The Victoria Falls Hotel

The Victoria Falls Hotel is one of a kind, boasting dramatic views of the gorges of Zimbabwe's spectacular Victoria Falls. Built by the British in 1904, this hotel was originally conceived as accommodation for workers on the Cape-to-Cairo railway but, today it is a famous luxury brand.

Echoing its glorious pedigree since 1904, The Victoria Falls Hotel features 149 rooms and suites. Each suite offers style, glamour, and sophistication coupled with luxuriously appointed warm, inviting décor. As a member of The Leading Hotels of the World, The Victoria Falls Hotel is known for its impeccable service, outstanding accommodation, and exceptional facilities for all guests.

Boasting an array of room types, including Standard Rooms, Classic Rooms, Stables Signature Wing Rooms, Premium Rooms and more, guests can be assured that there is a perfect room waiting for you a The Victoria Falls Hotel. All are suites & rooms are precisely the same lavish size and style with their own central courtyard, private lounge, exclusive check-in area and direct access to the front lawns. Afternoon teas and pastries are complimentary as is a massage voucher for each special guest.

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.