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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

This tour provider has taken action to address one or more issues (whether environmental, social or cultural) which will contribute positively to the long term viability of the destination and hence their site displays a Caring for the destination rating.

Main area of focus in Caring for the Destination:  


Swazi Trails focuses on skills development and employment creation in the rural community of Mphaphati which is on the banks of the Great Usutu River, alongside the white-water section.


Detailed description of the Caring for the Destination Initiative: 


All Swazi Trails rafting guides originate from the Mphaphati community, having been hand-picked and intensively trained over a period of 8 years.

For each person that participates in a white water rafting trip, Swazi Trails voluntarily donates ZAR 10.00 to the local community. In early 2003 this had amounted to ZAR 45,000.00, which has since been used for the purchase of school text books, for scholarships in educating needy pupils and for the construction of a school administration office building.

The pool of funds for assisting this community has been allowed to slowly increase since then and in 2008 stood at over ZAR 65 000.00. Funds were used for another large community project during the 2009 year.

Swazi Trails would like to use this funding to leverage additional donor funds so as to maximise the value of tourism impact in this very disadvantaged community.  At present there are no economic enterprises or commercial farming at Mphaphati and almost all young adults are migrant workers in the main cities of Mbabane, Manzini and Matsapha.  With guidance from the community Swazi Trails would like to explore the potential for revenue-earning activities within the community area, such that families are not split and that the community itself benefits from the presence of skilled and motivated individuals. 


Pickup info:

Trips depart Swazi Trails office between 08h30 and 09h00 daily. Swazi Trails are situated within the Mantenga Craft Centre in the Ezulwini Valley.  There is safe parking for vehicles. A hotel or lodge pick-up in the Ezulwini, Mbabane and Manzini areas can be arranged at an additional charge.



Free pick-ups are often provided when logistically possible, especially for larger groups or for participants accommodated in the direction of the tour departure. If unsure just ask as a special request when booking.




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