Victoria Falls River Lodge

Tucked along the Zambezi River upstream from the falls, Victoria Falls River Lodge places guests within earshot of the cascade's roar while keeping the main tourist strip a short drive south along the gorge road.

The lodge sits on a private stretch of riverbank where elephant and buffalo move through the surrounding mopane woodland at dusk. Game drives into Zambezi National Park depart directly from the property, cutting the transit time that town-based lodges lose each morning.

Victoria Falls village, with its border crossing into Zambia and the historic Victoria Falls Hotel, lies roughly ten minutes by vehicle. Sunrise river cruises and white-water rafting at Batoka Gorge are both bookable on-site.