Shindzela Tented Camp

Shindzela Camp is an excellent, good-value safari option for Greater Kruger for those who do not seek absolute luxury. The camp is in the heart of the bush in the Timbavati Reserve, about a 1.5 hour drive from the main gate entrance (wihch itself is only 20 minutes drive from Hoedspruit Airport). The tents are contained within solid wooden structures, so give a good feeling of being in the wild but still completely safe and comfortable. Meals were excellent and well-organised. Best of all, the game drives were amazing! They were extremely well led by the guide and his tracker buddy. We saw all the big five, including a pair of leopards mating! The pool is very small but guests do not come here to swim. There are no power sockets in the rooms, but there are dedicated power sockets for each room at reception (essential for charging phones, etc.).

We are repeat guests to this lovely, small tented camp with bathrooms ensuite. Great food. Nice bar service. Relaxed atmosphere. Cute little swimming pool and the social area has a perfect view of the water hole - so much game passes there. All staff are friendly and helpful. Really lovely camp to relax in and superb game drives. We highly recommend Shindzela Tented camp in the Timbavati Reserve.

Shindzela is a more affordable bush camp in the Timbavati Game Reserve. Great value for money, their concession has a lot of wildlife. The camp is not so big, they go out with 2 vehicles. Which were never full during our stay. Dinner next to the fire, nothing to complain here food was good. You go to Shindzela when your main focus is doing game drives. There is also a pool.

Our family had an amazing time at Shindzela. We brought our American children back to our home country to experience the bush and Shindzela made for an amazing experience. The staff is exceptional, good amazing and accommodations perfect. Lorna went out of her way to accommodate a twin 19 birthday celebration never to be forgotten. Johan and Sam provided an outstanding experience on the game drives. Hopefully we will all be back for another family reunion at Shindzela. Our kids still talk about how the trip impacted them. Thank you Shindzela.

Nice tented camp in the middle of timbavati reserve. The accommodation is basic, but all the tents have a ensuite semiopen bathroom with a comfortable hot shower. Food choice is limited, one option for lunch and two meat options for dinner, but everything tastes fine. Game driver are worth the experience, guides and trackers know well how to do their job Please consider that wifi is available but with a not guaranteed service

I think the trip advisor rating speaks for itself. What a place!! The whole location is just exciting and thrilling. The luxury tents are just fabulous. The waterhole is in a perfect location for seeing animals so clearly. The game drives are professional and exciting without putting you in danger. The 2 guides we had, Sam and Ruben were so brilliant. Both very different, but both as fabulous as each other. Johan also deserves a mention as he was great too. Andries the host was always ensuring everything was going well. Shindzela honestly exceeds with their Guides and game drives. We stayed 4 nights and guests were always changing, so the dynamic was ever evolving. All seated around 2 big tables, conversations were great fun. A hot drink and muffin were welcome in the cold mornings out on the drive and the sundowner so much fun also out on the evening drive. We were lucky enough to see the big 5 within 2 days! What a treat. The waterhole delivered superbly on our last day as a herd of elephants came to the waterhole and then down into the dry riverbed meters away from us. Our only advice is to take layers because we were much colder on the drives than we thought we would be! Oh and we had lovely hot water bottles waiting in our beds at night!!