Gem of a place. Quiet, clean, excellent well trained staff set in serene surroundings.

Stayed in August 2025

Mosquitoes! Restaurant was disappointing. Because of the location, a car is necessary.

Beautiful location - especially the river. Hippos visiting my tent at night and lots of elephants roaming around freely. Loved the tent.

Stayed in August 2025

No musquito nets available in the luxury tents...

We had a beautifull stay at Maramba. Perfect location for everything related to the falls.

Stayed in July 2025

A few more options for dinner On one of the days, we needed to leave early (7am) for a tour. Breakfast was not ready at that time (continental section was not laid out). We ordered our english breakfast but came 6.50 which means we had to rush to eat and didnt have time to finish our tea/coffee (we were there at 6.30 yet were told that breakfast is served from 6am). We also mentioned that we have a pickup at 7am.

Breakfast and Dinner was good.

Stayed in July 2025

The WiFi connection was really bad for the rooms you could only get good WiFi connection from the restaurant, bar and the reception but not for the rooms. Otherwise everything was good apart from the WiFi

Stayed in May 2025

Great location, friendly staff. Restaurant and Bar areas are great for watching wildlife on the river.

Stayed in April 2025

Beautiful gardens, close to nature, comfortable accommodation.

Stayed in December 2024

Very quiet in no the evening, not a great dinner atmosphere. Power outages. It would have been nice to have been offered a better room as it was our honeymoon and there was lots of empty cabins/tents.

Lovely pool and breakfast.. enjoyed watching the hippos and monkeys

Stayed in July 2024

Nothing

We loved everything. The location is fantastic, as a big family group we had numerous options room options to suit a variety of configurations. We saw and heard hippo, elephant, baboons, crocs from the restaurant balcony. Staff were friendly and helpful.

Stayed in July 2024

Food served in the evening was mediocre. The generator is far too close to some of the tents, I did not get much sleep my first night there. The subsequent nights it ran for a shorter time depending on load shedding.

Maramba serves an excellent breakfast. Beds were comfortable and the bed linen was good.

Stayed in July 2024

The only thing that would be improved was the pool could have looked a bit cleaner. Was a bit scummy.

I wasn't expecting much but this place was FANTASTIC and great value for money. Travelling with my son and girlfriend it was laid back and had a relaxed atmosphere. The staff were SUPER helpful and booked a lot of tours for us. The rooms were great and the beds super comfy. Like everywhere else in Zambia there are power shortages but well covered with generator (rather noisy) but unavoidable. I asked to be moved away and Cliff the night manager was very accommodating. Thank you. Food was OK (not amazing) but very adequate. We had a super tour guide, Evans for the falls. Incredible. All the staff were wonderful.

Stayed in June 2024

Have to drive or get a taxi everywhere

Staff were very friendly. Lots of wildlife on the river which can be seen from the restaurant deck. Nice bar. Close to falls.

Stayed in June 2024

Lack of clean drinking water in the room. Water bottle in room was not regularly refilled.

Stayed in April 2024

There should be access from both bedrooms to the bathroom and outside without going trough other bedroom. Not a tourist friendly aragment.

Breakfast was very good. Food was very testy and well presented. Dinners value for money.

Stayed in March 2024

Breakfast is a bit limited. A few more vegetarian option would be nice. The plug points made charging phones tricky having a few adapters and chargers would be great. The airport pick up they organised was very expensive.

The location on the Maramba River, the fact that they have a boat and jetty to set sail to see the Zambezi. Very friendly and nice staff. Great experience overall.

Stayed in March 2024

The breakfast was not great; I would have loved some fresh fruit and fresh coffee (vs the instant coffee on offer). Also, be warned that staying in a safari tent with an outdoor shower means being swarmed by mosquitos in the shower, and potentially unwelcome scorpion visitors inside the tent. Had I known this, I would have booked a room with an indoor shower and firms walls that might have better prevented scorpion incursions.

The location was wonderful and sitting on the deck in the pool/bar area a great place to chill and take in nature views. Loved that the place was fully immersed in nature with monkeys passing through, etc, though I was sad to miss the elephants that are there during other seasons. At night sitting on the bar deck looking over the river we were able to catch some hippos and a crocodile swimming past the lodge. Magic! The staff were also super friendly and helpful. Also appreciated that it was centrally located between the Falls and Livingstone town.

Stayed in February 2024

Breakfast was very limited I went in low season and price was still very high for a standard tent. I think a lower price would have been better and a more extended breakfast would be better. But for sure a nice property. Please be aware that Livingstone town is only reachable via Taxi and it's not near the lodge.

Maramba river Lodge is a nice property and has different type of tents/bungalows. I had a tent, the tent was frorseen with all necessary comfort. It's basic but nicely done, the outside shower was great :). The tent was very clean. The restaurant has a extensive card. Personal was friendly.

Stayed in January 2024

Too much silly hotel music playing, which is inappropriate in a bush setting. Lodge never seemed to have any cash to help with currency conversion

Quiet location on the river with regular crocodile sightings. Food simple honest and fresh which is what I wanted. Close to Vic Falls. Nice vegetation, chilled feel, nice laid back pool area. Friendly staff everywhere. Good massage service available

Stayed in January 2024

A conference center is under construction so part of the grounds in the middle of the property will be unsightly until it is complete, but that's progress. Our room did not have a mosquito net which I think should be standard in all rooms, even the new ones as the mosquitos were prevalent in October/November when we visited.

The Maramba River Lodge is beautifully situated on the peaceful Maramba River, which feeds into the mighty Zambezi. While we didn't see any elephants or hippos as we'd hoped, this was probably a good thing as there are guards assigned to protect guests who may come upon a wild animal on the grounds of the lodge! We stayed at the Lodge to wind down after our safari getaway and hiking the falls and it was a great place to wind down before flying out. The restaurant is very good for all meals and the staff very friendly and attentive. The swimming pool was wonderful for an afternoon cool off.

Stayed in November 2023

Two things, the first and extremely disappointing one being: On our last day of 8 at Maramba Lodge, we had a couple of hours to spare before our flight and wanted to go fishing again. 3rd trip with the Maramba outfit. The front desk personnel asked the manager if we could take half a trip for half the price. We were told we could go but to pay FULL price. This activity is a very expensive one. The boats were not in use that morning AND the staff member who took us on the 3 previous trips was keen to take us again. But because of someone considering PROFIT MORE IMPORTANT THAN CLIENT RELATIONS, we left rather disappointed in spite of all the other positive experiences. So shorted sighted! The second, small but also short sighted, was that there were big black refuse bins outside the safari chalets that guests and housekeepers put rubbish in. BUT these were not baboon or monkey proof. SO… as you would expect, each day these bins were visited by these clever animals and again, as one would expect, rubbish would be all over the place after their quest. Sometimes the rubbish would land beyond the electric fence and cause me grief and frustration as I could not retrieve the rubbish from there. A problem that could be easily resolved.

Maramba Lodge was truly lovely; a comfortable haven between all the activities. We had everything we needed from games to pool to a very able and friendly staff.

Stayed in November 2023

The open outside shower in the tent was infested with mosquitoes resulting in the room also being infested, that is why we had to change rooms. They say the mosquitoes are not malaria carrying type but it was too much!!!

The exchange from one type of room(Landela Tent) to a Chalet, it was smooth.. When booking it was not explicit that the tent had an outside open shower!!! The staff was GREAT! both at the Reception and the Restaurant.

Stayed in October 2023

Breakfast options and fresh coffee, instead of instant coffee. Honestly, just having fresh drip coffee would have been amazing. There is nothing better than this first thing in the morning to start your day. The instant stuff just isn't the same. Unfortunately we had to order it from the bar.

The location was beautiful and quaint. We really enjoyed the water, hippo, and elephant views. The staff was very kind and helpful.

Stayed in August 2023

Nothing

Breakfast offered a good choice. Sat and watched the elephants drink while eating breakfast- doesn’t get better than that. Saw hippos while eating dinner in the evening.

Stayed in September 2023

Price is high. Check-in, check out, and food service was (like most places in Zambia) way to slow. Two hours from ordering dinner till delivered to table.

Better than most places in Zambia. Great room, great staff, good food.

Stayed in August 2023