Swazi Trails
Swazi Trails is Swaziland's leading tour and adventure operator. The company is a fully licensed and insured tour operator established in 1987. Swazi Trails offer a wide selection of half and full day tours and activities, which encompass cultural, scenic, adventure and wildlife highlights in Swaziland. Services are available 365 days a year, with guaranteed departures for minimum of two persons on most Swazi Trails operated tours and activities. Prior reservation is required, however capacity generally exists to accommodate most short notice departures.
As a ground handler in Swaziland, Swazi Trails have extensive experience in transport, reservations facilitation and itinerary management. Swazi Trails have experience in location management in Swaziland and the company's indepth experience of the Swaziland destination is an invaluable asset to film productions.
For conference and incentive groups in Swaziland, Swazi Trails is a one-stop shop for either specific ground-handling or support services, or alternatively full itinerary management. Swazi Trails are also dynamic team-building specialists and have a long list of satisfied clients in Swaziland.
Fulfilling the role of an incoming tour operator for Swaziland, Swazi Trails offer multi-day itineraries, both within the Kingdom as well as linked to Mozambique, Kruger National Park and other neighbouring areas such as Mpumalanga and Kwazula-Natal, otherwise known as Zululand.
Swazi Trails tours and adventure activities are guided in English by informative local Swazi guides. With prior notice and at an additional cost, other foreign language-speaking guides can be sourced. Swazi Trails specifically supply indigenous Swazi nationals as guides and takes pride in the quality and professionalism of its staff.
Swazi Trails use a variety of tour vehicles for transport and tour purposes. The standard tour vehicle is a 9-seater air-conditioned Hyundai H1. On occasions we make use of smaller sedan vehicles for individual departures. Our drivers have a minimum of 3 years driving experience and are in possession of Professional Driving Permits (PDP's) which are reviewed on an annual basis. Swazi Trails carry extensive passenger liability cover on all its vehicles.
This online booking site carries many of the most popular Swazi Trails tours and adventure activities, however if you do not find what you are looking for please contact Swazi Trails directly at tours@swazitrails.co.sz
For an video overview of Swazi Trails activities take a look at our video pages .
Caring for destination
Main area of focus in Caring for the Destination:
Swazi Trails has focused on operating this quad trail in an environmentally sustainable manner.
Detailed description of the Caring for the Destination Initiative:
Being very conscious of the negative inpacts that poorly controlled quad and trail bike riding has on the environment Swazi Trails has purposefully followed a low impact approach. Participants in this actiovity need not feel guilty that their actions are in any way environmentally unfriendly, as the advent of this trail in Ezulwini has done a lot to improve the natural value of a previously degraded area.
The company purposefully searched for a suitable area that could be carefully managed for sustainable quad trail riding. The discovery of an old tin mining site close to the Royal Swazi Sun hotel in Ezulwini has turned out to be the perfect location.
This natural area was previously highly impacted by the early 19th century mining, which caused both ersion and the infestation of alien vegetation. So thick were the weeds that the area was almost totally inaccessible. In laying out the trail, the development has opened up this quiet and potential green area and allowed for alien weed control measures to be implemented. Block by block, alien vegetation has been systematically cleared allowing indigenous vegetation to flourish. These actions have dramatically improved the stream flow in the area and improved the quality of water available for both neighbouring communities and livestock.
Swazi Trails trained local Swazi guides to manage and lead the quad trail operation and the regular annual weed elimination exercises have provided a benefitial source of income for unskilled labour.
Detailed bird lists have recently been generated of all bird sightings in the area and during the early hours of the day, the trails themselves have become an idfeal walking route for birders from the surrounding hotels.
Swazi Trails has committed itself to directing 10% of its annual trail turnover to the improvement of the immediate environment in and around the quad trail area on an ongoing basis.
Quad trail participants should meet 15min prior to the trip departure at the Swazi Trails tour desk, which is situated within the foyer of the Royal Swazi Sun Hotel.
Local hotel or lodge pick-ups within the Ezulwini, Mbabane and Manzini areas can arranged at an additional charge, please add this as a "special request" to your booking.
When booking please remember to list the time of day that you wish to ride. This can be submitted under the "Special Requests" section of your Booking Form. See "Departure Time" info.
If you wish to book more than 8 persons, please note that a maximum of 8 can be taken at any one time. To add additional persons first book the first group, then when on your "My booking" page add another quad booking for the same day to your existing booking reference number.
| Activities | From |
| Canopy Tour Swaziland | ZAR 450 |
| White Water Rafting (half day) | ZAR 820 |
| Maguga Dam Houseboat- Day Rental | ZAR 600 |
| White Water Rafting (full day) | ZAR 950 |
| Adventure Caving - Evening with dinner | ZAR 795 |
| Mountain Biking Culture Trail | ZAR 490 |
| White Water Rafting Abseiling Tubing Combo | ZAR 950 |
| Adventure Caving - day trip | ZAR 650 |
| Quad Biking Devil's Cauldron 1-hour trail | ZAR 395 |
| Mountain Biking Culture Safari Combo | ZAR 625 |
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