Eswatini Adventures

Eswatini Adventure Activities.

The Kingdom of Swaziland, which has recently reverted to its historic name of eSwatini, is a land-locked country that shares borders with South Africa and Mocambique. The country is known for its wildlife reserves, spectacular scenery and the abundance of outdoor activities. The country's king, with his 15 wives and 23 children, is also a popular topic of discussion.

Despite being only 200-kilometres long and 130-kilometres wide, eSwatini benefits from a…

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Adventures in Eswatini
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Eswatini Adventure Activities.

The Kingdom of Swaziland, which has recently reverted to its historic name of eSwatini, is a land-locked country that shares borders with South Africa and Mocambique. The country is known for its wildlife reserves, spectacular scenery and the abundance of outdoor activities. The country's king, with his 15 wives and 23 children, is also a popular topic of discussion.

Despite being only 200-kilometres long and 130-kilometres wide, eSwatini benefits from a variety of terrain as a result of altitude differences - from mountains at 1200-metres above-sea-level to the lowveld at only 250 metres of altitude. In this tiny county you can experience mountains, rain forest and typical African bush with grasslands and thorn trees.

The Great Usutu River rises in the mountains and is a focal point for activities like whitewater rafting and fishing.The country's nature and wildlife reserves offer game drives, guided bird walks as well as hiking and mountain biking routes that take in great views and interesting sights along the way.

You will never be short of activities to enjoy with abseiling, caving, quad biking, canopy tours and horse riding activities together with cultural interactions, and arts-and-crafts tours.

Swaziland's capital Mbabane is a four-hour drive from Johannesburg. There are buses and shuttles that make daily trips. Estwatini Airlink has flights between Swaziland and numerous destinations in South Africa. 

View a list of adventure activities in Eswatini.

Activity List

Eswatini Adventures

Abseiling

Abseiling in Eswatini. Connected to a rope and safety line by a climbing harness, abseiling is a very safe activity for all ages. Even though you know that you are safe, walking backwards over the edge of a cliff is daunting and causes a delicious spike in adrenalin as you take those tentative steps....

Canopy Tours

Canopy Tours in Eswatini. A popular family-friendly activity, a canopy tour offers more than just the tingle of adrenaline as you zing down the ziplines that connect one tree-top platform with the next. From up high, you have a bird's eye view of an indigenous forest as you stand in the canopy with...

Caving

Caving Trips in Eswatini. Spelunking in the vast network of tunnels of the Gobholo Caves near Mbabane is one of the most popular adventure activities in Eswatini - and with good reason. Part tour, part expedition, adventure caving is a physical activity where you walk, crawl, body-jam, scramble...

Guided Hiking

Guided Hiking in Eswatini - Walking Trails. For such a tiny country, the kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) offers a surprising array of hiking options in many varied eco-systems. The rugged mountain terrain of the Lubombo Mountains or the wild Ngwempisi Wilderness Area with 20km of spectacular...

Hiking

Hiking in Eswatini - Day hikes. Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) is a special hiking destination that hasn’t been discovered by the tourist masses yet. It’s conveniently close to Kruger National Park so a great Safari/hiking holiday combo. Many of the trails are quite rugged and remote...

Horse Riding

Wide open grassland savannah, the kind of landscape that makes you feel free, fringed with forest and then the foothills and ridges of the beautiful Nyonyane Mountains and finally the striking granite fin of the infamous“Execution Rock”; this is the setting for your horseback safari at Mlilwane...

Mountain Biking

Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) hosts a number of exciting mountain biking events - the countries varied topography, endless dirt roads and prolific network of single track is made for the sport. There are gentle offerings that include game watching from the saddle. The Hlane Royal National Park,...

River Rafting

River Rafting or White Water Rafting in the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland). This landlocked country does not want for water. Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) has four large perennial rivers that make their way across the country to the Indian Ocean providing plenty of scope for river based activities....