Reviews of Fawlty Towers Accommodation & Activities 4 stars

Thank you very much for your lovely review. You are correct in saying our facilities are simple. We refer to our product as being clean, basic and affordable, but we do try to offer good value with free pancakes, free tea and coffee, $1 transfers to the Falls, free WiFi, free breakfasts and affordable prices in our bar, pizza cafe and day salon. Thank you for your comment about the mosquitoes. This is not a Fawlty Towers issue, but a Livingstone issue. Unfortunately for us, every time a guest comments on this, people assume it is something we are responsible for and can control but it actually has to be controlled by the local authorities. We do our best to manage our own facilities with mosquito nets, room spray and ensuring we don't have stagnant water lying around our property, but to be honest, it's a pointless exercise unless it is managed from beyond our walls. Thanks for staying with us. We are glad you enjoyed your time with us. With best wishes, Elissa

Thank you very much for your lovely review. You are correct in saying our facilities are simple. We refer to our product as being clean, basic and affordable, but we do try to offer good value with free pancakes, free tea and coffee, $1 tr… Show more

David, thank you so much for your lovely review. I am sorry, you found our choice of soft drinks limited, We tend to only stock the favourites ie: coke, fanta and sprite, mainly because the others don't sell and then we find ourselves with expiring stock. Thanks for choosing Fawltys. With best wishes, Elissa

David, thank you so much for your lovely review. I am sorry, you found our choice of soft drinks limited, We tend to only stock the favourites ie: coke, fanta and sprite, mainly because the others don't sell and then we find ourselves… Show more

Thank you for your review and advice about being much better with a few improvements. To be honest, we never stop improving. 2025: We have just opened 4 new luxury rooms after demolishing 4 old rooms. 2024: We built a lovely fire pit seating area, our brand new self-catering kitchen and our new lock up car park at the back of the lodge (which entailed demolishing and building a new workshop and staff kitchen to make room for guest's cars). We also launched our gift shop, our cruises and our game drives, 2023 We launched our very succesful pizza oven which we can proudly say serve the best pizzas in town. 2022 We launched 6 new, garden twin rooms. 2020-2021 - We revamped our bar and reception. Those are the noticeable changes, but lots of things are done regularly, like refeshing paint work, replacing mattresses, updating linen, replacing all curtains, etc etc etc. We certainly don't rest on our laurels. Some of our rooms are older, and will eventually either be replaced or remodelled. However, because of the way guests choose to book nowadays, we have additional third party commissions etc and so, budget limits how quickly things can get done. We do however, have a variety of accommodation available and have smarter, newer, larger, more modern rooms available for those with a little more to spend. We try to offer good value for the price, with simple, basic, affordable accommodation. Thank you for booking with us. We hope you will see more improvements in the future.

Thank you for your review and advice about being much better with a few improvements. To be honest, we never stop improving. 2025: We have just opened 4 new luxury rooms after demolishing 4 old rooms. 2024: We built a lovely fire pit sea… Show more

Thank you so much for your review. Although you haven't given us an overall high score, we see you have rated 4 of the 6 categories with a 10 out of 10, which indicates to us that you generally, enjoyed your time with us. Thank you! Fawlty Towers was opened is 1996 as a backpackers and we have subsequently evolved over the years to more of a guest house, constantly building, upgrading and refreshing ourselves. We do still have a number of older rooms which are being upgraded as and when budget allows us to do so. (We have just opened another 4 new rooms this July.) I am sorry to hear you had no hot water. There is no reason why you should have had no hot water for the full duration of your stay. Sometimes, things happen but if a guest brings it to our attention, we attempt to resolve it as fast as possible. It's disappointing when we hear that a guest endured a stay of several days in discomfort and never said anything. We, who are always doing our best, and want our guests to enjoy their time with us, are very grateful of constructive criticism so that we can resolve things if we can. Thanks again for your review and for choosing to stay at Fawlty Towers. With best wishes, Elissa

Thank you so much for your review. Although you haven't given us an overall high score, we see you have rated 4 of the 6 categories with a 10 out of 10, which indicates to us that you generally, enjoyed your time with us. Thank you! F… Show more

Thank you very much for your lovely review. We are glad you enjoyed your time with us. I am sorry you thought your room was a little small. We have a variety of different size rooms at different budgets and guests are free to choose what suits them best. With best wishes, Elissa

Thank you very much for your lovely review. We are glad you enjoyed your time with us. I am sorry you thought your room was a little small. We have a variety of different size rooms at different budgets and guests are free to choose what… Show more

Thank you for your review. We are glad you enjoyed your time with us. I am sorry you thought activities and airport shuttle were overpriced. We charge $10 for an airport pick up which is the same price as a taxi. We charge that per booking rather than per person. Activity prices are the rates provided to us by the operators, we do not mark up the rates. We run our own cruises and game drives which are better priced than most of the other operators. Sure you might find a substandard tour run by an operator at a cheaper price, who does not have appropriate equipment, safety standards and insurance, but we use experienced operators with the necessary protocols in place.

Thank you for your review. We are glad you enjoyed your time with us. I am sorry you thought activities and airport shuttle were overpriced. We charge $10 for an airport pick up which is the same price as a taxi. We charge that per book… Show more