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Eswatini

White rhino at the Ndlovu waterhole, Hlane Royal National Park, Eswatini
Photo: Bernard Dupont / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

The Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) is small but mighty in conservation, its parks saved and run by the pioneering Big Game Parks trust. Wedged between South Africa and Mozambique, it slots neatly into a Kruger or KwaZulu-Natal itinerary and adds rich Swazi culture, dramatic scenery and — in Mkhaya — some of the finest, closest rhino encounters anywhere in Africa.

Game Reserves & National Parks

White rhino at the Ndlovu waterhole, Hlane Royal National Park

Hlane Royal NP

Bushveld scene, Mkhaya Game Reserve

Mkhaya GR

Image credits

  • Hlane Royal NP — Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • Mkhaya GR — Photo: Visions of Domino / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons