PAMARAH LODGE WINS TRIPADVISOR’S “BEST OF THE BEST” TRAVELLERS’ CHOICE AWARD FOR 2026
Pamarah Lodge, a boutique guest house in Victoria Falls, has been named a recipient of Tripadvisor’s 2026 Travellers’ Choice “Best of the Best” award, one of the platform’s most prestigious recognitions reserved for properties ranked among the very best in the world. The lodge celebrated the milestone with its staff gathered outside the property, waving a Zimbabwean flag alongside guests and team members in a photograph marking the achievement.
The Travellers’ Choice programme recognises accommodations, attractions, and restaurants that consistently earn excellent reviews from travellers, with properties selected from the top tier of listings on the platform. According to Tripadvisor, the “Best of the Best” distinction represents the platform’s highest level of recognition, awarded annually to only the top one percent of qualifying businesses across select categories worldwide, making the achievement a significant one for a relatively small lodge operating in Zimbabwe’s tourism capital.
Pamarah Lodge is currently ranked the number one bed and breakfast or inn in Victoria Falls on Tripadvisor, holding a five-out-of-five rating drawn from several hundred traveller reviews. The lodge has built its reputation around a relaxed atmosphere, home-cooked food, and an elegant poolside seating area where guests unwind after days spent exploring the Falls. Its open-sided gazebo bar and eatery, which sits beside the pool, serves meals throughout the day, a feature regularly highlighted by visitors in their reviews.
Responding to the recognition, the Pamarah team said the award reflects the voices of the guests who have stayed there. Thanks to all the amazing reviews and ratings from the people who matter most, the team said, the lodge had been chosen for the honour in recognition of the above-and-beyond experience it strives to provide. The team described itself as humbled and grateful for the distinction.
Owned and run by Phil Mornette Ross and Holly Scott-Riddell, Pamarah Lodge has cultivated a loyal following among travellers passing through Victoria Falls en route to destinations such as Hwange National Park, Chobe in Botswana, and the Zambian side of the Falls. Recent reviews have praised the lodge’s personalised itinerary planning, with staff frequently credited for arranging activities including sunset cruises on the Zambezi, game drives, and helicopter flights over the Falls.
The award comes at a time when Victoria Falls continues to cement its status as one of Southern Africa’s premier tourism destinations, with visitors increasingly seeking smaller, boutique-style accommodation that offers a more personal experience than larger hotel chains. For Pamarah Lodge, the Tripadvisor recognition adds an international stamp of approval to a reputation already well established among the travellers who have walked through its doors.As the lodge’s team noted in their message marking the achievement, the recognition ultimately belongs to the guests whose reviews made it possible, a sentiment that has become a hallmark of the lodge’s guest-first approach to hospitality in Zimbabwe’s adventure tourism hub.
