Every evening, an inquisitive (and hungry) hyena wanders up to the Safari Lodge waterhole to scavenge for leftover scraps from the day’s vulture feeding. He’s not always alone. Sometimes there are two or three hyenas that come right up to the front of the lodge where the spotlight illuminates the waterhole during dinner. Guests…
Here’s the latest delicious recipe from the Makuwa Kuwa Restaurant, compiled by the one and only Chef Munya, Executive Chef at the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge. If you have visited the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge before, you will know how amazing Munya’s tasty food is, and we love giving you the opportunity to make these recipes for…
By Marianne Betts ONE thing about Victoria Falls is there is certainly no shortage of activities to keep you entertained. Here’s a list of the top seven to include in your trip to Victoria Falls. Tour of the Falls A guided tour of the Victoria Falls Rainforest brings the rich history of this magnificent Wonder…
By Marianne Betts DAWN has just broken in the normally sleepy resort town of Victoria Falls. But today is different. It is the day of the Econet Victoria Falls Marathon, and the main street has been transformed into a river of vibrant colour, energy and chatter. The full marathon runners have already gone, and the…
We have a regular visitor to the Safari Lodge waterhole – an old lone male giraffe – who likes to wander down in the mornings to have a drink, as guests look on from the Makuwa Kuwa Resturant. One of our Restaurant Supervisors, Owen Moyo, came up with the idea of naming him, so we can…
When the founders of the world-famous Victoria Falls Safari Lodge (Dave Glynn and Ross Kennedy) first came up with the idea of building the Safari Club just next door to the lodge, they knew that there were a select group of guests to the Falls who were looking for something different and something special. They knew…
In December 2013, The Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust (VFWT) took in a young white-backed vulture that had been found lying on the ground in the Zambezi National Park, unable to lift his head and struggling with an injured wing. A local resident brought the injured vulture into VFWT, where wildlife veterinarians treated him, and decided…
Victoria Falls Anti-poaching Game Scouts are attending first aid courses at the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, which are lead by Tim Scarrott – a long-serving sub-committee member of Save African Rhino Foundation and a professional paramedic. The aim of the course is to provide the scouts with the necessary medical skills and preparedness should they be…
Two individuals have become the first humans to cross the 100-metre precipice over Victoria Falls gorge on foot. 26-year old economic science student Lukas Irmler from Freising, Germany and 34-year old science journalist and crime author Reinhard Kleindl, from Graz, Austria, worked towards the realisation of their extraordinary dream for two years, and finally got…
Update thanks to James Slade from the International Anti-Poaching Foundation The International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF) and the Nakavango Conservation Program are pleased to introduce a couple of new additions to the resident rhino population at Victoria Falls. A small female calf was born around the 1st of July this year, and has literally hit the…