Victoria Falls Hotel
December 27th, 2011 at 9:00 am by David Farrar
This is the Victoria Falls Hotel. It is an Edwardian building, 107 years old, and it is like you are living in the Edwardian era – they serve high tea on the balcony there. They also serve drinks, so I’ve spent most of my spare time drinking Zambesi Sparkles (their inhouse cocktail) there while working on my laptop, or reading a book.
This is the view from the front lawn. You can see the border/bungee bridge ahead, and the “smoke” from the falls also. A stunning view.
The baboons are everywhere – literally treating the place as if it is theirs. You see warthogs in the grounds also.
As with any good hotel, they have the local newspaper. This story was on the front page and no name suppression here. An injiva incidentially is what they call a Zimbabwean living in South Africa.
I love the fine of seven head of cattle for bedding a wife. Allows you to weigh up the risks in terms of being caught and the likely fine vs the benefits 
One of the lounges inside the hotel.
Tags: DPF, Zimbabwe
December 27th, 2011 at 10:35 am
David, I have been meaning to ask you whether you organised all this yourself or used a travel agent (and if so which one), and are you travelling on your own and how do you find that?
Vote:December 27th, 2011 at 10:37 am
Depends on whether Mrs Khumbulani is a cow or not.
Vote:December 27th, 2011 at 3:28 pm
P3 . Are the socialists having a conference there also?
Vote:December 27th, 2011 at 8:46 pm
I stayed in the Vic Falls Hotel a few years ago. Glad to see the old place looks the same. I bought a “package deal” in Joburg which included dinner. We enjoyed dressing up and having the very old-fashioned but charming silver service in the formal dining room – dancing included.
Vote:December 29th, 2011 at 12:03 am
So, DPF and KKB, the people who serve the tea, are they, um, black, just like 107 years ago?
Is this a case of “Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose.”
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