Ilala Lodge is located within the Victoria Falls area, the closest accommodation venue to the Victoria Falls itself. The lodge is very close to the city centre, commercial banks, the post office, the craft market and various curio markets.
Victoria Falls is surely the most memorable of the world's seven natural wonders. When David Livingstone was the European to discover the falls, he named it Victoria Falls after the British Queen Victoria.
The falls are known in local dialects as 'Mosi-oa-Tunya' - translated as 'The Smoke that Thunders' after the massive plume of vapour that rises from the chasm into which the water pours.
Victoria Falls is located between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The falls is the largest single curtain of falling water in the world. Victoria Falls is fullest in June and lowest in November due to rainfall.
Below Vic Falls is an extensive system of gorges named the Batoka Gorge. The rain forest around the lip of the falls and the Batoka Gorge are World Heritage Sites due to the diversity of species in these areas.