Now contracting for 2027 · Victoria Falls

Where streams meet a star-lit pool, two kilometres from the Falls.

A 22-room boutique hotel with an island restaurant and bar at its heart. Opening 1 January 2027 — in — days.

Opening 1 January 2027

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The Bab, the island bar at Bonela Springs, lit warmly after dark and reflected in the surrounding water.
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Our Story

To look after. To take care.

Bonela means ‘to look after’ — and that single idea shapes everything here. Twenty-two rooms of honest, tactile materials. Streams winding to a glittering star-lit pool. Walls dressed in local art. An island restaurant at the very heart of it all. Service that anticipates, never intrudes — the kind of stay your clients write home about.

Cobble-stamped floors surrounded by tropical foliage at The Bab, the island restaurant, wrapped by water.
A guest room with a locally painted mural, terracotta floors and mukwa furniture.
A double vanity in honed travertine with brushed brass fittings and garden light.
A garden shower finished in palm-leaf tilework, opening onto a quiet green corner.
01 — The Bab

An island at
the heart of it

The Bab, our island restaurant and bar, sits at the very heart of the resort — cobble-stamped floors surrounded by tropical foliage, wrapped by water on every side. Long golden days, handcrafted plates, slow drinks.

02 — The Rooms

Twenty-two rooms,
made with care

Locally painted murals, terracotta floors and mukwa furniture — quality materials throughout, and the kind of comfort that makes you exhale.

03 — The Finishes

Travertine,
brass and light

Double vanities in honed stone, brushed brass fittings and garden light in every ensuite. Details your clients will photograph.

04 — The Details

The leaf of our crest,
everywhere

Palm-leaf tilework, garden showers and quiet green corners — the same motif that sits at the heart of our name.

The Property

Swipe through
the property

Cobble-stamped floors surrounded by tropical foliage at The Bab, the island restaurant.
01 — The Bab

An island at the heart of it

Our island restaurant and bar — cobble-stamped floors surrounded by tropical foliage, wrapped by water on every side.

A guest room with a locally painted mural, terracotta floors and mukwa furniture.
02 — The Rooms

Twenty-two rooms, made with care

Locally painted murals, terracotta floors and mukwa furniture — and the kind of comfort that makes you exhale.

A double vanity in honed travertine with brushed brass fittings.
03 — The Finishes

Travertine, brass and light

Double vanities in honed stone, brushed brass fittings and garden light in every ensuite.

A garden shower finished in palm-leaf tilework.
04 — The Details

The leaf of our crest, everywhere

Palm-leaf tilework, garden showers and quiet green corners — the motif at the heart of our name.

The Signature

A pool lit like the night sky

Fed by the resort’s own streams and scattered with light — the photograph that sells the stay. The onsite sauna and spa are moments away.

The star-lit pool at Bonela Springs after dark, scattered with points of light.

Find Us

Between the town
and the wild

Two kilometres from the Falls, on the quiet edge of town where the streets give way to undeveloped bushland — elephants and buffalo pass at dusk and dawn on a regular basis.

Map showing Bonela Springs on the edge of Victoria Falls town, two kilometres from the rainforest entrance.

The rainforest entrance is a five-minute transfer from our gate — and the bush beyond ours is still wild.

Opening Rates

Simple, sellable rates for opening season

Fully inclusive of the resort’s facilities — the star pool, sauna & spa, oasis library and The Bab. Two kilometres from the Victoria Falls rainforest, an easy add-on to any Falls itinerary.

Trade rates and allocations will follow with the trade kit.

Per Night · Opening Season

Per Person Sharing 22 rooms · FIT & small groups

$0

Single bed & breakfast basis on request

$0

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Why Bonela

Easy to sell, hard to forget

Prime Location

Two kilometres from the Victoria Falls rainforest — slots cleanly into any Falls itinerary, FIT or group series.

The Star Pool & The Bab

A jaw-dropping star-lit pool, and an island restaurant & bar your clients will photograph all evening.

Boutique Scale

22 rooms of quality materials and personal service — intimate enough for exclusive-use and small celebrations.

Wellness & Quiet Corners

An onsite sauna and spa, and the oasis library — restorative downtime between Falls activities.

MICE-Ready

A 20-seat conference room for incentives, retreats and executive off-sites at the Falls.

A Sense of Place

An art wall of local art and photography, rich with story — authentically Zimbabwean, beautifully told.

For Travel Trade & Partners

Let’s put Bonela on your itineraries

This is a signup for our trade kit list. The property is still under construction, so we’re holding the kit back until we can show you the real thing rather than drawings. Register your agency and the full kit — rate sheet, fact sheet, photography and opening availability — comes to you the moment it’s finalised. Opening in — days.

Prefer to write? info@bonelasprings.com

Opening 1 Jan 2027 — days · from $130 pp
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