Eswatini (Swaziland) 1-day Country Tour from Maputo

This is a very nice way to experience Eswatini from Maputo, it's a long drive but what you will experience at the destination is very interstellar and nice.

Since I was in Maputo I was very close to the country of Eswatini so I was looking for a great day tour that could take me there and back in just one day, I chose well with this tour. The tour started when my tour guide, Alfainho, picked me up from my hotel at 5:30 am and ended when he dropped me back off a little bit after 6 pm. This was a long day tour but totally worth it. We crossed the Mozambique-Eswatini border around 7:30 am and arrived at the first stop of our tour at the Hlane National Park game reserve around 9 am. We spent about 20 to 30 minutes at this spot, I got to see some wildlife including impalas, gazelles, warthogs, and baboons while we were driving and also rhinos while we were at the camp. Once we left the camp we drove another 1.5 hours or so out to the Mantenga National Park and Swazi Cultural Village. I loved the visit to this spot since we got to take a tour of a traditional Swazi tribal village, learn about their culture, and watch one of their traditional dance shows after the tour. We also visited the Mantenga Waterfall after the show and then we left this sight and drove to go get lunch. The restaurant we visited for lunch was great and the price was included in the tour. After lunch we went to a local crafts market to see how the unique Swazi candles were made and to do a little bit of souvenir shopping. Once that was done then we started the drive back to the border and then onwards towards Maputo. A big thank you to my guide, Alfainho, for the excellent job he did being my guide and driver for this tour. He made sure I was safe all throughout and he taught me a lot about Eswatini and Mozambique. Definitely consider booking this tour while you’re in Maputo, it’s an excellent tour and the perfect way to add Eswatini to your countries visited list without having to pay for a separate plane ticket and hotel accommodation. - Nolan

Fantastic tour. Alfainho was a safe driver and knowledgable guide. He allowed us plenty of time to explore and was happy to answer all of our questions.

Amazing experience! I loved making my own candle – it was quick, beautiful, and so much fun. Everything was well organized and the guide was excellent.

We had a lovely day and our guide was very helpful. We saw a surprising number of animals as we drove through the national park, enjoyed breakfast in the park, visited a cultural village with a wonderful performance, lunch in a lovely outdoor setting with shops. We stopped by a candles factory and story that what had several shops and a market. We returned to Maputo around 6pm. Highly recommend this tour.

Alfa was an amazing guide, he was thoughtful and flexible to our needs. He made us feel very safe and helped us pass police checkpoints and border control quickly and avoid traffic. Make sure to ask him lots of questions as his knowledge and unique perspective on Mozambique and eswatini is supremely interesting. Thanks for a great day!

I booked this tour less than 24h in advance (with consultation of TripAdvisor) and I can only highly recommend this tour organisation for their flexibility but more so for the outstanding and entertaining (in terms of specific factual knowledge of Eswatini but also general conversation topics) guide Alfainho. Highly recommended! Alfainho made sure we (2 people on the tour) were very well looked after, he drove safely and attentively and is a real gentleman. This particular tour was not cheap (based on 2 obviously more expensive), but I thought it was worth it. It was a long drive though, leaving Maputo at 06.00am and returning at 530pm, required some disciplined time management, due to expected heavy traffic back into Maputo. All in all had a fantastic and entertaining day. Thanks Alfainho once again!

Excellent trip with great places to visit. Highly recommended! Alfainho was top class driver and guide! Five stars all round!

Very well organized trip. Alfa was a great driver and guide to us, and we enjoyed the day. The visit to the local village is amazing experience.

Great tour , highly recommended to see a new country. Eswatini very clean , safe , & friendly people. Boarder crossing was very smooth. Car was big , had a good rest on the way in.