The 32 rooms at Ilala Lodge Hotel offer en-suite bathroom with separate shower, air condition, overhead fans, tea & coffee station, safe. The standard rooms on the upper tier open out onto a balcony, while the lower rooms have double French doors leading onto peaceful manicured gardens. The two suites are located on the top floor and offer superlative views.
The main area features two onsite restaurants, the Palm Restaurant and the Kubika, as well as a large swimming pool. The National Park borders the front of the property and wild animals often graze on the hotel lawns. Warthog and impala are common visitors, sometimes even elephants visit the lodge.
The Zambezi River rises in north-western Zambia and crosses several African countries on its 2700 km journey to the Indian Ocean. The river also forms the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. At Victoria Falls, the water falls for more than 100m into Batoka Gorge, over a width of nearly two kilometers. The falls are called 'Mosi-oa-Tunya' or 'the Smoke that Thunders', as the spray can be seen from miles away and, at the height of the rainy season, more than five hundred million cubic meters of water per minute plummet over the edge.
As the floods abate the view of the Falls gets better and better through the year, but at it’s lowest, around November and December the Falls become little rivulets running over the edge and in some places along the 1,7km width, no water falls at all. At this time of the year the falls can be visited on foot from the Zambian side. Visitors can actually walk on top of the falls ... there are also boats that take you to Livingstone Island from where visitors swim to Devil's Pool, a little pool located right on the edge of the falling water.
At the time of low water, white water rafting in the Batoka Gorge becomes impossible in some places as the rapids become too dangerous. Should you wish to do whiter water rafting, it is usually best to visit from August to December.
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