Botswana opens Mohembo Bridge across Okavango River

Posted by David Henning on 1 February 2023

The Okavango River Bridge, also known as the Mohembo Bridge, was opened by Botswanan president, Mokgweetsi Masisi.

Mohembo Bridge over the Okavango Bridge located in the northwest of Botswana at the village of Mohembo near Shakawe. Picture Bashi Kikia/ Getty Images

Six years in the making, the 1.2 km bridge has connected 10 000 residents in the villages on the eastern side of the Okavango (Mohembo East) to Mohembo West as well as opening up tourism to a pristine pocket of the Okavango Delta.

Residents previously had to wait in long queues for pontoons that had to deal with crocodiles and hippos, which was limited to daylight hours.

Now, residents can travel across the river at any time of the day. The cable-stayed bridge with towers resembles elephant tusks, a homage to Botswana having the largest elephant population in Africa.

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