On the Zambezi River, roughly 12–15km upstream of Victoria Falls, Livingstone, Zambia (sources give slightly different distances)
Stays / Livingstone, Zambia

Tongabezi Lodge

Illustrative photograph, not this property · Ana Kenk / Pexels
eco-lodge 12 units in total

Tongabezi is an eco-lodge on a bend of the Zambezi River, its open-fronted houses and cottages furnished with pieces sourced from across Africa and built with large open-air bathrooms facing the river. It has historically been named among Condé Nast's "top 20 Hotels in the World" and covered by the New York Times, and is the operator behind the nearby Livingstone Island / Devil's Pool experience.

Illustrative photograph — not this property. Photo: Rishab Negi via Pexels.

What sets it apart

The operator of the Livingstone Island and Devil's Pool experience, so a stay here sits closest to that activity logistically.

Who it suits

Travellers wanting a design-led eco-lodge experience combined with easy access to Devil's Pool bookings.

The essentials

CountryZambia
WhereOn the Zambezi River, roughly 12–15km upstream of Victoria Falls, Livingstone, Zambia (sources give slightly different distances)
Property typeeco-lodge
Rooms12 units in total — 5 River Cottages, 4 Houses (Honeymoon House, Bird House, Nut House, Tree House) and 3 Family Houses (Dog House, Garden House, Tangala Private House) — per the operator, Green Safaris.
Illustrative photograph — not this property. Photo: Jonny Lew via Pexels.

What it costs

No rate is published in the sources we checked. No published rate is stated here.

About the photographs

The pictures on this page are stock photographs chosen to suggest the kind of setting this property is in. They are not photographs of this property, and we cannot verify exactly where any of them was taken — a stock library records the photographer, not the place. We use them rather than borrow the property's own marketing images, which would imply we had stayed there. For pictures of the actual rooms, see the property's own site.

What the sources describe

Taken from the property's own description and the listings cited below — not a checklist we filled in.

Lap pool
Gym with personal trainer
Boat cruises
Fishing
Sampan dining
Game drives in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park
Electric dhow cruises
Organic garden tours
Massages