Car rental at Karasburg Airport (KAS) does not work like a desk-lined arrivals hall: the airstrip sits about a kilometre from town, has no scheduled airline service, and no rental counters. Drivers in this corner of southern Namibia arrange a vehicle ahead of time - typically a one-way or delivered rental booked through Windhoek-based companies, or a car picked up across the border in Upington or Springbok, South Africa. Karasburg itself is a waypoint town on the B3 highway between the Ariamsvlei border crossing and Grunau, where the road joins the B1 toward Keetmanshoop and Windhoek, so most renters pass through with a car they already have. Gravel detours are common; a high-clearance vehicle makes the region far more accessible.
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