The border between Zimbabwe and South Africa is along the Limpopo River. The border stretches for about 230 km. The borders was set up sometime between 1881 and 1884. At the border crossing South Africa’s N1 highway links with Zimbabwe’s A6 highway at the Alfred Beit Road Bridge.

river limpopo

There is also a railway line linking Pretoria with Rutenga and Bulawayo in Zimbabwe.

limpopo river border map