Masai Mara Sopa Lodge
Large hillside lodge · Oloolaimutia Hills, by Oloolaimutia Gate in the south-east · Sopa Lodges
Mid-range
Boundary unconfirmed
Safari company
Masai Mara Sopa Lodge is a 99-room lodge high on the slopes of the Oloolaimutia Hills, by the gate of the same name in the south-east, and calls itself one of the first safari lodges built in the Mara. Sopa gives its location as 'Masai Mara National Reserve', but the Oloolaimutia Hills rise outside the reserve's south-eastern boundary and other sources describe the lodge as just outside the gate; neither side is confirmed, so we show it as unconfirmed. Guests fly to Keekorok and drive an hour. No rate is published. Choose it for a large, established lodge near the eastern gates; skip it if inside-the-reserve matters to you.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Long-established lodge
- Interconnecting rooms and suites
- Close to Oloolaimutia Gate
- Hillside views
Cons
- Its 'inside the reserve' claim is doubtful
- No published rates
- 99 rooms: hotel scale
- Keekorok airstrip an hour away
What's here
- Family rooms
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
Read from Masai Mara Sopa Lodge's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Masai Mara National Reserve charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryThe non-resident rate from 1 July to 31 December; $100 from 1 January to 30 June.
- $200per person, per day
- VehicleKSh 1,000 a day for a car under six seats, about $8 at KSh 129 to the dollar.
- $8per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $1224 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
The figure above uses the July to December rate. From January to June the same sum halves for the people. A day is 06:00 to 18:00, and guests in the conservancies outside the reserve pay only on the days they drive in.
The full fee schedule for Masai Mara National ReserveRates at Masai Mara Sopa Lodge
Rates on request. Sopa publishes no rate on the page read (6 Oct 2026). Ask whether the quote includes the reserve ticket of $100 (January to June) or $200 (July to December) per adult per day, and how it is charged if the lodge stands outside the gate.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Rates checked on 6 October 2026 against each operator's own website or 2026 rate sheet, in US dollars per person per night sharing unless the entry says otherwise. One figure is a reseller's, not the owner's: Olonana Lodge's $2,450 (safari.com, 6 Oct 2026), because A&K's own page would not load. Angama's rates come from a January 2026 copy of its site, since the live site blocks automated reading. On top of nearly every rate sits Narok County's reserve ticket: $100 per non-resident adult per 12-hour day (6 am to 6 pm) from January to June and $200 from July to December, $50 for a child of 9 to 17, free at 8 and under. Conservancy camps add their own nightly fee, $130 per adult in Mara North, Olare Motorogi and Naboisho in 2026 and $116 in Mara Siana, unless the entry says it is included.
Questions about Masai Mara Sopa Lodge
Is Masai Mara Sopa Lodge inside the reserve?
Sopa says so, but it also places the lodge high on the Oloolaimutia Hills, which rise outside the south-eastern boundary, and other sources put it just outside the gate. The position is unconfirmed.
How do you get to Masai Mara Sopa Lodge?
Sopa gives a one-hour flight from Wilson to Keekorok airstrip and a one-hour transfer to the lodge.
Is Sopa Lodge good for families?
It has four interconnecting rooms, but we found no published child policy with ages or rates.