Victoria Falls Safari Lodge’s Buffalo Bar is legendary. There is no better spot in Victoria Falls to enjoy a sundowner. The Buffalo Bar offers sunsets and panoramic views over a waterhole frequented by elephants, buffalo and plains game and stretching to the horizon over the Zambezi National Park. Its extensive drinks list includes a selection of cocktails, featuring the likes of a green apple and coconut frozen daiquiri and a dirty martini, as well as a variety of South African wines, local and imported beers and spirits. In addition, the Buffalo Bar offers great casual al fresco dining with a menu offering tapas dishes, options to create your own pizza and more. Meals are available from 10.30 am to 7 pm. It’s the very place to live the African dream.
On entering The Boma – Dinner & Drum Show‘s main enclosure, your senses will be overwhelmed by choice. Guests are first ceremoniously dressed in a chitenge (sarong) before being welcomed by traditional dancers and a mini face-painting session. Expect to be amazed by the tastes, sights and sounds of Africa.
The four-course feast begins with a hand-washing ceremony and a taste of the local brew, followed by a shared starter platter featuring local specialities, including smoked crocodile tail and nyimo beans. Then comes the soup of the day at the campfire and the salad bar before the braai (barbeque) buffet featuring a selection of game meats served with peanut butter rice. Sadza/isitshwala is always served, a starch staple of the local Zimbabwean diet. Finally, take advantage of the expansive table of sweet treats at the dessert bar!
The adventurous may like to try a local delicacy, a sautéed mopane worm, and a certificate will be awarded as proof! Then the festivities really get going with Zimbabwe’s only restaurant-based interactive drumming show. Guests are each handed a djembe drum to participate in the renowned energetic show and learn a few rhythms before being invited to the dance floor. The evening’s entertainment also incorporates mbira music, traditional dancers, a local folk storyteller, a fortune teller, a hair braider, elaborate face painters, souvenir sellers and acapella singers.
The largest and first purpose-built spa in Victoria Falls opened in November 2022, and it is fast becoming a must-do for locals and visitors alike. Nestled in peaceful indigenous woodland, rich in birdlife, and with the occasional warthog or bushbuck passing by, the Victoria Falls Safari Spa is reminiscent of an African-tented safari camp incorporating bold, colourful Ndebele design elements.
The main area features manicure and pedicure stations, a hair and make-up studio, a relaxation area, a splash pool and a café serving healthy refreshments and snacks, while there are also three separate beautifully appointed treatment rooms (one double and two singles). Treatments available at Victoria Falls Safari Spa, which uses natural, plant-based Africology and Cashmere & Co. products, include manicures, pedicures, waxing, tinting, facials, reflexology, body treatments, massages and hairdressing.
Victoria Falls town offers epic adrenaline activities and fantastic safari sightings, but there are many other great spots to discover. Be sure to add an additional day or two to your itinerary to have time for the local hot spots.
