Hitchhiking is difficult, but on main routes with a higher volume of traffic it is possible to get a lift between towns. In rural areas too it is possible to get a lift despite the low traffic volume. It is common practice for the hitch hiker to contribute towards petrol costs. Car hire services are available in main towns. Otherwise, an International Driving licence with an attached photograph of the owner is required.
Traffic keeps to the left.
Priority is given to all vehicles sounding a siren, by moving off the road and stopping. Overland entry into Namibia is usually not complicated. But on entry vehicle tyres and passengers' shoes must be passed through a solution of cattle-dip. The route from Windhoek to the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park via the Matamata entrance to Tweerivieren, then to Bokspits is recommended. The recommended entry points are one from Plumtree entering at Ramokgwebane on the main road to Francistown, and the other from Victoria Falls entering at Kazungula.