The Masai Mara National Reserve

The Masai Mara is Kenya’s finest wildlife sanctuary and is widely considered to be Africa’s greatest wildlife reserve. Immortalized in books and films such as Out of Africa everything about this national reserve is outstanding.The Masai Mara area has seen more than its fair share of controversy. The reserve originally created in the 1960’s was set aside as a game reserve. This soon resulted in a conflict with the Maasai, a nomadic Kenya tribe, that have maintained their cultural way of life, because of the huge displacement of their villages and livestock. The Mara was originally one of the grazing areas for Maasai livestock and manyatta. Read more

Mara Sopa Lodge masai Mara

Nestled within the Ngama Hills in the verdant Oloolaimutia Valley sits
the Masai Mara Sopa Lodge.

The word sopa comes from the maasai word meaning “Welcome” The lodge is located in the eastern side of the masai mara. Outside the masai mara game reserve it is about 2 kilometers from the Oloolaimutia gate as you can see from the masai mara map.

The location of the lodge gives it warm days and cool evenings.

Masai Mara sopa lodge has 77 rooms and 12 suites with one presidential suite, all of which have en-suite bathroom facilities with hairdryers and shaving sockets for those who may want to shave.

Every room and suite has a private, elevated verandah with splendid

views across the valley and on which guests can relax, sunbathe as they

watch the wildlife that are also found in the reserves surroundings

Each rooms also have mini bars. As with most lodges in masai mara, the lodge has direct-dial telephone and also satellite television.

Water supply to the lodge comes from the nearby springs.