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Sendelingsdrift Tourist Access Facility & Pontoon

Projects | boat on lake [© 2007 Dries Engelbrecht] The pontoon at Sendelingsdrift was refurbished and customs and immigration offices, as well as staff housing on both sides of the Orange River were built to enable the opening of a tourism access facility in 2007.  On 16 October 2007, Namibia and South Africa's Ministers for Home Affairs opened the Sendelingsdrift Tourist Access Facility, thus enabling tourists and local communities to travel between Namibia and South Africa through the Transfrontier Park.

On the same day, the ministers for the Environment from the two countries officially commissioned the restored pontoon that allows visitors to cross the Orange River.

"This pontoon symbolises joint approaches to tourism across a shared border," said Minister Konjore of Namibia. "We are no longer planning tourism country by country. We are looking at regional tourism planning and seeing how best we can harness it for the benefit of all".

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The fully operational pontoon has created a tourist access facility between Namibia and South Africa which has shortened the route between the two sections of the transfrontier park by almost 500 km. 

PONTOON REGULATIONS:

Maximum carrying capacity is 6 metric tonnes or:

  • 2 standard 4x4 vehicles without trailers
  • 1 standard 4x4 vehicle with trailer
  • 2 standard light motor vehicles with trailers
  • 1 bus with a seating capacity of less than 20
OPERATING HOURS:

Summer and winter: 8:00 - 16:15 (weather permitting)

For further information please phone the the park on +27 (0)27 831 1506