Tongabezi Lodge:
Your Key To Unlocking Victoria Falls
You’ve landed in Livingstone, where friendly faces from the Green Safaris team welcome you with such warmth that you feel you have been truly seen. You meet your personal valet, who will be with you throughout your stay, and you realise that wiping the smile off your face will be a challenge.
En route to Tongabezi Lodge by Green Safaris, your expert guide behind the wheel shares intriguing stories and facts about the area. He greets colleagues in neon vests picking up litter as part of Green Safaris’ Litterbug Campaign, aimed at cleaning Livingstone and protecting the endangered white rhino in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, where you can walk alongside these grey giants.
As you round a corner, sweet melodies draw you in. You’ve arrived at this Zambezi haven and see the children of Tujatane, the Tongabezi Trust School, singing their award-winning songs alongside the lodge’s staff, welcoming you home.
You’ve journeyed here to experience Victoria Falls, a different sort of wonder when experienced from the Zambian side of the chasm, located just 14 km downstream from the lodge (directly accessible by boat). Green Safaris’ inclusive Livingstone Island Experience will take you there, where a safely guided swim in Devil’s Pool, shrouded in mist and rainbows, awaits.
But first, you’re guided to your accommodation. You’ve chosen the Tree House, perched at the lodge’s highest point for stunning river views, best enjoyed from your outdoor bathtub; you decide. Tongabezi’s bath menu lets you order your favourite spices, bubbles, and oils to elevate your evening soak.
Your room is entirely unique, as with all rooms at Tongabezi, with its stunning furnishings weaved around natural tree trunks, including a four-poster bed, writing desk, sun bed and private deck, where you plan to have a private dinner for two. This is, after all, Africa’s most romantic safari property, with the award to back it up.
Tongabezi Lodge is the only property in this region that can offer each of its guests unique private dining experiences. With that, you secure your floating sampan dinner for the following evening, where you’ll enjoy dinner, quite literally, on the water.
As you explore the lodge’s main area overlooking the Zambezi River, you realise that this stay will elicit a wealth of life-changing experiences, starting with sandbar sundowners.
You’re led to the jetty, where Green Safaris’ electric dhows await to take you to a charming river island. The Tongabezi team has set up a mobile bar and prepared a few of your favourite pre-dinner snacks. Drink in hand; you cast your eyes towards the sky to watch the shift from bright blue to burnt orange while the guttural calls of hippos echo around you.
WHERE?
Situated on Livingstone Island on the Victoria Falls, Tongabezi Lodge offers various unique luxury river cottages and houses. Rooms feature a choice of private plunge pools and outdoor bathtubs. The lodge features two pools, a fully equipped gym, an onsite vegetable garden, and various lookout points.
WHAT TO EXPERIENCE
- Immerse in river exploration on their e-dhows and take a river safari to get up close to aquatic wildlife or try some catch-and-release fishing.
- Indulge in the ultimate relaxation with an extensive list of spa treatments, a bath menu for your private bath and private in-room dining.
- Support sustainability efforts with a conservation itinerary that includes village tours, rhino walks, school visits and community vegetable garden tours.
- Join this destination with Sindabezi Island Lodge by Green Safaris to experience the Zambezi River from a private island.
BOOKING AND CONTACT DETAILS
+260 979312766
Website: greensafaris.com
