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Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Livingstone from the En Primeur Club guide.

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Livingstone, Zambia
Royal Chundu – Luxury Zambezi Lodges offers luxury Zambian fine dining in Livingstone, with an extensive wine list and tasting menu and prix fixe formats. Its Relais Chateaux Award dates from 2026. Our guide includes 6 restaurants citywide. Mukwa River Lodge, also in Livingstone, serves gourmet farm-to-table cuisine at a family-owned riverside property with private decks and plunge pools. Zambian cooking also features at the Royal Chundu – Luxury Zambezi Lodges hotel in Katambora / Upper Zambezi River, where accommodation spans a private island and riverbank. Its thatched suites sit above the water. The hotel holds a Relais Chateaux Award from 2026. In Livingstone, Tongabezi Lodge has open-fronted cottages and tree houses. Toka Leya in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park is a tented camp with wildlife sightings from private decks.

Restaurants and hotels on the river

Royal Chundu – Luxury Zambezi Lodges in Livingstone offers an extensive wine list and tasting menu and prix fixe formats. Mukwa River Lodge serves gourmet farm-to-table cuisine in Livingstone.

  • Royal Chundu – Luxury Zambezi Lodges

    A luxury Zambian fine-dining restaurant in Livingstone with an extensive wine list. It offers tasting menu and prix fixe formats, and its Relais Chateaux Award appears in 2026 and 2025.

  • Mukwa River Lodge

    Mukwa River Lodge serves gourmet farm-to-table cuisine at a family-owned lodge in Livingstone. Mukwa River Lodge has six suites, private plunge pools and private decks overlooking wildlife along the riverbank.

  • The Royal Livingstone Anantara

    The Royal Livingstone Anantara is a colonial-style hotel in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park with wildlife roaming its grounds. The Royal Livingstone Anantara has deep verandas and a riverside timber deck, with original artwork referencing the region's exploration history inside.

River stays

Toka Leya in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park offers a tented camp with private decks. Royal Chundu – Luxury Zambezi Lodges in Katambora / Upper Zambezi River serves Zambian cooking, while Tongabezi Lodge in Livingstone has open-fronted cottages and tree houses.

  • Toka Leya

    A luxurious tented camp in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park with river views, wildlife sightings from private decks and proximity to Victoria Falls. It carries a La Liste Top Hotels score of 90 points in 2026.

  • Royal Chundu – Luxury Zambezi Lodges

    An ultra-intimate hideaway in Katambora / Upper Zambezi River, set across a private island and riverbank. The lodge combines Zambian cooking, thatched suites above the water and a quiet river rhythm upstream from Victoria Falls.

  • Tongabezi Lodge

    A privately owned eco-tourism lodge in Livingstone with tree houses, cottages and private valets. The accommodation has an open-fronted design, with interiors facing the river and panoramic views from the lodge on the riverbank.

Planning FAQ

Where is the strongest wine-led dining in Livingstone?

Royal Chundu – Luxury Zambezi Lodges in Livingstone offers an extensive wine list. The restaurant serves luxury Zambian fine dining through tasting menu and prix fixe formats and holds a Relais Chateaux Award for 2026.

How many Michelin-starred restaurants are in Livingstone in your guide?

Livingstone has no Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide. Royal Chundu – Luxury Zambezi Lodges in Livingstone offers luxury Zambian fine dining, an extensive wine list and tasting menu and prix fixe formats.

Which neighbourhoods carry the main hotel and dining scene?

Livingstone and Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park carry most of the scene in our guide. Katambora / Upper Zambezi River also matters for Royal Chundu – Luxury Zambezi Lodges, which sits upstream and brings a separate river-lodge setting into the mix.

Which places have the clearest wine programs?

Royal Chundu – Luxury Zambezi Lodges in Livingstone has an extensive wine list. Its luxury Zambian fine-dining restaurant offers tasting menu and prix fixe formats and holds a Relais Chateaux Award for 2026.

By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards

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Where to eat in Livingstone

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Royal Chundu – Luxury Zambezi Lodges restaurant in Livingstone

Livingstone, Zambia

Royal Chundu – Luxury Zambezi Lodges

Set along the Zambezi River near the Botswana border, Royal Chundu offers riverside lodge accommodation with direct access to one of southern Africa's most active wildlife corridors. Sunset cruises, guided Zambezi safaris, and family-oriented programming place it within a specific tier of Zambian river lodges where the river itself is the primary experience. Nearest access is via Kasane International Airport, approximately 40 kilometres away.

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Livingstone

Where to stay in Livingstone

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Mukwa River Lodge hotel in Livingstone

Livingstone, Zambia

Mukwa River Lodge

A family-owned boutique retreat on the Zambezi River's edge along Nakatindi Road, Mukwa River Lodge occupies a stretch of riverbank directly across from Zambezi National Park. The design draws on classic bush camp aesthetics, with private decks and plunge pools positioned to capture unobstructed wildlife sightings. For travellers routing through Livingstone who want proximity to both the river and the park without the scale of a resort, it occupies a distinct position in the local accommodation tier.

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The Royal Livingstone Anantara hotel in Livingstone

Livingstone, Zambia

The Royal Livingstone Anantara

Set on the banks of the Zambezi River within walking distance of Victoria Falls, The Royal Livingstone Anantara occupies 17 colonial-style buildings arranged through indigenous forest, with deep verandas, a Zambezi-edged timber deck, and interiors hung with original artwork referencing the region's exploration history. It sits at the upper end of Livingstone's hotel market, where position and access to the Falls define the competitive set.

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Toka Leya hotel in Livingstone

Livingstone, Zambia

Toka Leya

Ranked among La Liste's Top Hotels for 2026 with 90 points, Toka Leya occupies a prime position on the Zambian bank of the Zambezi River near Livingstone, placing guests within reach of Victoria Falls while offering a quieter, more immersive alternative to the town's larger resort properties. Compared to the high-volume offerings along the main strip, it operates at a smaller, more deliberate scale suited to travellers prioritising proximity to the river over amenity breadth.

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Tongabezi Lodge hotel in Livingstone

Livingstone, Zambia

Tongabezi Lodge

Tongabezi Lodge sits on the Zambian bank of the Zambezi River, roughly 20 kilometres upstream from Victoria Falls, where open-fronted cottages and tree houses dissolve the boundary between interior and river. The property belongs to the smaller, design-led tier of African safari lodges that treat architecture as the primary amenity. For travellers already considering Livingstone, it represents the riverside option furthest from town-centre infrastructure.

Livingstone, Zambia

Livingstone

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