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Eswatini

eSwatini

6 carefully sourced place chapters, ready to explore without an artificial itinerary.

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Place guide · HlaneHlane Royal National Park

Eswatini's largest protected area, formerly a private royal hunting ground, now a wildlife sanctuary in the lowveld where lions, white rhinos, elephants and hippos live in dense acacia woodland, managed by Big Game Parks.

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Place guide · Mantenga Cultural VillageMantenga Cultural Village

A living Swazi homestead near the Ezulwini Valley where visitors watch traditional dance, tour beehive huts and learn the customs and crafts of the Swazi people in their original setting.

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Place guide · MlilwaneMlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary

Eswatini's oldest protected area, founded in 1960 in the Ezulwini Valley, offering walking trails through grassland and swamp forest with hippos, crocodiles and over 300 bird species.

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Place guide · Ngwenya GlassNgwenya Glass

A hand-blown glass factory near the Oshoek border crossing in the Ezulwini Valley where visitors watch artisans transform recycled glass into jewellery, tableware and decorative objects using traditional techniques passed down since the 1980s.

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Place guide · SibebeSibebe Rock

A massive granite dome rising 350 metres above the Mbuluzi River valley, 10 km north of Mbabane, and the second-largest monolith in the world after Uluru, with an annual fundraising walk called the Sibebe Survivor.

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Place guide · Swazi CandlesSwazi Candle Manufacturers

A workshop in the Matsapha industrial area producing hand-poured candles in distinctive African shapes including wildlife silhouettes and traditional motifs, using locally sourced beeswax and paraffin blends, and employing hundreds of local women.

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