Tintswalo Atlantic

Each of the Island Suites features a sprawling king-size bed, fitted with soft sheets and extra pillows. The bedrooms are spacious with a small living room area for guests to relax and unwind on the comfy armchairs after a day of sightseeing and exploring. Each suite has its own colour scheme with rich rugs and artwork to match, creating a homely space. Air conditioning and a wood-burning fireplace are provided to maintain a comfortable temperature, and guests can enjoy freshly picked flowers that add a touch of the scenery’s natural beauty to the indoors.

The en-suite bathrooms are huge, with modern walk-in showers, twin basins and large tubs to enjoy a long and soothing soak while admiring the stunning landscape beyond the viewing windows. Guests can enjoy the views best from your private verandah with comfy seating and 180-degree vistas.

The Luxury 2 Bedroom Suite is a spacious unit which combines two island suites to create a larger living area suitable for up to four guests. The suite is luxuriously furnished and uniquely decorated, with splashes of colour and inspired by the natural world. As with the island suites, both rooms include a king-size bed with soft sheets and extra pillows and a small seating area.

The 2 bedroom suite also includes a larger lounge, with plush sofas and a coffee table, which leads out to a wooden balcony with breathtaking views of the Cape. Both rooms include their own balconies with sweeping landscape views and private en-suite facilities. The bathrooms are huge, with modern walk-in showers, twin basins and large tubs to enjoy a long and soothing soak while admiring the stunning landscape beyond the viewing windows.

Air conditioning and a wood-burning fireplace are provided to maintain a comfortable temperature, and guests can enjoy freshly picked flowers that add a touch of the scenery’s natural beauty to the indoors.

Tintswalo Atlantic’s dining room features an open kitchen, meaning that guests have the opportunity to watch their meals being prepared from scratch by an experienced team of chefs. Guests can enjoy a selection of contemporary tapas from a set menu of small plates designed to share. Enjoy four delicious courses created with fresh, local and sustainable ingredients.

The restaurant also offers a vegetarian menu and always offers oysters and risotto. The oceanside hotel means that guests can take in the dramatic views from Chapman’s Peak Drive while enjoying their meals.

Embark on a journey to Chapman’s Peak and experience the stunning beauty of one of the world’s most spectacular marine drives. Chapman’s Peak Drive is 9km long, meandering between Noordhoek and Hout Bay on the Atlantic Coast, and traversing the peak’s craggy coastline. This hike is best suited to guests with good mobility and an abundance of energy.

Admire the amazing Cape Town views with dramatic drops to the sea beneath you, and formidable mountains overhead.

Visit the stunning Constantia Valley, one of South Africa’s oldest wine regions, and experience incredible wine tastings, picnics and farm tours. Constantia’s vineyards date back to 1685, when Governor Van der Stel planted orchards and vineyards on his farm, creating the oldest wine-producing region in the Southern Hemisphere.

The Constantia Valley is filled with beautiful greenbelt land, as well as shops, hotels, zip-lining adventures, mountain biking, horse riding and award-winning restaurants. Guests can escape the lively city centre and enjoy a relaxed and peaceful trip to the verdant valley where there is plenty to do and see.

The iconic Table Mountain is South Africa’s most photographed attraction, where over 2,200 species of plant and 1,470 types of flower thrive. Many of these plants are endemic to the mountain, earning this stunning oasis a position as one of the New 7 World Wonders. Table Mountain is also home to a range of exciting wildlife including caracals, rock hyraxes and chacma baboons.

Its flat peak stands at 1,086 metres above sea level, and with its proximity to the ocean, the towering mountain looks even more impressive as it looms over the city of Cape Town. Visitors can travel to the summit via cable car and enjoy breathtaking views of the city and coast.

Take a relaxing hike through the many scenes of natural beauty that Cape Town has to offer. The Steenberg Walking Trail is a gentle walk that loops back to the hotel. Wander past a historic graveyard, vast vineyards, and Steenberg’s winery, and enjoy views from the scenic dam. Guests can also enjoy hikes from Constantia Nek to the Hout Bay Beach where impressive views of natural beauty can be soaked in, or along the Cecilia Forest beside the small streams and under the refreshing shade of the forest trees.

Additionally, guests can hike up Lion’s Head and Table Mountain and experience panoramic views of Cape Town and the distant Atlantic ocean.

Boulders Beach is one of Cape Town’s most popular beaches and the only place in the world where travellers can get close to the adorable African Penguins. The beach takes its name from the large granite boulders that protect the beach from stormy weather and large waves. It is home to between 2,000 and 3,000 African Penguins, which are an endangered species due to overfishing, habitat destruction, and pollution.

The beach is now part of the Table Mountain National Park and the birds reside within a protected area. Nearly 60,000 visitors come to the beach each year, and three wheelchair-friendly boardwalks have been installed to allow ease of access to guests with disabilities. The area is rich with vegetation which offers a safe space for the nesting penguins and their chicks.

The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront is one of South Africa’s most visited destinations, bringing in approximately 24 million people each year. Resting in the Southern Hemisphere’s oldest working harbour, guests can enjoy incredible views of Table Mountain and the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the picturesque city of Cape Town.

The waterfront features a range of shops, restaurants, leisure and entertainment facilities. The waterfront’s range of heritage sites and tourism landmarks offer a full day of activities and the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa hosts the world’s largest collection of African contemporary art.

Cape Point is famous as the site of many a shipwreck. The point’s treacherous rocks tore holes into a number of ships that still litter the coastline after straying too close during dark nights, thick fog and violent storms. The dangerous nature of the point earned it the title ‘Cape of Storms’ by Bartolomeu Dias in 1488. Eventually, in 1859, a lighthouse was erected which still stands today.

The beacon stands at 249 metres above sea level on the highest section of the peak and is used as the centralised monitoring point for all the lighthouses on the coast of South Africa. Guests can visit the building via the Flying Dutchman funicular. The ride takes approximately three minutes and is wheelchair accessible.

Based in Hout Bay, the Amoyo Performing Arts Foundation helps children to see their potential and build up their confidence. The non-profit organisation aims to teach and mentor children from underprivileged communities within the local area to dream big.

‘Many children from disadvantaged backgrounds in South Africa believe that their future is tied to their past, and there is nothing more for them beyond their small community. When you grow up with less, it’s not easy to see your own potential.’

Tintswalo Atlantic has been supporting this organisation for a few years by helping with transport and providing food and general logistical assistance.

Tintswalo Atlantic’s sister property, Tintswalo Safari Lodge, has been supporting local schools in the Manyeleti area by distributing maize-meal to 27 schools. Each of these schools have received ten 25kg bags of maize-meal in order to help poorer communities to feed their children. This effort has been especially important during the pandemic as families have been struggling financially.

By hosting virtual safaris and competition fundraisers along with two other lodges, Tintswalo has been able to raise the necessary funds to support this initiative. Each of the safari lodges donated a two-night trip as competition prizes, causing large numbers of people to donate.

Tintswalo has been supporting AfriOceans in their mission to protect the African Penguins at Shark Warrior Adventures, Seaforth Beach from the human visitors who may harass and distress the penguin colony. Seaforth Beach is located just outside of Simon’s Town and is home to approximately 150 endangered African Penguins who have broken away from the main colony at Boulders Beach.

While the penguins at Boulders Beach fall under the protection of the Table National Park, the penguins at Seaforth Beach have no such protection and so AfriOceans has implemented a limit to the human interactions which have been negatively impacting the birds. This has included the construction of a barrier around the penguins favourite spots to prevent habitat damage, improving penguin viewing conditions for viewers, and increasing the penguin’s space to prevent trampling of the adjoining coastal dune area.

With the collaboration of Airbnb Impact Experiences, AfriOceans has been planning further projects to improve the penguins’ living conditions.

Rhino populations have been decimated due to Africa’s poaching crisis and the high demand for rhino horns. To combat this terrible situation, Tintswalo’s safari lodge has been working to ‘raise awareness about the poaching epidemic and provide funding and support for a variety of urgently-needed anti-poaching interventions in the Manyeleti Game Reserve, Greater Kruger National Park and the South African Wildlife College (SAWC).’

Tintswalo Safari Lodge has also been working to support field rangers by providing training and equipment to prevent the hunting of rhinos, giving financial support so that aircraft can be used to patrol protected areas and monitor rhino populations, and aiding with the K-9 Anti-Poaching Project which provides free tracking dogs who can track and locate poachers much faster than human rangers.

Tintswalo has been working and engaging with local communities by raising conservation and environmental awareness through a series of educational campaigns, training workshops and environmental campaigns around the Lapalala Wilderness Reserve. By partnering with the Endangered Wildlife Trust, they have been monitoring the last roaming wild dog pack in South Africa and working to educate local communities in harmonious ways of solving human and wildlife conflict.