News
Swaziland extended border hours
With less than three weeks till Christmas day the Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs and their counterparts in South Africa have announced an extension of the operation hours for three major border posts into Swaziland. With thousands of returning students, workers and tourists this news brings a sigh of relief to most. The three border [...]
New Rafts
Today we unwrapped our brand-new 9-man rafts, just in time for the coming summer season. These rafts are considerably larger than the 2-man rafts that we’ve been using on the Great Usutu River for the past few years, and perhaps a bit more typical of the type of raft used on most rivers internationally. In [...]
Guiding the extra mile
Obviously as a ground-operator and tour company in Swaziland, one of our core responsibilities is to provide competent and responsible tour guides and drivers. Whilst tour operators in many places in the world rely on part-time or temporary staff, our approach has been to provide full-time employment. This means that we have a very close [...]
Nyokamakhandakhanda
From time to time we “disappear” off the global network here in Swaziland… the phones don’t ring, emails aren’t answered, our skype button says we are “away” and we don’t respond to sms’s or mobile phone calls. As a business that prides itself as being available 7 days a week, this is a painful scenario [...]
DSTV Subscribers have fun in Swaziland
Just recently we combined forces with Status Hotel’s Happy Valley Hotel to offer DSTV’s South African subscribers a great weekend break in Swaziland. The lucky prize-winners got to stay at the glitzy Happy Valley Hotel and Casino, which provided some evening fun, whilst the Malolotja Canopy Tour and our Swazi Trails white-water rafting kept them [...]
Gauteng Outdoor Adventure Show
Swazi Trails is on safari this weekend, exhibiting at the Gauteng Outdoor Adventure and Travel Expo at the Inanda Country Base near Kyalami. The show starts Friday the 10th June and closes on Sunday the 12th. We’re exhibiting on the Swaziland stand, alongside the Big Game Parks of Swaziland and the Swaziland Tourism Authority. So [...]
Swaziland Rhino Poaching Arrest
Double good news today! Within 3 days of a rhino having been poached in Swaziland’s Hlane Royal National Park, the Swaziland Police had already arrested suspects. The second piece of good news is that the missing calf that escaped from the slaughter has been found alive and well. Swaziland has a proud conservation record, particularly [...]
Ngwenya Rhino & Elephant Fund
The Ngwenya Rhino Fund is administered by Big Game Parks of Swaziland. It was originally established by Swaziland’s iconic Ngwenya Glass business for the purpose of supporting rhino conservation in Swaziland in 1989. The fund account was set up to receive donations from a percentage of sales of all Ngwenya Glass products and has been [...]
Rhino poaching Swaziland
The death of a female rhino poached in Swaziland’s Hlane Royal National Park marks the sad re-emergence of rhino poaching in the Swazi Kingdom. This killing and bloody de-horning took place on Friday night the 3rd of June 2011. It ends a period of relative peace, which has lasted for over 20 years, since the [...]
Imvelo MTB Classic
The Nedbank Imvelo MTB Classic takes place at Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary on an annual basis at the beginning of June. It’s one of Swaziland’s… and in fact Southern Africa’s, truly great cycling events. The event typically offers four distances of approximately 10km, 22km, 35km and 65km for cyclists. Due to taking place largely within a [...]
