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Elephant Lodge is a special place, with elephants visiting now and then at a waterhole. Its rooms are nice and scattered throughout the beautiful landscape. The concept is thoughtful and executed well. Its staff is friendly and genuine.

If you have read other reviews from properties in Tanzania indicating how friendly and genuine were the staff, that’s because it’s usually true. But this place was over the top. We were sorry to leave. It is located within Tarangire Park, which jacks up the price since you are paying entry fees for every day you are there, but we found it well worthwhile for the week we spent there. Very few people do that, and we spent some days NOT doing the usual safari, observing quietly the life that came by, as opposed to chasing after it in a car.

Everything was perfect at Sopa Lodge. I had many questions for them before we went and they were responsive & very helpful each time. It’s a beautiful place to stay and the staff are so friendly and helpful. I would definitely recommend Sopa Lodge and will be returning again.

This hotel is a little oasis in the wilderness of Babati. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay, which should only have been one night, but because it was so nice we extended to two. The hotel is very clean especially the grounds which are exceptionally well maintained, with freshly painted concrete safari animals dotted about. These animals are made onsite. The swimming pool was excellent too and very clean. It only has three sunbeds, but that was fine as only my wife and I used the pool. We had it to ourselves all day as there were very few guests at the hotel. There is a well stocked swim up bar with half a dozen underwater stools. Our room was fine, clean and tidy with air conditioning and a fan although we didn't use them as the room was in a shady area. We were in room Rhino three. The bathroom was fine with toiletries and a shower. The shower, as in a lot of the reasonably priced hotels, doesn't have a shower curtain, so the whole bathroom floor gets wet, but that's a small price to pay for staying at this lovely hotel. The room is cleaned every day and the toiletries and bottles of water are replenished. The restaurant is very good but be prepared to wait an hour after making your order as the food is freshly cooked. The all inclusive breakfast is fine but the choice is not the largest. All in all we thoroughly enjoyed our stay and were sorry to leave.