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Fawlty Towers is set in a large, private garden shaded with mango trees, with a crystal clear swimming pool. We offer accommodation for those on a budget, as well as private air-conditioned rooms and with the best service in Livingstone. Enjoy our free pancakes served every day, whilst cold beers and drinks are available at the bar. Try our chef's legendary meals or have your own barbeque round the pool on our braai stand. Free Wi-Fi is available in the Public Areas. The Lodge is in the centre of town with seven cafes and restaurants less than 500 yards away and the town's largest supermarket is just over the road.

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Property amenities

Free parking

Wifi

Pool

Bar / lounge

Bicycle rental

Bicycle tours

Shuttle bus service

Facial treatments

Pool / beach towels

Outdoor pool

Breakfast available

Complimentary Instant Coffee

Complimentary tea

Outdoor dining area

Canoeing offsite

Fishing

Walking tours

Board games / puzzles

Taxi service

Foot massage

Full body massage

Manicure

Massage

Neck massage

Pedicure

24-hour security

BBQ facilities

Baggage storage

Mosquito net

Non-smoking hotel

Outdoor furniture

Shared kitchen

Shared lounge / TV area

Sun loungers / beach chairs

Sun umbrellas

First aid kit

24-hour check-in

Laundry service

Room features

Air conditioning

Safe

Bottled water

Private bathrooms

Stovetop

Electric kettle

Walk-in shower

Room types

Pool view

Non-smoking rooms

Good to know

HOTEL CLASS

HOTEL STYLE

Centrally Located

Budget

Languages Spoken

English

Location

70Somewhat walkable

Grade: 70 out of 100

19Restaurantswithin 0.75 miles

10Attractionswithin 0.75 miles

216 Mosi-Oa-Tunya Road Box 61170, Livingstone 10101 Zambia

Getting there

Livingstone Airport3 miSee all flights

Victoria Falls Airport17 miSee all flights

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tbooth767655 wrote a review Nov 2023

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Fantastic place

The staff are so friendly and helpful. This place is such good value for money. We stayed in a lovely 2 bed room with private bathroom- great shower- hot & cold, full brewakfast included & free pancakes every afternoon! Beautiful pool/ bar/ dining area. Very central. They can organise all your activities and transport for really good prices.

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Response from Elissa D, Other at Fawlty Towers

Responded 5 days ago

tbooth, thank you ever so much for your amazing feedback. We are so delighted! With best wishes, Elissa

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miryamangon wrote a review Nov 2023

Malaga, Spain1 contribution

Central and cozy corner in the heart of Livingstone

All perfect. This place has everything you need to spend a few days in the heart of Livingstone. Very clean common spaces and rooms, very attentive and friendly staff. 150% recommended! Thanks to the Fawlty Towers team for making me feel back at home

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Date of stay: September 2023

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Response from Elissa D, Other at Fawlty Towers

Responded 3 weeks ago

Our darling miryamangon. Thank you so much for such lovely feedback. We are so delighted you enjoyed your time with us and thank you for coming to stay with us, once again. With best wishes, Elissa

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pophor398109 wrote a review Oct 2023

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Lovely stay

Nice place to be. We only missed chairs in the room and some extra storage space. Miriam (reception) helped very good. Every day free pancakes at 15.00. Nice breakfast and good excursions( victoriafalls, gamedrive)

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Response from Elissa D, Other at Fawlty Towers

Responded 4 weeks ago

Dear Pophor. Thank you very much for your feedback. We are chuffed to hear that you enjoyed your stay. Thank you for mentioning chairs in the room and storage space. We are currently addressing our rooms and where they can fit, we will add chairs and kettles etc. We have a welder putting together some new hanging space too. It's a slow process as we have over 30 private rooms and always lots of upgrades to do which we do as and when we can afford them. Thanks again for the review. With best wishes, Elissa

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SH119 wrote a review Oct 2023

London, United Kingdom11 contributions

Great stay: incredible value and quality

Stayed for a few nights recently while visiting Vic Falls on the Zambian side in one of the twin bed rooms in the garden area. The standard of accommodation, for the price, was very impressive: the room had A/C, was very clean and presentable and also had a very high quality shower (a rarity in backpackers hostels!). For the price paid it was incredible value and in reality closer to a hotel standard. The bar and restaurant area were also very nice and well maintained with good drink prices and friendly staff. Shout out to Miriam who was excellent in organising activities, transfers and laundry for us and generally extremely helpful. Highly recommended for a stay in Livingstone.

Date of stay: October 2023

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Response from Elissa D, Other at Fawlty Towers

Responded 4 weeks ago

Stephen H, thank you so much for such nice feedback. We are so chuffed you enjoyed your stay and thank you for highly recommending us. With best wishes, Elissa

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tonyjane wrote a review Oct 2023

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom120 contributions140 helpful votes

Backpacker style but with nice bar and surroundings.

Understand this is a backpackers hotel primarily, communal kitchen, shared fridge, basic rooms. But I loved it. the gardens are very nice, swimming pool, firepit each night,and a very comfy bar area. Breakfast offered next morning (included depending on your room standard) was fine. Staff were great, good security, nice chill out place. A few resturants close by, two fast food places and a big Shoprite supermarket right over the road. Can't comment on the dorm accomodation, but our rooms were fine for the price. Mozzie net, 2 cans of spray in room, aircon that worked well. Its not the Ritz, but it doesnt try to be. Go with eyes open knowing you are in a budget place and you won't be disappointed. Alcohol prices ridiculously cheap. Can pay in USD or kwacha on site no problem. £40 GBP / night inc breakfast = bargain. I am 62, wanted to backpack a bit and stay in this sort of place and it was great. Friendly people/guests all like minded, not stuck up nobs complaining about everything. Refreshing change for us. Good experience. …

Date of stay: September 2023

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Responded 8 Oct 2023

tonyjane, thank you so much for your lovely feedback. We are chuffed to hear that you enjoyed your stay so much. Thank you for clarifying to other potential guests, what Fawlty Towers is about. Yep, we offer clean, basic, affordable accommodation and are constantly striving to improve our rooms and facilities... which can be a slow process and done as and when we can afford the upgrades, but as you say, most people, who understand the budget accommodation/backpacker concept, will be very happy here. Although we offer budget prices, we don't scrimp on mattresses and linen.. We have hotel quality mattresses in all our private rooms, good quality pillows and 100% cotton bedding, hopefully giving all our guests a good night's sleep. We offer a number of value added products (at no additinal charge) including our free basic breakfast to those in private rooms, free tea and instant coffee all day, free panckes every afternoon, a complimentary water in the private rooms, a subsidized shuttle to the Victoria Falls, free Wifi, etc. We try to keep our basic lunches affordable and our drinks in the bar well priced. Thanks again for such lovely feedback. We are so chuffed you had a good stay. With best wishes, Elissa

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kalvim226920 wrote a review Oct 2023

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The best place in Livingston

Very comfortable and clean room woth AC hot water and mosquito net. Friendly and helpful staff. Secure parking for my motorcycle. Great breakfast as well as free afternoon pancakes. Mike, also a motorcyclist, introduced me to local bikers and allowed me to service my bike in the parking lot. Nice pool and bar/restaurant. Close to museums. Absolutelly a very pleasant stay.

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Responded 4 Oct 2023

Kalvim226920, thank you ever so much for such a lovely review. We are so pleased you had a good stay with us. Thank you for choosing Fawltys! With best wishes, Elissa

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Joep v wrote a review Oct 2023

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Beautiful place in a busy city

A true oasis in a busy city. Behind the grey facade on the outside lies a beautiful garden, with a nice bar, and swimming pool. The rooms are build around the garden and are very decent. The swimming pool is very clean and the bar is a nice place for some gin and tonics. Pricing is reasonable and the location within the city is very central. You can walk to the market, kubu cafe and several restaurants on mosi o tunya road. Parking can be safely done behind the doors of the hotel

Date of stay: September 2023

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Responded 4 Oct 2023

Joepv342 thank you so much for such a lovely review. We are super chuffed to hear you enjoyed your stay so much! Thanks for choosing Fawltys! With best wishes, Elissa

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pmwai340773 wrote a review Sept 2023

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Best place to stay in Livingstone

I was in Livingstone for the sole purpose of going to Victoria Falls for the Devils pool experience. I looked for accommodation and Fawlty Towers always appeared at the top of the search list and I fully understand why. The place is beyond excellent. The service is superb, the people are amazing and will really go out of their way to ensure your stay is memorable. 10/10 Would recommend. Thank you Fawlty towers.

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Response from Elissa D, Other at Fawlty Towers

Responded 27 Sept 2023

pmwai340773, thank you so much for writing us such a nice review. We are super chuffed and so thrilled that we met your expectations. Thank you so much for choosing to stay with us and for recommending us. With best wishes, Elissa

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D and T C-C wrote a review Sept 2023

London, United Kingdom6 contributions

Lovely Experience in Livingstone

We had a lovely 2 weeks staying at Fawlty Towers. We initially had booked the accommodation for a trip to Zambia in 2020 but due to the pandemic were not able to go. They were happy to keep our reservation credit for up to 2 years, and when we went this year, as we were staying for half as long as our original trip, they were happy for us to put the remaining credit towards activities at the guest house. The guest house is very peaceful and cosy while being right in the middle of Livingstone, and very close to Victoria Falls, for which they provide a shuttle bus for guests to visit. The room was spacious and comfortable. There was a lovely swimming pool, restaurant and bar despite it not being a big resort. They also provided guests with free pancakes every afternoon which was an awesome touch. The staff were all great, including the onsite beautician/masseuse who we visited a few times for services like pedicure, massage, etc. The guesthouse also has good links with lots of trip and activity companies in the area and are able to get good prices for these. We enjoyed a day trip safari to Chobe in Botswana, went abseiling, visited an elephant cafe, even saw a Lunar rainbow at Victoria Falls, among lots of other activities. The one critique we had was that the wifi was slow at times but we appreciate this is not limited to the guest house (though it was better in the bar/restaurant area). All in all a wonderful experience and we would happily stay again. …

Date of stay: May 2023

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Responded 21 Sept 2023

Derinda1722, this is such a lovely review! Thank you so much. We are so chuffed for you that you were finally able to do your long awaited trip to Livingstone. And thank you for choosing Fawlty Towers. With best wishes, Elissa

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Helen Y wrote a review Sept 2023

Townsville, Australia6 contributions2 helpful votes

Nothy faulty about Fawlty Towers

Lovely oasis in Livingston. Good value, clean and welcoming. Very secure behind a wall in a busy Livingston Street. Well kept gardens. Rooms basic but clean and very suitable for a one or two night stay. Free tea and coffee appreciated as were the 3pm pancakes - yum!

Date of stay: July 2023

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Responded 6 Sept 2023

224heleny, thank you so very much for your lovely review. We are so delighted! Thank you for choosing to stay with us. We are very happy you enjoyed your stay. With best wishes, Elissa

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