Amboseli Sopa Lodge
Large lodge · Eastern approach towards Oloitokitok, on 200 acres of private land about 17 km from the park · Sopa Lodges
Mid-range
Outside the gate
Safari company
A large lodge from Sopa Lodges, the group with lodges in the Mara, Samburu, Lake Naivasha, Lake Nakuru and Tarangire. It stands on 200 acres of private land in the Loitokitok area and calls itself the 'Edge of The Amboseli National Park', but its own page also says the park is 'an easy twenty minute drive away', and OpenStreetMap puts it about 17 km from the boundary towards Oloitokitok. Sopa softens the distance with a tented lunch and bar venue five minutes from the park gates, so you can stay out all day. There are 83 rooms, two of them wheelchair accessible, a pool and conference rooms. Choose it for space and a group-sized lodge; skip it if you want to be near the swamps at dawn.
Pros and cons
Pros
- 200 acres of private grounds
- Two wheelchair-accessible rooms and six interconnecting rooms
- Lunch venue near the park gates for full-day drives
- Pool, and WiFi in public areas
Cons
- About 17 km from the park boundary, despite 'Edge of the park'
- One-hour transfer from Amboseli airstrip
- No published rates
- We found no published child policy
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Wi-Fi
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Guided walks
Read from Amboseli 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. Amboseli National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryThe non-resident rate, per entry of up to 24 hours, flat all year since 1 October 2025.
- $90per person, per day
- VehicleKSh 600 a day for a car under six seats, about $4.60 at KSh 129.45 to the dollar.
- $5per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $555 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
Leaving the park and driving back in buys a new ticket, so a lodge outside the gate can mean more fee days than nights.
The full fee schedule for Amboseli National ParkRates at Amboseli Sopa Lodge
Rates on request. Sopa publishes no rate on its lodge pages or its downloads page (read 4 October 2026). Ask for a per-person quote and the meal plan. The KWS conservation fee of $90 per non-resident adult per day (October 2025 card) applies on park days.
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 4 October 2026 from each property's own website or rate card and from KWS's October 2025 conservation-fee card and 2025 Mbugani Homes rate card. Angama's 2026 rate comes from an archived copy of its rate page (captured August 2025), because the live site blocks automated reading. None of the figures is a reseller or agent rate; where a property publishes nothing, the entry says Rates on request, and the Budget, Mid-range or Top-end label then follows the style the property describes rather than a price. Booking.com was not checked for any property. Watch the basis: most camps quote per person sharing, the KWS units per unit and Kibo Villa per villa, and the KWS conservation fee of $90 per non-resident adult per day (October 2025 card) is extra almost everywhere, plus conservancy fees at the conservancy camps.
Questions about Amboseli Sopa Lodge
How far is Amboseli Sopa Lodge from the park?
Further than its tagline suggests. Sopa calls it the 'Edge of The Amboseli National Park', but its own page says the park is 'an easy twenty minute drive away', and OpenStreetMap puts it about 17 km from the boundary towards Oloitokitok. A tented lunch venue five minutes from the park gates saves the drive back at midday.
Is Amboseli Sopa Lodge good for families?
It has six interconnecting rooms and two wheelchair-accessible rooms, but we found no published child policy or child rates. Ask for both when you book.
How do you fly to Amboseli Sopa Lodge?
Sopa gives a 30-minute flight from Nairobi's Wilson Airport to Amboseli airstrip (inside the park; KWS calls it Kimana airstrip), then a one-hour transfer to the lodge. By road it is 250 km from Nairobi on Sopa's own figure.