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Manzini is the industrial centre of Swaziland.Manzini isn't large. The centre is a bit less easygoing than the rural part of Swaziland, but still is not very busy.We visited the friday morning market. At that timer there are many cars, buses and pickups in town. People from the rural areas come to Manzini at market days to sell their handicrafts. We bought some local made utensiles for the kitchen at the market. In a large supermarket we did the shopping for the day.
In Swaziland you have nice beehives, the traditional Zulu-huts. These huts are plaited of grass and look really beautiful with their round forms and low entrances.It's possible to sleep in these huts, like we did in the Milwane Wildlife Sanctuary. From our beehive we had a marvellous view at a plain where we saw nyalas and impalas. What could we wish more ....
The Milwane Wildlife Sanctuary is a nice private reserve. The reserve has several trails, where you can walk or cycle. The reserve has a nice scenery with a river and a lake. Animals to be seen in the reserve are antelopes, giraffes, zebras, crocodiles and hippos.You can stay overnight in the reserve. We stayed in the lovely beehives in the Beehive Village.Picture: look at the hippo mother with kid.
At night the Hlane park personel gave a performance of a traditional Swazi dance. It was cute to see and we all remember the 'oei oei' they cried out when they saw what we tipped.Picture by Filipdebont.
Near the entrance gate of Hlane NP, you will find this collection they call lost and found . It is a collection of stuff they found in the park, it are mainly snares and other traps left by poachers.It is shocking to see how many of these traps they found, imagine the ones they didn´t find !
In Hlane gamepark the ostrich came to us as soon as she noticed we were unpacking food. You never know if there are any left overs. As it is unwise to feed wildlife, we didn´t. It is for there own sake, they can get ill from our food, and they get used to people to much, which will endanger them.
Hlane is a gamepark with the sence of the real wild. There is a low fence along the campside, but nothing to stop an elephant or rhino.There is no electricity and in the toilets are oillamps burning throughout the night.Near the campside is a waterhole, where you can see the animals that come to drink here.We payed 80 Elangeni entrance fee and 35 Elangeni per person for camping, in 2002.(that is approx. €8 and €3,5 pp)
Many documents and things related to the Swaziland History. Sobhuza II is of course present here too. There are pictures and documents of all the Swazi Kings, explaining what they did for the country, years of rule, etc. They also have the old American style cars of Sobhuza II, and some other curiosities.
You can not take pictures of the Mausoleum althogh King Sobhuza II is not buried here, but this is the place where his body lied until he was taken away to be buried so this place must be respected.I borrowed the picture from the Memorial Park 's Web.The mausoleum is guarded all day long by one or two soldiers.
A statue of Sobhuza, Shields, Palms, Lions, a Torch, a Mausoleum where his body laid before he was taking to the Mbailaneni mountains… All those symbols have a meaning, and guides explain all of them. They are all related to King Sobhuza II ideas: unity, peace, education, culture, etc. After my visit with all the explanations, I finally understood why Sobhuza II is a kind of God for Swazis. A must.
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