Samburu Sopa Lodge

nice hotel, very nice and comfortable rooms. in the middle of the savana. food good quality. staff very pleasant and supportive.

the lodge is not new, some little maintenance could improve the experience that remains overall very positive. some more advice on the route to the hotel would be recommended. not easy drive, but it was expected being a lodge in the middle of samburu park.

Very nice lodge, friendly staff, great basis for safari, excellent buffet

Payment witth ctedit card proved impossible due to poor connection although this was confirmed 'possible'.

My guide and chauffør were very, very unhappy with there sleeping quarters. The bed was apparently just terrible and although the complained it was to no avail. This is most unsafisfactory for me as my chauffør needs a good night's sleep.. I hope this will improve for others.

The location is beautiful and its fun to watch game coming to the nearby waterhole from the bar/restaurant. The room terrace with its panoramic view was also a plus (2 dikdik spent the night 10 ft from ours). Most of the staff were helpful and friendly. Two people that deserve a mention are Mercy (on reception) who arranged for our local safari drive and the driver Ken (who is not a lodge employee). Ken was outstanding, knowledgeable and friendly - he made our trip. The manager (Abu) was very personable and friendly and his attitude was encouraging - we had some issues (see below) - and he listened to us and promised to deal with them.

After a 3 year drought the very hard rains that followed had washed out both the access roads to the Samburu Sopa. It would have been good to have knowledge of this in advance. We were driving ourselves and were lucky to complete the journey in a saloon car. We then hired a local driver with his car as there was no possibility of using ours. The room was comfortable but with no fan or air con it was hot. The swimming pool was not full (so couldn't swim lengths). The pool area needs cleaning and maintenance (pool shower and kids pool not working). Our enjoyment of the pool was ruined one afternoon by the arrival of rowdy and rude non-residents who took over the pool area. Re the staff - some knew their jobs well, but others didn't understand customer service and did nothing proactively - we seemed to spend a lot of time trying to find staff to get things done.

Location, friendly and nice staff. Food was ok.

Lots of insects in the room, wasn't able to turn off the light in the bathroom (was bright during sleep), wifi only in the reception area but unstable and weak, limited time of electricity usage, charging slow and weak. You have to pay natoonal park entrance fee for each day of stay. The hotel has no cars, so you have to get it aranged. Do not recommend to anyone who has to stay in contact with civilization.