Cafe Zambezi

Top choice in Livingstone


Head straight through to the courtyard, sunny by day and candlelit by night. Bursting with local flavour, the broad menu covers local favourites of goat meat, smoky crocodile tail and mopane (woodland) caterpillars. Authentic wood-fired pizzas are a winner or sink your teeth into impala or eggplant-and-haloumi burgers.

Its old school front coffee shop is a good breakfast spot too. There's also a budget lodge out the back.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Livingstone attractions

1. Jewish Cemetery

0.46 MILES

Enter through the gate to wander this small plot of foreign Jewish graves dating from the mid 20th century.

2. Railway & Gateway Jewish Museum

0.49 MILES

While there are some beautiful 19th century locomotives to clamber onboard in the Railway Museum, the background information is a bit on the dry side. The…

3. Livingstone Museum

0.53 MILES

The excellent Livingstone Museum is the oldest, largest and best museum in the country. It's divided into sections covering archaeology, history,…

4. Former Jewish Synagogue

0.83 MILES

What's now the Church of Christ was formerly the first synagogue in Zambia, built in 1928.

5. Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park

2.15 MILES

This park is divided into two sections: the Victoria Falls area and the wildlife sector. The latter is only 3km southwest of Livingstone, and most famous…

6. Zambezi National Park

4.3 MILES

Just 5km from the town centre is this vastly underrated national park, comprising 40km of Zambezi River frontage and a spread of wildlife-rich mopane …

7. Devil's Pool

4.72 MILES

One of the most thrilling experiences – not only at the falls but in all of Africa – is the hair-raising journey to Livingstone Island. Here you will…

8. Victoria Falls National Park

4.78 MILES

Here on the Zimbabwe side of the falls you're in for a real treat. Some two-thirds of Victoria Falls are located here, including the main falls themselves…