Tarangire Sopa Lodge

Insider's Review of Tarangire Sopa Lodge

Tarangire National Park a wonderfully varied land of savannahs, riverine forests, set-piece rocky kopjes, and rolling hills, is famous for its tree-climbing lions (tree-snoozing might be a better description), its stately baobab trees, and what is probably Africa’s largest population of elephants (who “pace along like they had an appointment at the end of the world,” Isak Dinesen memorably wrote), making game viewing at Tarangire Sopa Lodge especially exciting. The lodge, lovingly designed to blend with its lush surroundings, is a model of the modern bush lodge, offering AGAMA TOURS guests a deep African experience and a bountiful range of amenities and signature African hospitality – hallmarks of a luxury safari.

Activities at Tarangire Sopa Lodge

Game viewing in Tarangire National Park and its adjacent conservations areas is, in a word, spectacular. The iconic Big Five are almost invariably to be seen, along with a full and equally intriguing compliment of not-in-the-least-bit lesser creatures, rare (but commonly seen) oryx, giraffes, hippos by the podful, zebra, wildebeest, and more than 80 other mammals. Tarangire is also a bird-fanciers Eden, with 550 or so bird species in regular residence.

And while game viewing from well-equipped four-wheel drive vehicles (as always, accompanied by your AGAMA TOURS Director) is Tarangire's great, soul-enriching lure, optional balloon rides are available, along with night drives, expertly guided nature walks, and that sometimes overlooked highlight of a luxury safari: great repose in a natural environment under “the high, bright Kenya sky,” as John Gunther wrote, "foaming with enormous pink, cream-colored, and slate-blue skies, so incandescent they look as if they have fires inside."