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Malolotja

  • Spectacular mountain scenery
  • Waterfalls
  • Wild flowers
  • Birdlife, including striped flufftails, blackrumped buttonquails, kingfishers, Gurney's sugarbirds, Stanley's bustard and ground woodpeckers
  • Extensive hiking trail network.
  • Ngwenya Mine and Lion Cavern
Malolotja Vlei
Ngwenya Mine

Mantenga


Lobamba

Mlawula

  • The Siphiso valley is good for viewing herds of wildebeest, zebra and impala. The distribution of game changes according to season, water points and burning.
  • Mbuluzi gorge is accessible by car and offers attractive river scenery with interesting plant and bird-life, fishing spots and crocodiles.
  • Mahlabashana gorge can be reached by foot from the Mbuluzi valley road. Rare plants, cycads, Lubombo ironwood forests and uncommon birds are a feature of this gorge.
  • Python pool is scoured out of a spectacular rocky gorge and is swimable during rainy summers. Look out for klipspringer, large Pythons and some interesting Lizards as well as uncommon plants. Hyena pool is a small dam on the southern end of Siphiso river valley.
  • The impressive Khabane cave is reached after a stiff climb, which is rewarded by views over Mlawula. Look out for owls, mocking chats and the endemic Swazi euphorbia.
  • Mlawula is an excellent birding spot, with over 350 species of birds have been recorded in Mlawula, including raptors such as the Martial Eagle and Bateleur, 5 Vulture species and a number of rarities such as the Narina Trogon, Pinkthroughted Twinspot, African Broadbill and African Finfoot.



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SNTC Headquarters: Parliament Road. P O Box 100, Lobamba, Swaziland. Tel: (+268) 2416 1516, 2416 1489, 2416 1179. Fax: (+268) 2416 1875, 2416 1480. Email: info@sntc.org.sz
National Museum:
Tel: (+268) 2416 1179, 2416 1875
Fax: 2416 1875
Email: curator@sntc.org.sz 		King Sobhuza II Memorial Park:
Tel: (+268) 2416 1179, 2416 1489
Fax: 2416 1875
Email: ksmp@sntc.org.sz 		Malolotja Nature Reserve:
Tel/Fax: (+268) 2444 3241
Cell: 7660 6755
Email: culturalvillage@sntc.org.sz 		Mantenga Nature Reserve:
Tel: (+268) 2416 1151
2416 1178, Fax: 2416 1480
Email: culturalvillage@sntc.org.sz 		Magadzavane Lodge
Mlawula Nature Reserve:
Tel: (+268) 2343 5108/9
Fax: 2343 5111
Email: magadzavane@sntc.org.sz