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