Finding the best lodges to stay in when you are on a Kenya Tanzania Safari is obviously a priority and fortunately very close to the border between the two countries is Shompole Lodge.

It sits on the Nguruman Escarpment overlooking the vast plains and volcanic hills of the Great Rift Valley in Kenya. In fact it is also very close to the soda Lakes Natron and Nagadi, and lies in the arid no man’s land between Kenya and Tanzania in a private conservancy in over thirty thousand acres, overlooking riverine forest and sun baked plains.

If eco tourism is something that matters to you, then the partnership between the owners of Shompole and the local Maasai people is beginning to show results in the goal of creating self sustaining tourism, and the animals are beginning to return in some numbers..

There are  eight tented cottages, consisting of four doubles, two twins, and two suites  with water being a feature. It flows from a natural spring through each room and then ends in private plunge pools which can be relaxed in, so you can just be mesmerised by the breathtaking views laid out below you. In addition the flowing water acts as a source of cooling.