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Avani Victoria Falls
Avani Victoria Falls
Avani Victoria Falls
Avani Victoria Falls
Avani Victoria Falls
Avani Victoria Falls
Avani Victoria Falls
Avani Victoria Falls
Avani Victoria Falls
Avani Victoria Falls
Avani Victoria Falls
Avani Victoria Falls
Avani Victoria Falls
Avani Victoria Falls
Avani Victoria Falls
Avani Victoria Falls
Avani Victoria Falls
Avani Victoria Falls
Avani Victoria Falls
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Reviews of Avani Victoria Falls

Wildlife sightings and reviews

234 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Avani Victoria Falls and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in May-2018, 36 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Avani Victoria Falls.
Zebra

92% success

Elephant

45% success

Hippo

42% success

White Rhino

21% success

Showing 1-10 of 234
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Arrival date
U.
Luxembourg

"Avani Victoria Falls review"

2 nights Arrived 26 Sep 2024
"Busy very touristy resort close to the "dried out“ falls.

You will get a much nicer experience in the Royal Livingston next door if your budget allows.

Suitable if you are only there to see the falls for one or two nights." See all these reviews: 11n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Good
Service:
Average
Activities:
Good
Mr W
Lincolnshire

"Avani Victoria Falls review"

2 nights Arrived 23 Aug 2024
"An amazing, unrivalled location but quite a big, impersonal hotel after the lodges we had been in.

Very good for children though and wonderful garden and pool area." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 2n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Food:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Sightings Report

Elephant

1 sighting

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr M
United Kingdom

"Avani Victoria Falls review"

3 nights Arrived 18 Aug 2024
"Great location and comfortable rooms.

Good for access to the falls with free entry. Also able to book activities on site." See all these reviews: 9n in Zambia; 6n in Malawi
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Activities:
Good
Sightings Report

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

White Rhino

1 sighting

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Baker&Rosher
Aus

"Avani Victoria Falls review"

3 nights Arrived 31 May 2024
"Staying at the Avani allows you FREE and unlimited access to the falls." See all these reviews: 11n in Botswana; 4n in Namibia; 3n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Sightings Report

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mrs & Mr C
Vic Aust.

"Avani Victoria Falls review"

3 nights Arrived 18 Jun 2023
"The Avani is looking a bit tired - there was not a restaurant open for dinner apart from the pizza/burger bar beside the pool.

Luckily, we are right next to the Royal Livingstone Hotel which were happy for us to have dinner there both of our nights.

The people at Avani are also looking a bit tired - the whole place needs a face lift...
Of course some of the staff were wonderful and we tipped them separately..." See all these reviews: 7n in Tanzania; 3n in Zambia; 1n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Poor
Facilities:
Average
Sightings Report

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Alice
Kansas

"Avani Victoria Falls review"

2 nights Arrived 6 Jun 2023
"Avani was nice, it was wild to sit by the pool and have zebras bump your lounge chair!

We got drenched by the falls, but it was hard to get a grasp of how large they are from all the mist. Think we should have done a helicopter tour to truly see the whole picture.

We enjoyed hiking around the falls.

Had two baboons ( separate occasions) try to get into our rooms. Makes for good stories to tell at home." See all these reviews: 12n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Zebra

6 sightings

FR
Australia

"Avani Victoria Falls review"

1 night Arrived 3 Jun 2023
"This was a lovely hotel only spoiled by receiving the news that my flight from Livingstone to Nairobi had been moved to the next day which mucked up my itinerary causing me stress and extra expense. I was also disappointed that I could not swim as I had left my swimming costume behind at Okuti but I enjoyed sitting by the pool." See all these reviews: 11n in Tanzania; 6n in Zanzibar; 5n in Botswana; 2n in South Africa; 1n in Zambia; 1n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr & Mrs S
UK

"Just 5 minutes from the Vic Falls"

1 night Arrived 16 Sep 2022
"Great location for visiting the Zambian side of the Victoria Falls, as we did in the late afternoon and early the next morning.

Personally we prefer the views from the Zimbabwean side, but we did not have sufficient time to visit both sides this time.

We were impressed that on arrival the chef and manager were called to discuss food intolerances in relation to dinner." See all these reviews: 21n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Zebra

1 sighting

Mr P & Ms C
USA

"Avani Victoria Falls review"

2 nights Arrived 11 Jul 2022
"Avani has the best location in Livingstone for visiting Victoria Falls, solid food options (service can be a bit slow though) , and nice grounds. However, the rooms could be improved a bit-- it was dark, had a small bed and small leak in our shower. But, easy access to the falls, a great staff, and daily encounters with giraffe, zebra, impala, etc on the grounds still made it a memorable stay." See all these reviews: 9n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr J
Edinburgh

"Avani Victoria Falls review"

2 nights Arrived 30 Jun 2022
"This was a fun place to stay. The two main selling points for this hotel is that it's so close to the falls and also it has a crazy amount of wildlife in the grounds. Giraffe, baboons, crocodile, antelope, mongoose and zebras all roam around. I really enjoyed this.

The Mois-oa-Tunya national park wasn't the best park that I visited but the walk with rhinos was v special. I also did the mircoflight over the falls which was utterly terrifying." See all these reviews: 10n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Facilities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Sightings Report

Elephant

8 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

White Rhino

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

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234 reviews of Avani Victoria Falls by travellers since August 2007
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Royal Livingstone Hotel

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Conveniently located just a short walk from the Zambia. side of the Victoria Falls, the colonial-style Royal Livingstone has beautiful grounds and small but quite luxurious rooms.


94% (89 reviews)
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Secluded on the banks of the Zambezi, less than 20km from the Victoria Falls, Tongabezi is one of the most exclusive lodges in Zambia.


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