Alexander Bay Immigration | Customs and Immigration

June 23rd, 2024 by massivelightning90

Easy border, stamped out, stamped in, no one asks anything. We had to use this border, because the one in Sendingsdrif is not possible with a dog.

January 20th, 2024 by Motobiko

Easiest border so far in Africa. I checked out of Namibia in about 10 minutes, had to fill out a departure form and have customs stamp my vehicle permit. Then SA side they asked how many days and stamped the passport then no customs on a Saturday so the police wrote down my passport and vehicle info.

June 12th, 2023 by campercat4x4

Customs opens only during working days.

But take care, they do not stamp CDP despite being there. Raphael, the officer explained us that they are not a comercial border and do not have stamp (I saw it on the table and asked him… but he said was and old one!)

In our case we needed to stamp because we were leaving the country by ship.

If they are not there (weekends), sometimes the police can stamp or do a TIP but he said he didn’t rely on that being official and do not offer any warranty at the end… so, be careful!

We had in/out in Botswana and nothing in Namibia
in the CDP.

If we had just an entry in Botswana could be possible to stamp the exit in SA when we leave it because it is the same “SACU”

Raphael called to Vioolsdrif where we had to drive.

Also told us that there is no agriculture check point here, so thats the reason there is no food or wood inspection at the moment.

Very friendly.

May 1st, 2023 by marc.saperavi

Easiest border crossing in Africa. 10 min and we were out, just like that guy said previously. Going to SA, nobody checked our rig for food (we hidded our meat and eggs anyway). We didnt see any custom, just immigration, so nobody stamped our CDP. Very friendly people on both side.

January 6th, 2023 by Up And Beyond

Very easy from Namibia to SA: 10 min. on each side and friendly staff.

December 10th, 2022 by Elki

Crossing from RSA to NAM
Border points on both sides are advertised to be open Mon-Sun 8am to 10pm
We crossed on a Saturday, which was also a public holiday … no problem, very quiet, very easy … save for the waiting time for the RFA-lady to turn up to collect the road tax

August 1st, 2022 by SIL & Paco. La Chatita around the world

Easy border post in both sides. Police & immigration. in Namibian side you have Esther buy or bring back your road tax. All paperwork in 15 minutes.

February 1st, 2020 by a3discoverstheplanet.com

Really nice quiet border, but, it was Saturday so we asked at the Namibia site if custums were open on both side of the border. They confirmed, but after our pasports were stamped in SA we found custums closed. The police was willing to help us with the papers for the car, but they didn’t know what they were doing. Better not try it during weekends.

June 26th, 2019 by goingsouth.africa

Nice and quiet border, really easy. The police just want to check the top case of my motorbike

June 9th, 2019 by BikingOverYonder.com

Customs is closed at the weekend. We were told to return on Monday or visit Vioolsdrif to get TIP. Customs is open from Monday to Friday and opens 0800 (don't know when it closes).

February 19th, 2019 by onmyway.alex

RSA to NAM - easy friendly handling, no customs check and took maybe 30 minutes all in all.

January 27th, 2019 by sastde

very friendly people, small border. They didn't know how to handle the CDP but we figured it out together. Didn't check the vehicle.

March 18th, 2018 by cynthia.a.meza

Crossed the border by car through Alexander Bay. The border is open from 6:00-22:00. In and out in less than 10 minutes.

August 11th, 2017 by onebikeoneworld.com

South African side of border with Namibia. Entering SA by bike didn't even have to fill in a form. Immigration was done in 2 minutes but then had to visit the police too for some kind of double registration which confused me.