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Africa Zambia Victoria Falls Tongabezi Lodge Tongabezi Lodge By Green Safaris
Africa Zambia Victoria Falls Tongabezi Lodge Tongabezi Lodge By Green Safaris
Victoria Falls, Zambia

Tongabezi Lodge

A far cry from the clutch of tents that it started out as, Tongabezi Lodge has been listed by Conde Nast as one of the top 20 hotels in the world. Within easy reach of Victoria Falls yet far enough away for peaceful seclusion, this place is a luxury gem. A far cry from the clutch of tents that it started out as, Tongabezi Lodge has been listed by Conde Nast as one of the top 20 hotels in the world. Within easy reach of Victoria Falls yet far enough away for peaceful seclusion, this place is a luxury gem.
A far cry from the clutch of tents that it started out as, Tongabezi Lodge has been listed by Conde Nast as one of the top 20 hotels in the world. Within easy reach of Victoria Falls yet far enough away for peaceful seclusion, this place is a luxury gem. A far cry from the clutch of tents that it started out as, Tongabezi Lodge has been listed by Conde Nast as one of the top 20 hotels in the world. Within easy reach of Victoria Falls yet far enough away for peaceful seclusion, this place is a luxury gem.
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Location

More than 35 years ago, when Tongabezi Lodge started its existence, it pioneered the concept of luxury safari living with fabulous outlooks from the accommodation of each guest. That view remains the same today: the Zambezi River as it snakes along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. When the wind is in the right direction, there’s a rumble to indicate the fate of the water flowing past, and that is to plunge into a mighty chasm as part of Victoria Falls.

The lodge is about 12 kilometres upstream from the falls, giving easy access to the thrills of the adventure capital of southern Africa. Livingstone Airport is about 40 minutes by vehicle, and it’s about the same to Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park.
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Accommodation
You’re spoilt for choice when you decide to book a stay at Tongabezi, for there are 12 accommodation options: five River Cottages and seven individual houses with different characters to match their charming names. You certainly don’t have to be crazy to want to stay in the Nut House or in trouble to stay in the Dog House! And if you’re a family, then three of the houses have ample space for you.

Our favourite abode, for the limbs growing through its floors, is the Tree House. For space, seclusion, a pool, and even a gym, then Tangala Private House is perhaps the ultimate option.
Whatever you choose, though, your accommodation comes with a valet to help arrange meals, excursions, and all the decisions that might hinder your relaxation.

The central communal facility, known affectionately to some as the ‘hang out’, is a substantial, open-sided thatched building overlooking the river. There’s ample space for comfortable lounging and eating in the shade or on the terraces, with meals in fine weather taking place on a deck jutting out over the waters. Need other options? There’s the Lookout, a multi-level wooden structure with two lounges and a library. Then there are a couple of pools, a gym/spa, and a firepit where sundowner cocktails seem to taste even sweeter than usual.
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Africa Zambia Victoria Falls Tongabezi Lodge The Tree House Bath Views
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Africa Zambia Victoria Falls Tongabezi Lodge Main Area

Experiences

The combination of the lodge’s prime location near one of the world’s great landforms, along with a national park and its genuine connections with the community, makes Tongabezi a place that brims with interesting experiences.

  • Of course, you must head to Victoria Falls. The lodge can arrange for you to visit Livingstone Island on the very lip of the mighty cascade and for you even to lie in the waters while looking over the precipice.
  • For a rather more sedate and relaxing experience of the Zambezi, opt for dinner on a Sanpan pontoon in the middle of the river.
  • Another option for exploring the river, perhaps for some birdwatching and dinner on a sandbank, is to go out on an electric dhow.
  • Have a guided tour of the lodge’s onsite organic community garden, an outreach programme that also happens to provide delicious and sustainable ingredients for everyone.
  • Discover nearby Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, which hosts Zambia’s only white rhino population.
  • Perhaps on the way to Livingstone’s Museum, visit the vibrant market or the school that the lodge supports.
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Positive Impact

We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.

Conservation
Conservation
Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park is home to hundreds of happy herbivores, including the endangered white rhino, as well as a necessary highway from Botswana to Zambia. This results in rubbish that is thrown out of truck windows along the Kazangula Road and into an otherwise pristine wild space. That's why the Tongabezi team takes to the roadside every month to clean up their neighbourhood, making it safe for the wild neighbours.
Community
Community
Tongabezi is run with an emphasis on training and supporting the local team and community. In 1996 they opened a preschool for 15 local children: The Tongabezi Trust School named Tujatane. The school now provides free education to over 300 children all from within walking distance from Tujatane.
Environment
Environment
The lodge has established a reforestation project based in the Simonga and Sinde areas. This project works with community members to educate and raise awareness about the importance of trees for a clean and healthy environment. In order to reduce the number of trees chopped down for heating and cooking, the project will also be introducing environmentally-friendly grass stoves to be used in village households.
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