Reviews of Victoria Falls Hotel
Wildlife sightings and reviews
162 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Victoria Falls 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-2019, 26 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Victoria Falls Hotel.
Leopard
0% success
Elephant
38% success
Buffalo
5% success
Zebra
0% success
Mrs V
Canterbury
"Victoria Falls Hotel review"
2 nights Arrived 12 Sep 2015
"We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here- staff were helpful and friendly, the accommodation was spacious, and the food was excellent."
See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs A
Canterbury
"Wonderful Colonial Hotel"
2 nights Arrived 12 Sep 2015
"Only got 1 Central Deluxe room, but other room was at the back overlooking the falls area and was ok but not so modern and had very noisy aircon unit ."
See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Sue
USA
"Optimal location/hotel for short stay"
2 nights Arrived 8 Sep 2015
"Beautiful hotel, fantastic staff, best location for Falls"
See all these reviews: 10n in Zambia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs B
Paris
"Great stay at Victoria Falls Hotel"
2 nights Arrived 14 Aug 2015
"Very nice hotel. Room was lovely with a great view on the garden and the bridge.
Restaurants were good (both Jungle Junction and Linvingstone Room) and not too expensive.
Breakfast was very good as well, with a large choice of food.
Stay in Victoria Falls was interesting - we did the walk around the Falls, which is great. However, the sunset cruise on the Zambezi river is too expensive and without interest" See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Restaurants were good (both Jungle Junction and Linvingstone Room) and not too expensive.
Breakfast was very good as well, with a large choice of food.
Stay in Victoria Falls was interesting - we did the walk around the Falls, which is great. However, the sunset cruise on the Zambezi river is too expensive and without interest" See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs R
Richmond
"A great colonial experience"
2 nights Arrived 20 Jun 2015
"Frankly a must in my view for someone visiting Victoria Falls and going on to a Safari......amusing that Zimbabwean visas for anyone from Europe costs "only" US$ 30 and yet for Bits it's US$ 55! Regardless of your views re the politics of the country, the staff are great and the colonial experience somewhat unique. Not more than 2 nights....but the a la carte dining experience in the Livingston Room was interesting.
In viiew of the above, I think the lack of coverage of the Hotel in the Bradt guide to Botswana (which has a section on Livingstone which is on the Zambian side of the Falls) was odd......particularly bearing in mind that the guide was otherwise excellent." See all these reviews: 12n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
In viiew of the above, I think the lack of coverage of the Hotel in the Bradt guide to Botswana (which has a section on Livingstone which is on the Zambian side of the Falls) was odd......particularly bearing in mind that the guide was otherwise excellent." See all these reviews: 12n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Poor
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Average
Mr & Mrs S
USA
"Beautiful Hotel"
2 nights Arrived 8 May 2015
"Enjoyed it very much.
The activities--lion walk, elephant walk, helicopter ride--were great, although at $150 a pop, for the four of us it added up to close to $2,000. Other than the cost, no complaints." See all these reviews: 5n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
The activities--lion walk, elephant walk, helicopter ride--were great, although at $150 a pop, for the four of us it added up to close to $2,000. Other than the cost, no complaints." See all these reviews: 5n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Feedback Response
Expert Africa would like to make it clear that for ethical reasons we do not book the lion walking activity in Victoria Falls. If guests would like to do this activity then they are of course able to book it independently as these travellers did. We would however encourage anyone considering booking this activity to talk to us first so that we can make you aware of our stance and the reasoning behind it.
Dr G
Michigan
"Review of Victoria Falls Hotel"
2 nights Arrived 15 Apr 2015
"The Falls were awe inspiring and access from hotel could not have been better."
See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr T & Mr L
Amsterdam
"Recently renovated old school colonial hotel"
1 night Arrived 8 Nov 2014
"It's a predicable choice but a lovely place to end a safari. Hard to go wrong and worth splashing out on a nice room.
Recently seen some renovation work which was well done but still feels authentic. And well run and staffed too." See all these reviews: 5n in Zambia; 4n in Zimbabwe
Recently seen some renovation work which was well done but still feels authentic. And well run and staffed too." See all these reviews: 5n in Zambia; 4n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Ms E & Ms L
Wolves
"excellent stay at Victoria falls hotel"
2 nights Arrived 6 Nov 2014
"Excellent quality and service, with perfect access to the Falls.
Very glad we choose this hotel." See all these reviews: 5n in South Africa; 3n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Very glad we choose this hotel." See all these reviews: 5n in South Africa; 3n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs B
Guidford
"Lived up to its reputation"
2 nights Arrived 19 Oct 2014
"We loved the sense of history and the service was great.
Thank you for putting us in the stable wing, they treated us very well with complimentary massages and drinks. Seemed just the right way to finish the trip." See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Thank you for putting us in the stable wing, they treated us very well with complimentary massages and drinks. Seemed just the right way to finish the trip." See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
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