Mukwa River Lodge

Mukwa River Lodge is situated on the Zambezi river just upstream from one of the seven natural wonders of the world, the Victoria Falls. Our luxury boutique property has been built to naturally blend luxury in with its natural surroundings, to create a truly unique experience for our guests.

Made from natural materials, each suite is integrated into its environment and designed with comfort, sustainability and understated luxury in mind. Situated close to the river each suite comes with an amazing view of the water that connect you to nature and decorated with local crafts and custom-made furnishings.

The Mukwa River Lodge spa invites you to reconnect with yourself through restorative activities. The therapies combines the best techniques with strong influence of the indigenous culture native to the Victoria Falls.

Experience Zambezi wildlife through safari drives led by our expert guides. Participate in animal tracking, walk through the bush, viewing animals from the river on our boat and immerse into the natural surrounding river fauna.

About the Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls presents a spectacular sight of awe-inspiring beauty and grandeur on the Zambezi River, forming the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It was described by the Kololo tribe living in the area in the 1800s as ‘Mosi-oa-Tunya’ – ‘The Smoke that Thunders’. In more modern terms Victoria Falls is known as the greatest curtain of falling water in the world.

Columns of spray can be seen from miles away as, at the height of the rainy season, more than five hundred million cubic meters of water per minute plummet over the edge, over a width of nearly two kilometres, into a gorge over one hundred meters below.

The wide, basalt cliff over which the falls thunder, transforms the Zambezi from a placid river into a ferocious torrent cutting through a series of dramatic gorges.

Facing the Falls is another sheer wall of basalt, rising to the same height, and capped by mist-soaked rain forest. A path along the edge of the forest provides the visitor prepared to brave the tremendous spray, with an unparalleled series of views of the Falls.

One special vantage point is across the Knife-edge Bridge, where visitors can have the finest view of the Eastern Cataract and the Main Falls as well as the Boiling Pot, where the river turns and heads down the Batoka Gorge. Other vantage points include Livingstone Island, Devils Pool and the Lookout Tree, both of which command panoramic views across the Main Falls.