The Tintswalo Collection will be expanding into the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve when it opens Tintswalo Scops Rest in September 2025. The 4-bedroomed luxury bush villa, named after the Scops Owl which occurs in the area, will accommodate a group of up to eight guests on an exclusive-use basis. It joins three other safari products within the Tintswalo Collection, spread across three of South Africa’s premier conservation areas, including the Manyeleti and Welgevonden nature reserves.

Family-friendly Tintswalo Scops Rest guests will enjoy the dedicated services of a private chef and butler, two daily safari activities in a private game drive vehicle, and full board hospitality. With spacious living areas, a large patio, and a private pool overlooking the wilderness, it promises the perfect setting for unforgettable bush escapes with all the comforts of home combined with the luxury of a premier safari lodge. For an exhilarating sleep-out experience, guests may also book their choice of two private tree houses, one overlooking a dam and the other secluded within a forest.

The Klaserie Private Nature Reserve was established more than 50 years ago when 36 farm owners merged their land to unite. Today the Big 5 reserve boasts unfenced boundaries onto the Kruger National Park and the transboundary Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area. Its 60,000 hectares of pristine wilderness is part of a greater, free-flowing ecosystem that conserves biodiversity, protects endangered species, and supports the sustainable future of local communities.

The Tintswalo Collection

The Tintswalo Collection comprises of six family-owned and managed properties situated in five unique locations, stretching from the beach to the bush, across Southern Africa. Perched oceanside on a pebbled beach at the foot of Chapmans Peak, the award-winning boutique hotel, Tintswalo Atlantic is surrounded by the Table Mountain National Park, and is renowned as one of Cape Town’s most precious hidden gems. In Simon’s Town on the southern side of the Cape Peninsula, Tintswalo Boulders is located on Boulders Beach with views across the world-famous colony of endangered African penguins.

Sharing an unfenced boundary with the Kruger National Park, Tintswalo Safari is hidden within the pristine Manyeleti Private Nature Reserve, known for some of the best game viewing in South Africa. In the same private concession, Tintswalo Manor offers a fully-catered private lodge for families or small groups seeking a tailor-made stay on an exclusive-use basis. Only three hours’ drive from Johannesburg, Tintswalo Waterberg is a comfortable family-friendly or corporate safari retreat within Limpopo’s malaria-free Welgevonden Game Reserve. In Zambia, TintswaloSiankaba presents an authentic African adventure with tented accommodation on two small, private islands in the mighty Zambezi River.