Overland Travel Across Borders: A Tale of Two Frontiers
Unity Bridge Ruvuma Negomano in Remote 2010 Link
The Ruvuma River creates a formidable natural barrier along the 840-kilometer border between Mozambique and Tanzania. For decades, this was a “missing link” in Africa’s road network, a remote and undeveloped frontier with no bridge connecting the two countries. Your journey here is a passage across a brand-new piece of infrastructure that has transformed regional travel.
4×4 Unpaved Isolation in Strategic Trade Adventure
The one and only crossing is at the Unity Bridge, which spans the Ruvuma River between Negomano in Tanzania and the Mozambican side. Opened in 2010, this bridge replaced a sporadic and unreliable ferry service, creating the first-ever permanent road link between the two nations.