The Boma – Dinner & Drum Show
The Boma
Victoria Falls’ best-known dinner show, with an African barbecue buffet, traditional dance and an audience drumming session, plus the chance to try fried mopane worms.
The Boma sits beside the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, an open-sided hall under a thatched roof that hosts a nightly “dinner and drum show.” Guests are draped in traditional cloth wraps on arrival. The buffet includes spit-roasted warthog, guinea fowl, impala, sadza (maize porridge) and more. Adventurous diners can sample fried mopane worms and receive a “certificate” for doing so. Between courses there are traditional dances and a fortune teller, and at the end every guest is handed an African drum to play together. The show starts around 7:00 pm and costs about US$50–60 per person. Book ahead in peak season; most hotels can arrange transfers.
Opening hours
Starts nightly at about 19:00
Nearby sights
- Flight of Angels Helicopter Flight
- Victoria Falls Curio Market & Elephant's Walk
- The Big Tree (Baobab)
- The Victoria Falls Hotel
- Upper Zambezi Sunset Cruise
- Victoria Falls Rainforest Walk (Zimbabwe side)
- Devil's Pool & Livingstone Island
- Victoria Falls Bridge