Most are open daily from 6am to 6pm; the border closes at 8pm at Victoria Falls and at
7pm at Chirundu. Before you leave the Zambian side ensure that you have enough cur-
rency of whatever country you're travelling to or South African rand to pay for your visa
(if you require one).
If you are crossing borders in your own vehicle, you need a free Temporary Export Per-
mit (TEP), which is obtained at the border - make sure to retain a copy of this form after
it's stamped. Before crossing be sure to inform your rental car company in order to guar-
antee you have all the required documents in order. You'll likely need to purchase insur-
ance, sometimes called COMESA. It can be bought either at the Zambian border crossings
or just after you've gone through formalities on the other country's side (for Zimbabwe
it'll cost around ZMW150). For Zimbabwe you also need an Interpol Certificate (good for
three months), which can be obtained from the police in Zambia, and a typed 'Permission
to Drive' document, which basically states that the vehicle's owner knows you're driving
their car.
You also need to request a Temporary Import Permit (TIP), and pay for it. Retain the
document and payment receipt for when re-entering Zambia.
Heading back into Zambia you'll might get hassled from Zambians trying to sell you
insurance - you don't need this if you're in a Zambian-registered vehicle.
Note also that Zambia charges a carbon tax for non-Zambian registered vehicles; it's
usually about ZMW150 to ZMW200 per vehicle.
