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Livingstone

We arrived at Livingstone airport after a short flight from Johannesburg having arrived there from the UK the previous day. Once we cleared Immigration, which was a no problem at all, we were greeted by a representative of the hotel waiting to whisk us off to the Zambezi Sun. We had a short wait while clearance was given to another couple from our flight, we then boarded the minibus for the 15/20 minute trip to the hotel.

Zambezi River Sun Hotel

On arriving at the 3 star Zambezi Sun we were informed that there no rooms for us so we had been upgraded to the 5 star Royal Livingstone hotel next door. We didn't object one little bit.

While we waited for transport to take us over to the Royal Livingstone we were served with a welcome drink, non alcoholic of course! It was here that I was reminded for the first time of the pleasantness of the Zambian people.

The Zambezi Sun Hotel has been built on the site of the old Intercontinental Hotel. I understand that the original hotel was demolished and the new hotel built in it's place.

In the centre of the hotel between the entrance and the rooms is a superb swimming pool with the bar and band stand on the opposite side to the reception buildings.

While we were there the hotel was playing host to the 'World's Strongest Man' and World's Strongest Women' competitions.

Although we didn't get the opportunity to view the rooms at the Zambezi Sun, certainly from the reception and pool areas it looked to be an excellent place to stay.