Lion Sands Tinga Lodge

Lion Sands Tinga Lodge features nine contemporary spacious suites, each with a colonial flair, overlooking the Sabie River. Tinga Lodge captures the romance of the pioneer days yet offers luxury in its bold and sophisticated spaces. Raised wooden pathways lead to a spa sala from the suites where guests can enjoy a range of treatments integrating natural and ethically formulated Africology products. At the end of the walkway the main lodge offers a bar lounge, library, communal pool, and boma for fireside relaxation under starry skies. 

Lion Sands is the only private game reserve that spans between both the Sabi Sand and Kruger National Park. The reserve covers 5000 hectares (12 500 acres) of protected wild land with access to both the Sabie and Sand rivers. With wildlife roaming freely between the reserves, and an incredible riverside location, Lion Sands Private Game Reserve offers guests an incredible Big 5 safari with opportunities to encounter a great variety of game, as well as a wealth of flora and bird varieties.

Guests at Lion Sands Tinga Lodge reside in the Kruger National Park section of the reserve. Enjoy professional, exclusive, and uncrowded safaris, night drives, and off-road ventures into the bush. Game rangers at Lion Sands Tinga Lodge accompany guests on walking safari’s getting up close to the smaller intricacies of the bush and providing unique photographic opportunities. Lion Sands offers guests the opportunity to embark on a romantic and enchanting luxury treehouse sleepout for a night at an additional cost. Spend a night in an extravagant treehouse, falling asleep under open starry skies as the calls of the wild resound in the distance. In addition to Lion Sands Tinga Lodge, Lion Sands Game Reserve is also home to the 5-star Narina Lodge and the ultra exclusive Hi’Nkweni Villa, on the Kruger National Park side of the reserve.