This award-winning eco-lodge in Zambia leans into the tranquillity of its hidden location on the banks of the Zambezi River.

Combine romance and luxury with a hint of adventure as you relax just 12 km upstream of Victoria Falls. Our joyous team welcomes guests to a selection of houses and cottages, each embellished with interiors lovingly chosen from around Africa. Immerse yourself in nature and experience unique dining and river activities.

Conde Nast may have called Tongabezi one of the top 20 hotels in the world, but would you believe we started out as tents with bucket showers?

Tongabezi was founded in 1990 as tents with bucket showers along the banks of the Zambezi River. By 2018, it was one of Conde Nast’s Top 20 Hotels in the World.

Benjamin Parker and William Ruck Keene met in 1987 and almost immediately began hatching plans to run safaris together. Previously, Ben had been selling microlights and doing flight instructions as an excuse to travel around the country he had fallen in love with. Will had been running the ‘Deliveroo before Deliveroo’—a food delivery company with a far more exciting name, Snack Attack!

We are proud to say that our Tongabezi founding fathers were certainly never boring.