The David Livingstone Safari Lodge & Spa is a four-star riverside lodge of 77 suites on the banks of the Zambezi, set inside Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park about 10 km upstream of Victoria Falls.
A lodge inside the national park
This is the closest Livingstone comes to a classic safari lodge without leaving town. The property runs along the riverbank inside the park boundary, so game moves past the lawns, and every one of the 77 suites — 72 Deluxe River View rooms and 5 Signature Suites — faces the water.
A boutique riverfront lodge and spa with sweeping Zambezi views and warm Zambian hospitality.
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Home of the Lady Livingstone
The lodge’s jetty is the berth of the Lady Livingstone, a three-deck cruiser carrying up to 144 guests — the most elegant sunset sailing on the Zambian side. POTUS books the Lady Livingstone Sunset Cruise from K1,200 per person, and staying at the lodge means boarding is a two-minute stroll from your suite.
Dining, spa and the essentials
- Kalai Restaurant — Afro-Arabian fusion dining over the river
- Gwembe Terrace and Ujiji Bar for sundowners
- The David Livingstone Spa with complimentary steam room and plunge pool
- Riverside pool, sun deck and conference facilities
- 13 km from Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula International Airport
Why book it through POTUS?
POTUS holds a signed agency agreement with the lodge, with contracted rates starting from $200 per night and VIP treatment on arrival. It pairs beautifully with our activity set — a game drive and white-rhino walk happens in the same national park the lodge calls home — and our concierge desk sequences the whole stay on one thread.
Every booking is confirmed with a personalised proforma quotation; rates are starting-from and seasonal. The lodge’s full profile is at the official David Livingstone Safari Lodge site.
When should you go?
The lodge is at its most cinematic in the dry season, June to November, when game concentrates along the river and the sunset cruises run glass-calm. Flood season, February to May, turns the falls 10 km downstream into their full 1,708-metre spectacle — and the lodge’s park-side quiet is the antidote to the spray-soaked excitement. Fishing, birding and photographic safaris all book through the same POTUS desk.
Suites in detail
The 72 Deluxe River View rooms open onto private balconies a few metres above the water; the 5 Signature Suites add sitting rooms and the best sight-lines on the property. Interiors lean colonial-explorer — dark timber, brass, white linen — a deliberate nod to the lodge’s namesake. Honeymooners should ask the POTUS desk for the upstream suites; the sunset angle is worth the request.
Evenings run to a rhythm: sundowners on the Gwembe Terrace, Afro-Arabian tasting plates at Kalai, and the spa’s steam room before bed. The complimentary plunge pool earns its keep after a gorge-swing morning.
Pairing the stay
Guests here naturally pair the game drive and white-rhino walk (from K800) in the surrounding park, the Lady Livingstone cruise from the lodge jetty, and a helicopter flight from $230 that lifts straight over this stretch of river. One quotation, one thread, no logistics on your side.
The park on your doorstep
Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, the lodge’s home ground, covers 3,779 hectares of riverine bush along the Zambezi — small by Zambian standards, mighty by content. It is the only park in the country where white rhino roam, tracked on foot with armed wildlife-police scouts, and its lack of large predators is precisely what makes those walks possible. Elephant cross the river channels at dusk, giraffe browse the acacia line, and the birding — from fish eagles to Schalow’s turaco — rewards an early coffee on your balcony. Staying inside the boundary means the park’s rhythms are your soundtrack, not a day-trip destination.
Conferences take a gentler shape here than in town: the lodge’s facilities suit boards, retreats and strategy off-sites of a few dozen rather than delegations of hundreds, with the river doing the work a lobby coffee machine usually pretends to. POTUS stages the logistics — chauffeured shuttles from Livingstone’s airport 13 km away, evening cruises as the social programme, and a falls excursion to close the agenda. For anniversaries and small destination weddings, the riverside lawn holds a ceremony beautifully at golden hour.
Good to know before you book
Because the lodge sits inside a national park, wildlife has right of way — keep balcony doors closed for the monkeys’ benefit and yours, and walk with the escort after dark; it is part of the charm, not a caution. Malaria prophylaxis is worth discussing with your doctor for river-side stays, and binoculars earn their bag space here more than anywhere else in town.
POTUS quotations hold in USD or Kwacha, starting-from until confirmed, with the standard cancellation ladder (25% from 60–45 days, rising to 100% inside 14 days) restated on every proforma. The Lady Livingstone sells out in peak weeks — if the cruise is the point of the stay, say so and we secure the deck seats with the room.
Book with POTUS
Tell us your dates and we will hold a river-view suite, arrange your chauffeured transfer and quote a personalised rate the same day. Request your booking or WhatsApp +260 955 747 769.
