The Tintswalo Story
Leadership|November 2019
A conversation with Tintswalo Lodges’ co-founders, Gaye and Ernest Corbett, will indubitably include more than a few tales of the family’s adventures into Africa. Pioneering spirits and curious by nature, the Corbett family has been undertaking exploratory expeditions for decades, developing a great love of the African bush. Much to the delight of Gaye and Ernest, the entire family caught the travel bug from a young age, which laid a fertile foundation for the future of the family-owned and managed luxury lodge collection as it is known today.
Evans Manyonga
The Tintswalo Story

It started in Mpumalanga where for a number of years, Gaye and Ernest Corbett had been instrumental in the development and management of shopping centres in upcoming rural areas, one of the largest ones being located in the bustling town of Bushbuckridge. During its construction, Corbett’s youngest daughter, Lisa, undertook to run a study programme within the nearby community, assisting teachers to improve their skills. It was through this successful involvement with the local community that the family was introduced to the Manyeleti Game Reserve.

Thanks to the success of this empowerment programme, and an introduction via the builders involved on the Bushbuckridge construction, the Corbetts were approached by the local community and asked to tender on a concession within the Manyeleti Game Reserve. Having already proven their spirit of philanthropy and entrepreneurship, the family won the bid and thus were christened into the tourism industry, with little more than a dream of a safari lodge yet to be realised.

Having cultivated an appreciation for luxury and experiential travel, daughter Lisa Goosen (nee Corbett) found herself convincing her parents to upgrade their tented camp dreams to a five star safari lodge that would offers travellers the opportunity to enjoy every modern comfort and luxury, in the heart of wildest Africa. Residing in a tent in the Manyeleti camp, Lisa and her game ranger husband, Warwick Goosen, broke ground and Tintswalo Safari Lodge, incorporating Tintswalo Manor House was born in 2002.

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