WELCOME TO TANDA TULA.

This has been our home in the Greater Kruger since 1978. What began as a dream became a life rooted in nature, family, and the joy of sharing it all. We are proudly African, co-owned and led by the Scott, Jackson, and Mathebula families. Here, every detail has been thoughtfully curated by hand and heart. In this sacred space in the Timbavati, we offer something deeply personal: a soulful, unhurried safari shaped by purpose, connection, and care.

We’re so glad you’ve found your way here. Our home is yours…

Don & Nina Scott

Your unhurried safari & soulful wilderness immersion

Bordering the mammoth Kruger National Park, the Timbavati is wild, open, and alive.

Here you have the freedom of space to roam, to breathe, and to be still. There’s no distraction and no rush.

Oh, the quiet privilege of sitting longer, feeling deeper, and being fully present. It may be the furthest you’ve ever been from civilisation — and the closest you’ve ever felt to life.

Our guides and trackers are storytellers of the wild — deeply intuitive, endlessly curious, and profoundly skilled.

Among them are two of South Africa’s rare Master Trackers. With sharp eyes, gentle hearts, and decades of experience, they read the land like their home language.

Every game drive offers great gifts: presence, perspective, and the highest state of being – awe.

This is a place of extraordinary sightings —where the Big 5 are just the beginning.

You might follow a leopard through dry riverbeds, track elephants in golden light, or catch the flick of a cheetah’s tail through tall grass.

From the drama of predator encounters to the stillness of a lilac-breasted roller — every moment holds magic — if you know how to see it.

your timbavati safari

Your home on safari

This is a camp made for living — open, soulful spaces that invite you to settle in, slow down, and stay a while.  From the dining deck to the firepit, every shared space feels personal.

Each canvas-and-glass suite opens to the wild is thoughtfully styled with earth-toned textures, solar elegance, and deep, quiet comfort. Whether you’re in a family suite or a suite for two, the bush is never far.  There’s space here — to reconnect, to retreat, to simply be.

Your camp

An experience exquisitely curated for you

a journey shared

There is no greater gift than sharing something life-affirming with the people you love. Whether you’re travelling with tweens, teens, grown children, or generations together, this is a space to reconnect, meet one another in new ways, and create memories you can’t put a price on.

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a wild romance

It’s deeply significant beginning your life together in a place like this. No distractions. No pressure. Just time to connect, to reflect, and to slow down. Magic lives in the present moment. Whether it’s your honeymoon or time to reconnect, we’ll curate a safari that moves you.

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A Life Well Lived

For kindred spirits travelling together, here days flow with ease — leaving space for meaningful conversations, quiet companionship, shared discovery, or simply doing nothing at all. There’s no rush, just time to reconnect and savour the good things in life together.

Tailored safaris for couples & friends →

Our family

At Tanda Tula, our people are the soul behind the safari. Three generations of passionate, humble, joyful hosts — each one bringing something heartfelt, authentic, and deeply African. They genuinely love what they do, and they love our guests. You’ll feel it in every smile, every welcome, every detail: that sense of being seen, understood, and truly cared for. Here, you belong.

Meet your hosts

A safari experience we will never forget

“Ginger and Eric brought us on 8 unbelievable game drives. We can't say enough about how warm, caring and knowledgeable both are. We loved learning from them and they totally meshed with the vibe of our family. We saw the big 5, plus zebras, giraffes, wildebeest, antelopes, warthogs, kudus, hyenas, jackals... To be surrounded by a huge pride of lions hunting a buffalo is indescribable.”

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Not just a safari camp but a family

“For me, the welcoming of their guests into their Tanda Tula family was the most special part of all. I cannot wait to return..”

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Glorious experience

“It amazes me that they manage to arrange a clearly better breakfast buffet in the bush than the one we had at a five-star hotel in Capetown. And all meals we had were fresh, healthy and very well composed. We were never hungry between meals but when our kids asked for milkshakes they got it within a few minutes, despite it not being on any menu.”

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Amazing animals and camp

“We weren’t disappointed ….. the camp was amazing with luxurious spacious room with all you could want …. Plunge pool, outside shower, own bar, kettle for hot drinks as well as wood burning stove for those cold winter nights. ”

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