Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge

Facing the always magnificent sunsets to the west, and located at the highest point on Ngorongoro crater’s entire rim, Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge stands well over half a kilometer above the crater floor and offers unparalleled views across this enormous caldera.

It’s famous floor-to-ceiling windows face the setting sun (African sunsets being rivaled only by African sunrises for sheer spectacle). The Lodge sits on the rim’s highest point, looking 1,600 feet down to the 100 square-mile, animal-thronged caldera of the once-fiery, now sublimely peaceful, volcano. A great lodge, paying happy respect to one of the world’s greatest natural masterpieces

Activities at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge

We call the Ngorongoro a Lost World because of its uniquely isolated geography and because it was unseen by the outsiders until very late in the 19th century, thus escaping the worst of the 20th century’s trophy hunting and wildlife killings; it’s been a protected, non-hunting area since 1928 and is the centrepiece of the 3,200 square mile Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1978.