Reviews of Ilala Lodge
Wildlife sightings and reviews
273 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Ilala Lodge and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

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"Excellent location for the Falls"
"Great place for victoria falls, family owned"
"Ilala lodge"
The pool area is not particularly nice though and you don't really have views of the Falls. Anyone would be much better off staying at Victoria Falls Hotel, which has much nicer architecture and better views." See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
"Ilala Lodge review"
The only downside was the building works going on, They are building 22 more rooms, finishing in October 2015 and the builders started at 8am and finished at 530pm. A quiet day by the pool wasn't so quiet with banging and crashing." See all these reviews: 7n in Zimbabwe; 5n in South Africa
"Beautiful, relaxing and comfortable."
Comfortable rooms, kind staff, great amenities, good food & beautiful surroundings. I had a relaxing message, a nice swim, a great dinner and appreciated the locale for walking to Victoria Falls and exploring the rest of the town.
A definite redo." See all these reviews: 7n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
"Ilala Lodge review"
Seeing the warthogs every day from our room made for a fun, exciting stay. We ate at the Palm Restaurant one evening and really enjoyed the food. The only slight annoyance was dealing with the vendors who came up to us every time we left the lodge, asking us to buy their "one-of-a-kind" goods." See all these reviews: 4n in South Africa; 3n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
"excellent stay for Vic Falls"
"The best hotel I have ever stayed in!"
The rooms were very well equipped, with a first rate shower. Outside of the hotel you are constantly bothered by people trying to sell you stuff, so you need to be polite and firm, although we used it as a good excuse to stay more in the hotel!" See all these reviews: 7n in Zimbabwe
"Ilala Lodge review"
Pool area nice and clean. Staff very attentive. Evening meal very good. Next day walked to the falls. No trouble there. Would happily stay again. It is pricey and everything is in american dollars but a lovely lovely hotel." See all these reviews: 11n in Namibia; 2n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
"Ilala Lodge review"
The Falls themselves are, of course, quite stunning; awesome in fact at any rate in late February when the waterflow is high. I deliberately courted a drenching, and duly got soaked to the skin. We went to the Falls in the morning and took the helicopter flight in the afternoon. We are convinced that that is the best way to get the full experience of the Falls. We ate one evening in the Vic Falls Hotel. We dined, satisfactorily, in the restaurant on the terrace. The main restaurant was completely deserted!
As to the town itself, we particularly liked the Elephant's Walk Shopping Village (in which there is a pleasant open-air restaurant at which we had a good light lunch)." See all these reviews: 9n in Zimbabwe
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