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Victoria Falls Safari Lodge
Victoria Falls Safari Lodge
Victoria Falls Safari Lodge
Victoria Falls Safari Lodge

Victoria Falls Safari Lodge


17°55’2.1"S 25°49’9.4"E

Reviews of Victoria Falls Lodge

Wildlife sightings and reviews

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

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Sep-2022, 1 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Victoria Falls Lodge.
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Eland

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Ms C
Sacramento

"Victoria Falls Safari Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 9 Nov 2013
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs H
Kent

"Excellent facilities"

2 nights Arrived 28 Sep 2013
"Nicely located away from the main town and backing on to the national park. There was a water hole viewable from the lodge, though it has to be said that game activity was limited while we were staying.

Our room was well appointed and staff were helpful at all times. The atmosphere was quite impersonal, due to high number of guests staying. Food at the restaurant could have been better, and was expensive. We had a much better experience when we ate in the bar on the following evening.

Overall, a good place to stay in what is inevitably an extremely touristy location." See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia; 7n in Zambia; 2n in Zimbabwe; 2n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs C
Bucks

"Victoria Falls Safari Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 14 Sep 2013
"The out of town location allowed us to continue to watch wildlife at the water hole from our room and the bar/terrace.

We made good use of the free shuttle bus into Victoria Falls town for our excursions to the falls, the tram across the VF bridge and afternoon tea at the VF Hotel." See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mrs P
Agde, France

"Victoria Safari Lodge Review"

1 night Arrived 5 Sep 2013
"A nice stay here, the falls are always fantastic!" See all these reviews: 12n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
B-C Family
USA

"Victoria Falls Safari Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 11 Jul 2013
"Nice place with view of water hole, though water hole did not have many animals. Good food.

Booking activities was easy, free shuttle down town. Though we would have preferred a downtown location." See all these reviews: 6n in Namibia; 2n in Botswana; 1n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr K & Mrs B
Norwary

"Victoria Falls Safari Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 22 Mar 2013
"We would love to come back to Victoria Falls Safari Lodge" See all these reviews: 7n in Zimbabwe; 3n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Family A
New Zealand

"Victoria Falls Safari Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 10 Dec 2012
"Loved the view of the watering hole.

The breakfast food was exceptional

The airport transfer was welcoming and Benji went the extra mile.

The adjoining rooms was a great feature for a family." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 2n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

"Very comfortable base for exploring the falls"

2 nights Arrived 2 Oct 2012
"The lodge is excellent for accommodation, food and service. It is more like a hotel in the way it is run. Although it is a few kilometres from the falls, the shuttle bus provides a good hourly service, on one trip back to the lodge the bus was too full to pick up everyone at the last town stop.

A number of rooms, including ours, together with the main lodge (bar and restaurant) overlook the waterhole. While we were staying, there wasn't a great deal of activity at the waterhole except for vultures and cranes, but you are ever hopeful!

Both bar and restaurant served very good food, with pancakes (amongst lots of other nice things) for breakfast.

On the last night we booked for the Boma having been told it should not be missed. We found it a bit disappointing. It was about as different from a traditional boma as could be imagined. It was held at a building within the same complex as the lodge but with many visitors and tour groups from elsewhere. It was basically a huge cafeteria! We would have left immediately but decided to give it a try, although not relishing chosing our food in the semi-dark. We had the warthog, which was suprisingly good, along with the salads. After the food we were going to leave, but the entertainment came on and that was quite good (an opportunity for everyone to take part in communal drumming) bash a drum, so salvaging the evening. The idea of an African experience might have been good but it was on far too big a scale and expensive (US$40 each without drinks). Not recommended - eat in the lodge restaurant." See all these reviews: 7n in Namibia; 6n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Ms G
Ireland

"Victoria Falls Safari Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 10 Aug 2012
"large hotel which was quite different from all of the other small lodges on our trip. modern, comfortable facility. decent place to stay close to victoria falls. one night in victoria falls is plenty." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 2n in Botswana; 1n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mr T & Ms S
Germany

"Victoria Falls Safari Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 20 Jul 2012
"Victoria Falls Safari Lodge is a big hotel built in the park itself. The rooms are facing a waterhole and the sunset, so a great view is guaranteed. We enjoyed the room and its facilities. The bar offers light lunch and we felt that the food there was even better than the one in the restaurant above. We loved the pancakes with the orange sauce for breakfast.
Even though the hotel is not in the town center, we used the shuttle service running every hour, which was very convenient. An activity desk service is available and we appreciated the good service there.
We felt that this hotel was the right place to end up our trip." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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