Victoria Falls - Safari Lodge
Safari-Lodge Room essentials:
– All rooms have digital safes
– IDD phones
– remote control air conditioning
– hairdryers
– fans
– mosquito nets
– an extensive range of customized toiletries
– complimentary tea and coffee making facilities
Safari-Lodge Facilities:
– 24-hour reception services
– Check out time 10:00hrs / Check in time 14:00hrs
– Complimentary hourly bus shuttle to the village market and Victoria Falls Rainforest for in-house
– Complimentary evening transfers available to The Boma - Dinner & Drum Show for in-house guests
– Complimentary Wi-Fi
– Ample free, secure open parking space
– Private shower facilities for early arrival & late check-out guests
– Swimming pool with sun deck
– Credit cards accepted: VISA, Amex and MasterCard
– Private dinners available on request
– Curio and Gift Shop
– TV Lounge with satellite link
– Internet Lounge
– Baby-sitting facilities on request
– Residents’ lounge
– 24-hour security
Activities:
Below the Falls:
– White Water Rafting
– River boarding
Above the Falls:
– Sunset Cruise
– Canoeing
Over the Falls:
– Helicopter “Flight of Angels’
– Helicopter Zambezi Spectacular Flights
In Front of the Falls:
– Bungee Jump
– Bridge Swing
– Bridge Slide
– Bridge Tour Packages
Safari Experience:
– Game Drives (Including Night Drives & Dinner)
– Game Walks
Best Times To Travel:
The best time to visit the spectacular Victoria Falls is from February to May, directly after the region’s summer rains, when you’ll see the world’s largest sheet of falling water flowing at its greatest volume. The green season usually kicks off in about November with the first spring rains but it takes time for the water that has fallen in the Angolan Highlands to wend its way down to a series of massive gorges.
It takes a few months for the Falls to almost literally gather steam after a dry winter in mid-year. Visiting Vic Falls can be a sensory overload: the noise, heat and moisture come to together in an unforgettable natural show-stopper.
The Victoria Falls are roughly twice the height of North America’s Niagara Falls, and the thunderous roar can be heard for miles around. The sheer force of the water drives a column of spray far into the air, drenching the edge of the Falls in a fine mist and giving rise to its traditional name, Mosi-oa-Tunya or ‘The Smoke That Thunders’.
The tricky thing about visiting Victoria Falls is that the most impressive spray doesn’t coincide with peak safari season in nearby Chobe in Botswana or Hwange in Zimbabwe. Some activities, like swimming in the Devil’s Pool and certain sections of white-water rapids, are also far too dangerous to undertake when the water is at its highest and fastest. That means that February to May is not the best time to make the most of the Fall’s close proximity to its near neighbour, Botswana, one of Africa’s legendary Big 5 safari destinations unless you don’t mind travelling in green season.
The best time for a Victoria Falls holiday combined with a safari is the dry winter period from June to August. Expect great game viewing, warm days and cool nights, little to no rain and plenty of water still thundering over the precipice. We don’t recommend visiting the Falls at the end of the dry winter period - October through November - when the water level is lowest and the weather is very hot and humid.
Low water levels guarantee you’ll have panoramic views (no misty spray) on both sides of the Falls, but the Zambian side (about one quarter of its width) may have dried up completely and all you’ll see is bare rock face. Water flow on the Zimbabwean side is permanent but ebbs in volume with the seasons.
► Price on Request
Child Policy:
Infants under 3 years of age stay free.
Children 3-11 years pay 50% of adult per person sharing rate on
accommodation and applicable meal plan (room shared with parents or inter-leading/adjacent room).
Children aged 12 years and above pay adult rate.
THE ABOVE RATES EXCLUDE:
– Park fees on activities in VFA.
– River fee USD10.00 per person for the cruise.
– Visas.
– Travel Insurance.
– All items of a personal nature and all items not listed herein as included.
RATES ARE SUBJECT TO:
– Availability of accommodation at the time of reservation.
– Accommodation rate changes.
– Currency fluctuations.
