Lodging: Very basic and outdated rooms. The air conditioning worked fine, and it was good to have mosquito nets over the beds. 2-3 television channels in the rooms, but you aren't in Zambia to watch TV.

Restaurant: Food was not great and overpriced, and the menu did not represent what they had in stock (there were no beans, no mushrooms, no fries). The free breakfast was quite limited, given the lack of availability of certain foods.

Staff: Richard was a pleasure to be around, and was very concerned that guests were comfortable. It was a great perk to be picked up and dropped off at the airport.

Facilities: Simple but comfortable. There were fresh flowers in the restaurant. The garden was very nice, with fountains and flowering trees and plants, and a small, pretty swimming pool.

Overall: We did not want to pay $400-$500 per night to stay in the hotels right at Victoria Falls, so chose this as a budget option. It was adequate for the price, but do not expect anything but very basic lodging.

Tip: DON'T FORGET TO BRING US DOLLARS ($$$) WITH YOU TO ZAMBIA -- YOU WILL NEED THEM TO BUY YOUR VISA TO GET INTO THE COUNTRY. YOU WILL SPEND $$ IN LIVINGSTONE RATHER THAN ANY OTHER CURRENCY.

We were a party of four Rob, Sally ,Terry ,and Jayne. On arrival met by Richard who gave us a very warm welcome at Lvingstone Airport.
The accomodation was lovely, the staff were all so welcoming and we felt all at home immediately. Visited local bars and enjoyed the local beers. Victoria Falls breathtaking.
Thankyou Richard Chanter for contributing to a fantastic time.
Rob , Sally , Terry and Jayne

Chanters lodge provides a very reasonably priced accomodation option in Livingstone with exceptional service and standards. We stayed in a poolside room which was large and airconditioned. The service we received far exceeded our expectations and Richard Chanter and every member of his staff were always only to happy to help with any query we had or any assistance we required.

Richard helped arrange for the organisation of our many activities in Livingstone, as well as bus transfers. We were also pleasantly surprised when it was Richard who greeted us at the airport and with our entry visas (again arranged by Richard) transiting into Zambia was a breeze.

The lodge also has wi-fi which was wonderful, given the difficulties that are often faced when travelling and needing to access technology.

Chanters Lodge also has a restaurant, which provides a great option for dinner after a tiresome day of adventure activities.

Although Chanters Lodge isn't directly beside the falls, we found that it was very easy to get to the falls by taxi and the advantages of not being beside the falls included not having the constant helicopter noise overhead of the flights over the falls and having the variety of restaurants, supermarkets etc in Livingstone itself to visit.

Overall, our stay at Chanters (5 nights) was wonderful and we would highly recommend Chanters if you are looking at staying in Livingstone.

Richard Chanter (or "Dicky C", as we affectionately referred to him as) is the preeminent host of hosts. We stayed at his rustic Zambian villa for a couple of nights in April 2007, and were thoroughly impressed with the amenities-to-dollar value; spacious rooms, a charming pool-side garden and broken bottles embedded into the top of the security wall highlight the Lodge's spectaular visuals.

Dicky C was extremely responsive to both email and phone conversations leading up to our visit, which included a day's delay because of the imbeciles at South African Airline. He was kind enough to personally drive our group both to and from the airport and was always more than happy to pipe in his 2 cents when it came to sight-seeing and activities in Zambia. (Just don't ask him to suggest a restaurant other than his!)

Food-wise, if you like cold toast Dicky has it in spades (along with many other tasty delights in the kitchen restaurant) and his delightful 'gurrrrrrrrls' are more than happy to cook you up a variety of African dishes. The hired help seemed less than pleased to work for Dicky C, but that's a different story entirely.