Add a Comment »One of the most important regions of conservation on the globe is the combined area of parks, conservation areas and preserves associated with the Great Rift Valley in Northern Tanzania and Southern Kenya. This is the Ngorongoro Crater/Serengeti/Masai Mara block ... [read on]
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The Sopa Serengeti Lodge has the Disneyesque feel of a theme park exhibit embellished with all the cliched accoutrements to be expected when no expense has been spared and no particular ... [read on]
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By far the most lavish and ostentatious of the north Tanzanian Sopa lodges, the Sopa Ngorongoro also has something of a theme park feel about it. It is loudly and proudly poised ... [read on]
Add a Comment »‘Hidden among the rocky outcrops or kopjes of the vast, internationally renowned Serengeti plains is a camp that exudes a decadence reminiscent of old Africa.’
This is the opening preamble to the Migration Camp website, which fairly describes the attributes of ... [read on]
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The Serengeti lodges tend to be more hotels in the strict sense of the word than wildlife lodges. For the most part they conform to the layout and standards of any ... [read on]
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Arguably the flagship of the Serena fleet is the Serena Ngorongoro, a property so magnificently poised that it must have without doubt one of the, if not the most spectacular view in ... [read on]
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By far the most lavish and ostentatious of the north Tanzanian Sopa lodges, the Sopa Ngorongoro also has something of a theme park feel about it. It is loudly and proudly poised ... [read on]
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A journey through Tanzania tends to echo many similar journeys throughout Africa. The popular notion of wild Africa is these days confined to a handful of carefully preserved wilderness areas, with ... [read on]
Add a Comment »In a contest of opulence, design chic and ecological sensitivity it is probable that Mbalageti Camp, located on the western edge of the Serengeti, wins hands down. Situated on the idyllic Mwanyeni Hill, some 16km off the main road, and ... [read on]
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If anybody was ever in any doubt that life was good for the select few during the days of colonial settlement in Africa, then a trip to Gibbs Farm should confirm ... [read on]
