Timbavati Private Nature Reserve

A quiet private reserve bordering Kruger National Park, offering authentic Big Five safari experiences

Our carefully curated portfolio of premium lodges and camps are selected to offer guests an authentic safari experience, complete with all the comforts and luxuries of home.

Timbavati Private Nature Reserve

Timbavati Game Reserve also known as Timbavati Private Nature Reserve shares a common unfenced border with the Kruger National Park allowing animals free range and ensuring that guests have an opportunity to view the greatest diversity of wildlife that South Africa has to offer.

Accommodation at Timbavati is offered in colonial style game lodges, traditional thatched bush lodges, and luxury tented safari camps, providing a range of styles to suit your dream South African safari lodge holiday.

  • Shindzela Tented Safari Camp is set in a traversing area within the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, part of the Greater Kruger National Park, offering an authentic and intimate safari experience.

    Starting Price Per Person

    $ 300

  • Kambaku River Sands is situated along the banks of a dry riverbed in the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, which lies on the western edge of the Kruger National Park.

    Starting Price Per Person

    $ 480

  • Simbavati Trails Camp is a gem; a luxury-yet-back-to-basics walking trails camp located in a secluded area of the Timbavati Game Reserve.

    Starting Price Per Person

    $ 500

  • Kambaku Safari Lodge is nestled in the heart of the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, which can be found within the world renowned Greater Kruger National Park.

    Starting Price Per Person

    $ 540

  • Motswari Private Game Reserve is a luxury safari lodge located in Limpopo, South Africa, within the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve

    Starting Price Per Person

    $ 560

  • Bateleur Safari Camp is located in South Africa's world renowned Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, an exceptional safari location.

    Starting Price Per Person

    $ 583

  • Umlani Bushcamp in Timbavati accommodates guests in Eco Hut Rondavels.

    Starting Price Per Person

    $ 1,000

  • Kings Camp is a luxury safari lodge in the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, offering Big Five game viewing and elegant safari accommodation in the Greater Kruger region.

    Starting Price Per Person

    $ 1,100

  • Ngala Safari Lodge, tucked into the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, offers luxurious accommodation with 20 elegant cottages, each featuring a private veranda overlooking the African bush.

    Starting Price Per Person

    $ 1,150

  • RockFig Safari Lodge is a luxury South African safari lodge set in the Big 5 Timbavati game reserve and borders the Kruger National Park.

    Starting Price Per Person

    $ 1,200

  • Simbavati Hilltop Lodge has one of the finest settings in the Timbavati Private Game Reserve, an unfenced but private part of the Kruger Park.

    Starting Price Per Person

    $ 1,200

  • Machaton Private Camp is an intimate and exclusive camp offering a secluded and private safari experience in the Timbavati Nature Reserve.

    Starting Price Per Person

    $ 1,300

  • Ngala Tented Camp offers you luxury safari lodge accommodation in the Timbavati Game Reserve near Kruger National Park.

    Starting Price Per Person

    $ 1,500

  • Tanda Tula Safari Camp invites you to experience a soulful, unhurried safari in the heart of the Timbavati Nature Reserve.

    Starting Price Per Person

    $ 1,900