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School in a bag
We recently got to bring some pleasure to a remote community in rural Swaziland. The occasion was the distribution of donated school bags and equipment to pupils of Mphaphati Primary School. Whilst we at Swazi Trails can’t claim to have been responsible for anything other than helping to distribute this thoughtful donation, we certainly got [...]
Swaziland Ngwenya border extends operating hours
Update: 4th April 2012. Please note that this extension of border hours at Ngwenya-Oshoek border has been stalled until further notice. Seems we are busy dancing with our South African counterparts… one step forward-one step back. We will keep you posted as and when the tempo changes. See our post on Easter 2012 border hours [...]
Houseboat Rental Swaziland
The Maguga Dam houseboat experience in Swaziland is something that will appeal to the free-spirited and independent-minded. Why stay in an ordinary hotel, lodge or B&B room when you could be master of your own ship for a night or two? Curious? Like to know more? Fortunately two travellers, Chris and Courtney kindly provided us [...]
Raft Launch
We honoured a thousand year old naval tradition recently in Swaziland when we launched our new fleet of 8-man rafts on the Great Usutu River. This was an extremely sacred and rare ceremony, seldom ever witnessed in Swaziland. Being a totally landlocked country, we are not renowned as a seafaring nation. However, with as much [...]
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 [...]
