My husband and I Just spent two nights at Tintswalo. The lodge and facilities are totally five star but the most incredible memory is the game viewing with Duncan our guide and Simon our tracker. We saw over 30 different animals including 8 lion cubs with 3 lionesses and 2 male lions. We saw numerous elephants including from our lunch patio. We followed a leopard for over half an hour within meters of the vehicle in full day light. The only thing which wasn't up to scratch was the food particularly the lunches. The lodge is aware of this and is dealing with this. The holiday was very good value for money and I would definitely highly recommend a visit. The staff are very professional and try to meet your every need.

Our group spent 4 days and loved every minute of the luxury treatment and sightings of lions within 4 ft of our vehicle, elephants surrounding us and an education regarding animal behavior. We saw a memorable and heartwarming reunion of 2 male brother lions who allowed us observe them for over an hour. No crowds and you can stay with the animals as long as you and they want to. Meals, drinks and coffee in the bush were very nice touches. The rooms are luxurious, roomy and intimate at the same time. Strongly recommend it.

We were lucky enough to stay at the beautiful Manor House at Tintswalo to celebrate my mother-in-law's 70th birthday. We have experienced many game farms across Southern Africa, but in terms of amazing friendliness and attention to detail of the staff, breath taking animal sightings, isolation, tranquillity and luxurious comfort, nothing has come close. We were warmly welcomed by wonderfully knowledgeable and friendly staff and immediately felt as if nothing was too much trouble. Fantastic Orlando (our own personal butler!!) learned our names and our favourite drinks choices very quickly and was both attentive and unobtrusive at the same time. Patrick, our ranger for our stay, was by far the best that we have ever had - utterly knowledgeable, funny, friendly and above all as enthusiastic as we were about the animals. He tried so hard to find leopard for us on our last day (unfortunately we didn't succeed) but the thrill of looking was almost as exciting. Jack, our spotter was outstanding, although we were unnecessarily worried for him as he set off into the veld tracking leopard without a radio or a gun..we were all relieved when, after about 45 minutes, we were reunited. In the five years that we lived in South Africa (14 years ago), we have never seen such an abundance of quality animal encounters, coupled with a virtually complete isolation (we only saw one vehicle from another lodge in the whole time that we were there). Marissa was fantastic - unfortunately we arrived 24 hours later than expected due to a problem with our flight from Cape Town to Hoedspruit; she immediately did everything she could to offer us another night, although unfortunately flights did not allow us to do this.
We stayed with 6 adults and 2 children, so The Manor House was absolutely ideal, with our own fenced garden, lovely pool where the children could splash around with no worries about noise, and a delicious gin and tonic for the adults! It was an added pleasure that Patrick (our ranger) joined us for several meals, chatting about the animals and laughing his amazing laugh. Our food was delicious (thank you Kate, the chef) and timed beautifully to fit in with us. We are ordinary people (not rich like some of the people reviewing!) and saved up for a long time for this trip. I had high hopes for this part of our holiday but they were exceeded by a mile..we absolutely loved every second (even the 5am starts) as we were treated to home made muffins and biscuits, coffee, hot chocolate, warm blankets and hot water bottles in the land rover in the chilly, dark mornings.
I don't think four stars and some of the website photos do The Manor House justice - in my opinion this is heaven on earth.