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Royal Livingstone Hotel
Royal Livingstone Hotel
Royal Livingstone Hotel
Royal Livingstone Hotel
Royal Livingstone Hotel
Royal Livingstone Hotel
Royal Livingstone Hotel
Royal Livingstone Hotel

Royal Livingstone Hotel


17°55’9.4"S 25°51’49.7"E

Reviews of Royal Livingstone Hotel

Wildlife sightings and reviews

86 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Royal Livingstone Hotel and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Jun-2018, 7 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Royal Livingstone Hotel.
Zebra

100% success

Hippo

67% success

Elephant

50% success

White Rhino

17% success

Showing 41-50 of 86
Duration
Arrival date
Mr J & Mrs C
Streatha

"Royal Livingstone"

2 nights Arrived 14 Sep 2012
"The location is stunning and the rooms are very well appointed.

Unfortunately the levels of service have dropped significantly in the past two years in the restaurant and bar. The bar deck by the river is a wonderful place but service was very poor with the staff standing around chatting and taking long times to deliver drinks. The quality of the food in the restaurant was very mixed, some good and some poor. However our experience was coloured by one dinner when I received overcooked food and the very poor reaction to resolving the problem." See all these reviews: 10n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Poor
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Poor
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs L
Ilkley

"Colonial Royal Livinstone"

3 nights Arrived 28 May 2012
"We have very mixed views about the Royal Livingstone Hotel.

It is in a beautiful setting, the falls are amazing, and on the whole our stay there was pleasant. It is however, a large and busy hotel and there is no escaping this, often visited by large tour parties. The aeriel activity (helicopters and microlights) over the falls which run from dawn until dusk makes this quite a noisy place, which came as quite a shock after the peace and quiet of the African bush. Over and above this however, our greatest objection is to the hotel's efforts to retain a colonial feel. Staff are all dressed in pastiche colonial dress which personally we feel is quite deeming. We come to Africa for Africa! Why can there not be pride in African dress?

During our stay we made gentle enquiries with staff regarding their views on the uniforms and in the most part they reported disliking them. Overall service was very good but we found the level of attentiveness on occasions oppressive." See all these reviews: 11n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mr & Mrs K
Lyme Regis

"A refreshing change from camps"

2 nights Arrived 13 May 2012
"Bedroom a little disappointing but generally hotel very good. Service lacking in places." See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs H
Cambs.

"Royal Livingstone Hotel review"

3 nights Arrived 17 Mar 2012
"Great location overlooking the river. Giraffe and zebra roam the grounds.

Beware of the monkeys - they stole my biscuit!" See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana; 5n in Mozambique; 3n in Zambia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Mrs C & Dr M
Oxford

"Royal Livingstone Hotel review"

3 nights Arrived 15 Feb 2012
"Wonderful setting with the Zambezi flowing past within yards of us....very well trained and attentive staff......comfortable room.....food lavish and good....I asked for 'mealie-meal' porridge....legacy of childhood in Africa....and it was made for me as a special request.

Definitely more attractive than what we saw of the Victoria Falls Hotel." See all these reviews: 5n in Botswana; 3n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr O & Ms L
Singapore

"Royal Livingstone Hotel review"

2 nights Arrived 19 Nov 2011
"A perfect end to a excellent trip to Namibia and Botswana.

Impressive that it is possible to maintain a ***** world class hotel in such a location" See all these reviews: 11n in Botswana; 6n in Namibia; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs W
Chorley

"Royal Livingstone Hotel review"

2 nights Arrived 2 Nov 2011
"I found the evening meal a little over priced for the 'quality and quantity' of the food; the a la carte dinner menu was 'not balanced.' I was disappointed with the evening meal in the restaurant, but the breakfast was excellent.

The sun-loungers were most comfortable and the towels provided were of good quality. The swimming pool was well-kept and the sundeck was excellent, as were the cocktails.

I would have liked to have had a 'library' area." See all these reviews: 16n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mr & Mrs M
Wiltshire

"Great Location and Lovely Hotel"

2 nights Arrived 4 Sep 2011
"Great location, we enjoyed being able to walk along to the Falls whenever we wished, and there was always the added bonus of what wildlife we might meet on the way, seeing zebra and giraffe in the hotel grounds!

Comfortable bedroom, and the food was very good." See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana; 3n in Namibia; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Mr R
Paris

"Royal Livingstone Hotel review"

2 nights Arrived 30 May 2011
"A fantastic place to stay, extremely convenient to be able to walk to the falls.

Great food and spotless service." See all these reviews: 10n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs MJ
SW London

"Royal Livingstone Hotel review"

3 nights Arrived 12 May 2011
"We enjoyed the Royal Livingstone as it gave us a good place to prepare for our safari trip and to get over the flight. It had a peaceful atmosphere and was close enough to the falls that we could walk to it on our own.

The food was good, if a bit expensive." See all these reviews: 7n in Botswana; 3n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
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