# Tintswalo Scops Rest

Hoedspruit, South Africa · Selected: clears the published selection standard.

- Page: https://mindreachgetaways.com/za/klaserie/wellness-retreat/tintswalo-scops-rest
- Book direct: https://www.tintswalo.com/tintswalo-scops-rest-big-5-safari
- Map pin: https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=-24.1987785,31.1812599

## Our read

Most Kruger bookings are a suite inside someone else's camp. Scops Rest is the opposite: one villa, a private chef, a butler, and a vehicle that is yours for the two activities a day. The number that matters is ZAR 132,000 a night for eight people in the low window they print for 2026, not a per-person rate you can halve in your head without reading the line. The treehouses are a separate booking, half an hour away, not a room type downstairs. Come if the whole villa is the point. Skip it if you wanted a single suite in a larger camp, or if eight people and that nightly figure are the wrong shape of trip.

## Come here for

- The whole villa, for up to eight, with a private chef, butler, and vehicle
- Two activities a day already in a per-villa rate
- Klaserie between Balule and the Timbavati, with treehouses only if you ask for them

## Skip it if

- You wanted one suite in a camp you share with other guests.
- You assumed the treehouses were bedrooms of the villa. They are a separate stay, 30 to 40 minutes away.

## The place

Tintswalo Scops Rest is one luxury bush villa in the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve, between Balule and the Timbavati, with open fences to the Greater Kruger. It sleeps up to eight. The page includes a private chef and butler, two safari activities a day, and a ten-seater game-drive vehicle for the villa. There is a pool and a patio on the bush. Reservations are +27 21 773 0900, and the contact they print for the villa is the general manager. The price is per villa, not per person. In the low window they print, 16 January to 15 March 2026 and 1 to 14 December 2026, the figure is ZAR 132,000 a night for eight sharing. Full board, house drinks, Wi-Fi, and laundry are included. Premium drinks, transfers, reserve entry, and a conservation levy are not. One extra guest may be added if there is a bed. Two treehouses can be booked separately, 30 to 40 minutes from the villa. This is not a lodge you share with another family. Reserve with the hotel. MindReach does not take the booking.

## What it is like

- The villa: One bush villa, up to eight guests, booked as a whole.
- The staff: A private chef and butler, and a ten-seater vehicle.
- The figure: ZAR 132,000 a night for eight in the low window they print for 2026.
- The treehouses: Booked separately, 30 to 40 minutes from the villa.
- The reserve: Klaserie, open to the Greater Kruger system.

## Ways to stay

- The villa, not a suite · Price on their site · https://www.tintswalo.com/tintswalo-scops-rest-big-5-safari

## Getting there

Klaserie Private Nature Reserve, near Hoedspruit, between Balule and the Timbavati. Reservations +27 21 773 0900. The map pin is the reserve, not the villa door.

## Questions

**Is this a hotel?**
It is one villa. You take the whole place, for up to eight guests.

**What is included?**
Full board, two activities, the vehicle, a chef and butler, house drinks, Wi-Fi, and laundry.

**What does it cost?**
They print ZAR 132,000 a night for eight in the low window of early 2026 and 1 to 14 December 2026. Other seasons are higher.

**Are the treehouses part of the villa?**
No. They are booked separately and sit 30 to 40 minutes away.

**Where do I book?**
With Tintswalo. MindReach does not take the reservation. Phone +27 21 773 0900.

## How far to trust this

Written from what the property publishes. Not yet checked by hand. Confirm on their site before you book.
MindReach Getaways does not take the booking. You book with the property.