The Victoria Falls Hotel,
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

I had last been to Victoria Falls almost 19 years ago. They were even using the old Zim Dollars, along with a side of US currency on that last visit. As some may know, the Zim dollar had a one hundred trillion dollar note before it was delisted. The town has changed quite a lot since then, as has our income level.

On our stay this time, and MrsWT73’s first visit, we opted for the convenience and elegance of The Victoria Falls Hotel. Again, I found a better rate on Expedia than I did on the hotel website (by about $150 USD over two nights) and just booked with Expedia.

I arranged a shared van transfer through the hotel. Being the only flight arriving at that time, we were pretty much assured of being the only passengers on the van. We had the short 20 kilometer drive into town.

The Victoria Falls Hotel has been in operation since 1904 and is one of the grand old colonial railway hotels on the Cape Town to Cairo railway. The railway was partially built but never finished. We were given a refreshing towel and welcome drink at check in. At noon, our room was not available, but they worked hard to get us a room by 2 PM. The grounds here are absolutely spectacular and the overall space is unrivaled in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa.



















The hotel offered peek a poo views of the bridge between Zimbabwe and Zambia.









We went out to pass the time by having lunch on the patio while we waited for the room to become available. A lovely gin and tonic for me along with sandwiches and a small salad. A glass of South African white for MrsWT73 and a sandwich for her.



After lunch, we headed though the lobby to find out our room assignment. The indoor lobby bar was similar to that of a regal hunting lodge. It had décor that was unique, yet completely with the period and look and feel of the hotel.











The formal dining room also looked quite classy.



Our assigned room #68, was a small but well appointed room. It contained bottled water, a nice bathroom, in room safes, slippers, chocolates on the bed during turn down service, fly screens over the bed an all the elegance one would expect from a regal hotel.











The property had a nice terrace, with a view of the Victoria Falls Bridge between Zimbabwe and Zambia.

The property also had a pleasant pool (by African standards). Even by most Four Points by Sheraton standards, it was a pretty nice place.







There were also several monkeys and warthogs roaming around the property at odd times.

The Victoria Falls Hotel was a very comfortable place to stay. With it's large estate grounds, we were really happy to have a well situated and relaxing place to call home. The hotel is well featured and with its nice gin and tonics' on the Stanley Terrace, we had easily found the British outpost of years past replicated immaculately in 2016.