| Finding the best lodges to stay in when you are on a | | | | sensational infinity pool looking out over Shompole |
| Kenya Tanzania Safari is obviously a priority and | | | | mountain. |
| fortunately very close to the border between the | | | | Shompole is an extraordinary place to spend a part |
| two countries is Shompole Lodge. | | | | of your Kenya Tanzania Safari, where you can just |
| It sits on the Nguruman Escarpment overlooking the | | | | relax by the pool gazing in wonderment at your |
| vast plains and volcanic hills of the Great Rift Valley in | | | | surroundings, as you sip a cool drink and read a book. |
| Kenya. In fact it is also very close to the soda Lakes | | | | However you have come to Shombole to see Game, |
| Natron and Nagadi, and lies in the arid no man's land | | | | to walk in the Great Rift Valley, and there is ample |
| between Kenya and Tanzania in a private | | | | opportunity for you to do this. There are walks, |
| conservancy in over thirty thousand acres, | | | | game drives, river trips on the Ewaso Nyiro River and |
| overlooking riverine forest and sun baked plains. | | | | sundowner visits to lake Natron to see the young |
| If eco tourism is something that matters to you, | | | | flamingos, and you could even witness a leopard as |
| then the partnership between the owners of | | | | the sun goes down. |
| Shompole and the local Maasai people is beginning to | | | | The Game Drives are in open 4x4 Toyota |
| show results in the goal of creating self sustaining | | | | Landcruisers. |
| tourism, and the animals are beginning to return in | | | | At Shompole you will be on full board which includes |
| some numbers.. | | | | all meals laundry, safaris, airstrip transfers, and all |
| There are eight tented cottages, consisting of four | | | | drinks except champagne. The airstrip at Shompole is |
| doubles, two twins, and two suites with water being | | | | half an hours flying time from Nairobi, and the same |
| a feature. It flows from a natural spring through each | | | | time from the Mara, but if you want to drive it will |
| room and then ends in private plunge pools which can | | | | take you over three hours from Nairobi. |
| be relaxed in, so you can just be mesmerised by the | | | | Shompole Lodge is a real wilderness retreat, where |
| breathtaking views laid out below you. In addition the | | | | you will enjoy great food, great views, a great |
| flowing water acts as a source of cooling. | | | | atmosphere, and possibly have the most fantastic |
| The rooms themselves have been made of naturally | | | | Kenya Tanzania Safari you could possibly ever have. |
| occurring white quartz stone, with pale thatch, | | | | It would be a great place to spend your honeymoon, |
| Hessian, and fig wood, all the open tented rooms are | | | | especially as under normal circumstances there will be |
| huge and cooled by the breezes. Naturally they have | | | | no children under the age of twelve. |
| ensuite facilities, with hot showers on demand and | | | | So don't book your safari holiday in Kenya without |
| private sun terraces. | | | | closer examination of this particular Kenya Safari |
| The views from everywhere at Shompole are | | | | Lodge. |
| stunning none more so than from the absolutely | | | | |