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
Mrs & Mr H
San Fran
"Zambezi Sun review"
1 night Arrived 31 Jul 2010
"Everything was fine for the one night we spent in Livingstone."
See all these reviews: 12n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Ms C & Ms M
Oxford
"Zambezi Sun review"
2 nights Arrived 31 Jul 2010
"Excellent location literally five minutes walk from the falls. Staff friendly and service good. Room fine and we liked the pool and bar area.
Our only dislike was that there was only the good but expensive three course buffet for evening meal apart from room service; we would have liked something between the two." See all these reviews: 12n in Zambia
Our only dislike was that there was only the good but expensive three course buffet for evening meal apart from room service; we would have liked something between the two." See all these reviews: 12n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mr & Mrs R
Kent
"Excellent base for the Falls"
3 nights Arrived 8 Jul 2010
"What an amazing location for the falls. we couldn't have asked for better."
See all these reviews: 5n in Botswana; 3n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs L
Sheffield
"Zambezi Sun review"
2 nights Arrived 22 Apr 2010
"Beautiful grounds with direct access to the falls."
See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 4n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs P
Waterloovi
"royal livingstone"
3 nights Arrived 3 Apr 2010
"upgraded to royal livingstone which was a major result with this being an outstanding hotel, the other hotel was more of a holiday camp"
See all these reviews: 7n in Botswana; 3n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mr B
Bristol
"Zambezi Sun review"
1 night Arrived 28 Jan 2010
"Good 4 star hotel with all the necessary facilities but great location and short walk into the Victoria Falls. Would use again the next time I'm there.
Efficient airport 'pick up' and transfer's through 'wilderness safaris'." See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana; 6n in Zambia
Efficient airport 'pick up' and transfer's through 'wilderness safaris'." See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana; 6n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
The D Family
Ontario
"Zambezi Sun was beautiful"
2 nights Arrived 7 Nov 2009
"We felt we had to pay quite a bit for any meals or drinks except for the complimentary breakfast for the amount we paid to stay there. The rooms were nice but the safes in both rooms did not work and the TV in one of the rooms was not working. My daughter got an electrical shock when she touched a lamp switch that was taped up with black tape.
Overall the rooms were very nice and the facility was very beautiful." See all these reviews: 7n in Zambia
Overall the rooms were very nice and the facility was very beautiful." See all these reviews: 7n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Average
Mr & Mrs C
Edinburgh
"Zambezi Sun review"
2 nights Arrived 28 Oct 2009
"We stayed at the Zambezi Sun purely because of the location and in this respect it was excellent - we could wander down to the falls on our own and it was close the other activities on offer - white water rafting etc. We were not expecting much from the hotel itself but were actually pleasantly surprised - there were a lot of Saga tours and kids but the breakfast was good and the rooms were clean and you can easily eat/drink at the neighbouring Royal Livingstone (which we did) to get away from the tour groups.
The activity centre on site was very helpful in booking activities. If you want to stay close to the falls but do not want to pay the higher prices of the Royal Livingstone then I would definitely recommend the Zambezi Sun. It is not luxury but has everything you need if your focus is more on the falls and the various adrenalin activities on offer in the area." See all these reviews: 6n in Namibia; 6n in Zambia
The activity centre on site was very helpful in booking activities. If you want to stay close to the falls but do not want to pay the higher prices of the Royal Livingstone then I would definitely recommend the Zambezi Sun. It is not luxury but has everything you need if your focus is more on the falls and the various adrenalin activities on offer in the area." See all these reviews: 6n in Namibia; 6n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Sisters
London
"Zambezi Sun review"
2 nights Arrived 26 Sep 2009
"Very pleasant big hotel - ideal for a short stop over. Loved seeing the zebras in the grounds."
See all these reviews: 12n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Good
Ms W & Mr L
Northants
"Zambezi Sun review"
2 nights Arrived 16 Sep 2009
"Wished we had gone here first because after the incredibly high standard of accommodation and service on safari no hotel could ever match up. The staff were pleasant and friendly and the hotel was generally what we had expected. We were delighted to be so close to Victoria Falls and able to visit it several times and the hotel gardens were very pretty. We also enjoyed being able to walk into the next door hotel and eat and drink there too as it was even more pretty there.
Only complaints were that the air conditioning in the room was very noisy and mostly ineffectual and the hotel reception couldn't change us a 50 dollar note, which we thought was not great service from such a big hotel. Minor things really though." See all these reviews: 8n in Zambia
Only complaints were that the air conditioning in the room was very noisy and mostly ineffectual and the hotel reception couldn't change us a 50 dollar note, which we thought was not great service from such a big hotel. Minor things really though." See all these reviews: 8n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Average
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