Thursday, 2 April 2009

Hlane Royal National Game Park, Swaziland: Trip report





Hlane (meaning ‘wilderness’) is the Kingdom of Swaziland’s largest protected area. It is an immense flat lowland thick with 1,000-year-old hardwood trees like knobthorn, leadwood and tambuti with some grasslands and shallow pans.

Hlane has survived the ravages of poaching and competing land uses to emerge as one of Swaziland's best parks and you can self-drive or take guided walks with rangers.

The park has accommodation with an authentic bush feel in self catering thatched huts without electricity. There is also a more modern self-catering camp with family cottages.

This is a malaria FREE area...!!!!

Day Game Drives are Available and are a must, as this is the only way 2 spot the big cats, ie Lions, Leopards and cheetahs...As these are in a protected part of the park and only open 2 Park Vehicles...Game drives are E150-00 PP (2008 Pricing..)

These are some of the Pics taken by me during my trip in 2006..Was there only for about 3 hours, And saw Lions, Rhinos, Bucks, Ostriches, Zebras and a Lone Elephant.. But there are many more Animals 2 see.
















Look out Point overlooking the local Dam.








































These were spotted an eyes distance from the main camp....

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