[Otter74]

Yes, but only for a day. In 2019 I was in Zambia for two weeks visting my sister and BIL and we drove down to Livingstone, near the Zambia/Zimbabwe/Botswana/Namibia border, spent a night, then spent a day (self-drive in their LC) in Chobe National Park in Botswana, which is spectacular. then cocktails at the Victoria Falls Hotel overlooking the falls and dinner at a place with good Zim food, another night in Livingstone and drive back to Lusaka. I don't know what the guided tours are like in Chobe but if you want to do a self-supported trip in a rental truck it would be a great place to do it.

By reputation Botswana is quite safe, and my sister (who has been there a number of times) said the same. Also politically stable, and democratic. Zambia is also a nice country to visit, and South Luangwa National Park (which I've been to twice now) is fantastic. Malawi (where she lives now, and where I've also been) is also very safe and enjoyable to visit, if also very poor, notably more so than Zambia. I don't really know about Zimbabwe.