Guest reviews Avani Victoria Falls Resort

by StanleyNchenaK

The heart of the Zambezi

The ambience never gets old . Always refreshing to be at the pinnacle of the Zambezi river. Staff are super helpful and overly friendly. Loved the extra mile the Hotel Manager went to get us comfortable. The food .. world class . All I want is to go back to this little piece of heaven .

by kaluba88

GREAT! 4 day stay

Well trained, friendly and helpful staff. The rooms were fantastic and the food was excellent. The ambience was great and all the animals made the whole experience surreal. All in all I definitely recommend Avani to anyone looking for an awesome Livingstone experience.

by lungumwelo Lusaka, Zambia

Amazing AVani

I had an excellent stay. the staff were friendly and the service was exceptional. I enjoyed the gym, one of the highlights was visiting the mighty Victoria Falls. I would definitely recommend it to others

by tigermomma2017 Los Altos, California

great location, helpful staff, good value

We had originally booked at the Royal Livingstone, the sister hotel, but changed our reservation to the Avani primarily due to the proximity to the falls entrance. We don’t regret the decision. It was literally a 5 min walk to the falls entrance. The hotel rooms were fine, maybe needed a fresh coat of paint but the showers were clean, Wi-Fi was good. We saw the grounds at the Royal Livingstone after our sunset cruise. They certainly were beautiful but the price was about 3x the cost of the Avani. It wasn’t worth it for us and we were very happy with the Avani. We arrived in time for lunch at the restaurant by the pool; food prices were reasonable. Breakfast was included in the cost of the stay; lots of food options for breakfast. We only had dinner on site the second night. I had the grilled bream which was very good. Our son ordered a steak medium rare and it came out way over done, which was disappointing. Otherwise, the food was fine. The Avani does provide a transfer to the Livingstone airport. For the four of us, it would have cost $30. We ended up using a different transfer company that I found on TripAdvisor that had good reviews but that transfer cost us $60. I considered canceling it and going with the hotel transfer but in the end, we felt bad about canceling and so just stuck with it. There is a shuttle that goes between the Avani and the Royal Livingstone and so there are food options on site. We opted to try Golden Leaf, which we had heard good things about, but we weren’t sure how to get there. The Avani arranged for a taxi driver to pick us up and take us to Golden Leaf and then the driver tells the restaurant that when we are about done with dinner to call him to come back to pick us up. We weren’t really sure about this but Avani reception assured us that this was safe and so we went with it. It worked just as planned and our driver, Brian, was as nice as could be. Thanks to the staff at the Avani for making the arrangements.

by sandra1604

Great location with very friendly staff.

The Avani is located very close to the magnificent Victoria Falls. With one exception everything about our stay was very good. The exception was the breakfasts. The hot food was only luke warm and without heated plates it got cold very quickly. That been said the rooms and general areas were always very well cleaned. Everyone there was always very helpful.It was fun to share space with the amimals that came to visit often. It is only a very short walk from the rear of the hotel to the Falls. You do not have to pay to visit the Falls as staying in the Avani gives you free access. Thank you for a most enjoyable stay Alan and Sandra Fisher