Victoria Falls Hotel

  After about an hour we reached Victoria Falls Town and checked into our hotel, the first that ever opened in Zimbabwe , back then Rhodesia in 1906: The Victoria Falls Hotel . It is an incredibly nice place as you can tell from the pictures: very colonial, very upper-class. Normally, we wouldn’t be able to afford such a place… Travelling with Alex – Part Two: Going to the extremes…

 :))    In Livingstone we stay at apartments close to a big hotel on a grand property surrounded by a fence to keep the tourists in. We come together at the hotelrestaurant for our daily flightpreparation-session and have an early diner. As the sun sets i go for a walk… Kanana to Livingstone, Zambia

With so much to do in Victoria Falls, it’s a battle between staying within the luxurious confines of your hotel indulging in a relaxing massage or lazing on the balcony, cocktail in hand, soaking in Nature’s amazing wonders, and venturing out to take on as much of the Vic Falls adventure as you humanly can within your stay. But why battle? Simply stay… The Adventure Capital of the world - Victoria Falls Zimbabwe

My hotel is a mostly sad affair with a semi-clean pool - seen some better days in the past I imagine.  My next two nights I decide to stay in a backpacker guesthouse that consists of african-styled bungalows in a tropical setting.  Very… Victoria Falls

I changed my US money to Zim dollars at US$1 to Z$1500; but the rate at hotels and banks is about US$1 to Z$250. Like I said, it’s a huge difference.   Either way, it’s cheaper for me to stay here than it is to stay in Maun (in Botswana , where I’ll be meeting the Earthwatch… End of Kumuka tour