Manzini Market

Arriving at the rather chaotic Manzini Bus rank, Eswatini's main public transport hub, one gets the impression the whole area is one big market place. Vendors of all kinds offer their goods: fruit, peanuts, water, bags, phone covers, you name it. There are numerous stalls and eateries in the vicinity. The designated market place is 700m towards the southwest of the bus rank. Four sections stand out: fruit and vegetables, crafts, herbal products and garments. The advantage is the main hall provides shelter against the sun and occasional rain showers, but to get there you need to walk through the center in my case a bloody hot experience.

Mkhaya Game Reserve

You will be met by the Safari Truck at the Phuzamoya Location, then drive inside the park for your adventures, this where your bew safari adventure starts. White rhinos are common and black rhinos, though more elusive, are still often seen. You should also find giraffe, zebra, hippo and warthog, plus Eswatini’s only herd of buffalo. Roan, sable and tsessebe are among the rarer antelope, with wildebeest, kudu, impala and nyala all abundant. Leopards are only occasional visitors, but you may hear spotted hyenas at night and crocodiles are often seen lounging around the main waterhole. Back in camp the excellent birdlife includes such specials as narina trogon, pink-throated twinspot and crested guineafowl, while nyala and even a few shy suni browse around the camp. After dinner listen for the fragile whistle of fiery-necked nightjars, the unearthy shriek of greater bushbabies and the whoop of spotted hyenas. Tracking rhinos on foot at Mkhaya is as thrilling as anywhere in Africa.