Mbuluzi is a unique Game Reserve; encompassing some of Swaziland's most pristine bush-veld, it has a variety of landscapes and excellent bio-diversity. Located in the Lubombo Escarpment foothills, with two rivers flowing through, Mbuluzi offers a very diverse habitat from rocky ridges to knob-thorn Savannah, to riparian forest. There are five luxury, self-catering lodges. Three lodges accommodati
ng 8 people [4 bedrooms], the other 5 [3 bedrooms], and the Tented Lodge accommodating 6 people [3 en-suite luxury tents]. They are all are fully equipped with everything you would need, including fridge/freezer, oven, microwave, skottle braai and out-door braai [barbecue]area supplied with firewood. Each lodge is privately situated on the Mlawula River, and overnight guests are welcome to fish if they like. The Tented Lodge, Tambuti Tented Lodge and Singwe Lodge have swimming pools. The campsite, situated above some amazing rapids in the Mbuluzi River, has hot showers and firewood is supplied, but there is no electricity. A great setting to really enjoy the bush up close and personal! Bird-watching is very good, with more than 300 species recorded. Many animal species can be seen including Giraffe, Zebra, Wildebeest, Kudu, Nyala, Bushbuck, Waterbuck and Hippo and of course Impala and Warthog. Hyenas are often heard and leopards also occur. There is a good network of game-viewing roads which are well marked for easy navigation. There are also many marked walking trails. Visitors can drive, walk, or cycle around the reserve at their leisure and at their own time; no guides are necessary. Mbuluzi Game Reserve is under an hour’s drive from Manzini and less than two from Nelspruit and Maputo. Roughly 5 hours drive from Johannesburg and Durban. There are a couple of restaurants, golf courses and other sporting facilities fairly close by, and the borders to South Africa [Mananga] and Mozambique [Lomahasha] are within a 20 minute drive.