Country Info
- Mbabane
- Capital
- Lilangeni (SZL)
- Currency
- 1,104,343
- Population
- SZ
- Country Code
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Travel Blogs from Pigg's Peak, Swaziland
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Cheeky Monkeys
... Cape Town. We found it the cheapest and least hassled way of traveling in South Africa. We had a fair bit to go to Swaziland with estimated time of arrival 5pm. We stopped a couple of times in the morning for bathroom and refreshment breaks and reached ...
Such a swazi place!
... , seriously, what the hell? Keep your dogs behind the gates, people! The next day, I visited Mbabane, the capital of Swaziland, and, unsurprisingly, it was just like Swaziland – small and surrounded by mountains. I also learnt that ugali is ...
Honeycomb
... and the terrain is gently rolling. The crops production we see are mainly bananas and oranges. Initially from the border, Swaziland appears to be a poorer country as evidenced by the type of housing and the number of people gathering water with ...
Weekend in the Swaz
... on the continent), bordered by South Africa on three sides except to the east, where it borders Mozambique. Like Lesotho, Swaziland was formed by a group of indigeous people trying to escape from the chaos of the colonization of Southern Africa. What ...
Kingdom
Swaziland
... and wildlife to see here and I'd have someone to do it with!! .....but the hen party should be fun. Anyway, I stayed at the Swaziland backpackers for the night and hopped straight back onto the Baz Bus to Johannesburg at 7.30am the next ...
Sondzela!
From St Lucia we took the Baz bus in preference to changing bus 5 times on the way to Sondzela backpackers in Mliwane Game Park, Swaziland. This was an amazing place to stay - right in the Park with a pool and lovely facilities. On the first day there we ...
Swazi Love
... it's authenticity. It was brilliant - we watched their traditional dances and learned about the different customs and living arrangements. We left Swaziland feeling really disappointed that we didn't have longer there but excited about getting to ...
End of Swaziland Tour
... for most of the last month. No electric, no internet, no phone coverage etc. Anyway we've really enjoyed our time in Swaziland and today is our last day here. Very sad to be leaving and yes we could live here if we got the chance. ...
Life is Like a Box of Chocolates
... a lot of ground... from the bush of South Africa to the beaches of Mozambique and now I'm in the beautiful Kingdom of Swaziland. I must admit that when I made the list of places that I wanted to visit this year Mozambique and Swaziland were not ...
All Out Africa & Marabou Storks
... , diving with whalesharks and dolphins. Plus trips to Kruger National Park and Mozambique. If anyone is interested in finding out more then check out the website of All Out Africa Swaziland. No photos included just check out there ...
Snake Handling/Hlane Royal Game Reserve
Well we're back at Lidwala Lodge for the weekend so able to do my new entry and upload some of the photos we've taken. Been busy working with the marabou storks, the chicks are hatching so we have to take them out of the nest, weigh and measure ...
The Kingdom - Rewind
... the kid's skill level (thank you to the Canadian public school system which does a very good job). The gravel roads in Swaziland a quite a challenge to drive on. We went to the Village where Pheli grew up, stopped at the primary school where Pheli ...
Nhlangano, Swaziland
We have some very good pictures but we are having a bit of a problem uploading them in these internet cafe's. hopefully we will be able to do that by Monday. Miss you all and ...
Swaziland
Today we said goodbye to Kruger and a border crossing into the very colourful nation of Swaziland. Following a good 'inking' of the passports, we drove to the western highlands and the impressive Malotja Nature reserve. A stop was also made enroute and ...
Game drive and drive to Swaziland
... stop we reached the border in the early afternoon. The crossing was straihgtforward, and we then continued on a sometimes slow drive through Swaziland to Milwane wildlife reserve. We got ther with just 1 hour of daylight left, so we put up camp in rahter ...
You gotta love Swaziland!!
Hallo allemaal, 3 dagen niet meer kunnen schrijven doordat we in Swaziland hebben gezetten, een klein landje dat volledig in Zuid-Afrika ligt. Hier hebben we in Sanzela B/P gelogeerd. You gotta love Swaziland!! Swaziland verschilt echt dag en ...
How many wives does one person need???
... all around are lots of billboards encouraging condom use and safe sex so hopefully things will start turning around soon. Swaziland is definitely much poorer than South Africa and you can see this from the homes and number of children tending the ...
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Arrived in Swaziland
... , but no electric or little mobile phone coverage. This is to be our main base for the next few weeks whilst in Swaziland, returning every two weeks for a weekend at Lidwala. Our job here is to collect information on the maribou storks, their ...
Swaziland Volunteering
... in a beehive hut, had a traditional Swazi meal which we ate with our right hand, went to a Zion church (rather scary!) and generally saw rural Swaziland. Very cultural! We felt like we had really seen what Swaziland was like by the end of that ...
A day in Swaziland
Woke up to a sunny day after last nights thunderstorm. Fortunately all tents were dry inside, so after brekfast we went to the reception to plan todays activities. Some took the 6 hour trail to the top of one of the mountains, but most of us choose the 2 ...
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