Caprivi
The Caprivi, also known as the Caprivi Strip is a long, skinny panhandle extending north-east from Namibia, separating Angola from Botswana and ending near the south-western corner of Zambia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Katima Mulilo and Nkasa Lupala National Park.
Katima Mulilo
Katima Mulilo is a small town with 46,500 people on the banks of the Zambezi River in the Zambezi region of Namibia. Compared to many other parts of Namibia you will find people in small communities living in huts.
Nkasa Lupala National Park
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Nkasa Lupala National Park is a 320-km² park in Namibia. Mamili is a stunning swampland which, due to its often inaccessible nature, has remained cut off from the human population of the area for many years.
Bwabwata National Park
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Bwabwata National Park is in Caprivi in Namibia. It is an important migration route from Botswana to Angola for African elephant and some other game species.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Mudumu National Park.
Mudumu National Park
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Mudumu National Park is in Caprivi in Namibia. It is a very under-rated park with easy access and beautiful scenery.
Caprivi
- Type: Region
- Description: geographical area of north-eastern Namibia
- Also known as: “Caprivi Strip”, “Itenge”, “Lyiyeyi”, and “Okavango Strip”
- Categories: geopolitical corridor and salient
- Location: Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Caprivi” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kaprivistrook”
- Arabic: “قطاع كابريفي”
- Basque: “Capriviko Zerrenda”
- Belarusian: “Паласа Капрыві”
- Bulgarian: “Ивица Каприви”
- Catalan: “Caprivi Oriental”
- Chinese: “卡普里維地帶”
- Chinese: “卡普里维地带”
- Croatian: “Koridor Caprivi”
- Croatian: “Pojas Caprivi”
- Czech: “Capriviho pruh”
- Czech: “Výběžek Caprivi”
- Danish: “Caprivi Strip”
- Danish: “Caprivi-striben”
- Danish: “Caprivistriben”
- Dutch: “Caprivi”
- Dutch: “Caprivistrip”
- Dutch: “Caprivistrook”
- Esperanto: “Caprivi-streko”
- Esperanto: “Kaprivi-streko”
- Estonian: “Caprivi koridor”
- French: “bande de Caprivi”
- French: “Bande de Caprivi”
- French: “Itenge”
- Galician: “Franxa de Caprivi”
- Georgian: “კაპრივის ზოლი”
- German: “Caprivi Strip”
- German: “Caprivi-Streifen”
- German: “Caprivi-Strip”
- German: “Caprivi-Zipfel”
- German: “Caprivistreifen”
- German: “Nordostnamibia”
- German: “Caprivi Zipfel” (historical)
- German: “Caprivizipfel” (historical)
- Greek: “Λωρίδα Καπρίβι”
- Greek: “Λωρίδα του Καπρίβι”
- Hebrew: “רצועת קפריבי”
- Hungarian: “Caprivi-sáv”
- Indonesian: “Jalur Caprivi”
- Italian: “Caprivi Strip”
- Italian: “Caprivi-Zipfel”
- Italian: “Dito di Caprivi”
- Italian: “Striscia di Caprivi”
- Japanese: “カプリビ・ストリップ”
- Japanese: “カプリビ回廊”
- Korean: “카프리비 회랑”
- Lithuanian: “Kaprivio ruožas”
- Macedonian: “Појас Каприви”
- Polish: “Pas Caprivi”
- Portuguese: “Faixa de Caprivi”
- Russian: “Каприви”
- Russian: “Полоса Каприви”
- Slovenian: “Caprivijev pas”
- Spanish: “Franja de Caprivi”
- Swahili: “Kishoroba cha Caprivi”
- Swahili: “Kishoroba ya Caprivi”
- Swedish: “Caprivi”
- Swedish: “Capriviremsan”
- Swedish: “Itenge”
- Swedish: “Okavangoremsan”
- Tamil: “கேப்ரிவி”
- Turkish: “Caprivi Ucu”
- Ukrainian: “Капріві”
- Ukrainian: “Смуга Капріві”
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