Stanley & Livingstone Boutique Hotel

If you’re not adding a separate safari onto your Victoria Falls visit, this lodge – set in the only ‘Big Five’ reserve in the area – is a great option. It’s close enough for a taste of the Victoria Falls action, but you can equally fill your days with game drives and bush walks, or lazing by the shimmering pool that overlooks the waterhole.

Suites are decorated in a contemporary safari style, with billowing mosquito nets and statement wallpaper, but it’s the wilderness vistas – especially from your private veranda – that you’ll remember most.