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How to Get Here and General Info
The main transport service includes Airlink Swaziland, the national airline, which is based at Matsapha Airport. Bookings are available through South African Airways. There are flights from Johannesburg twice daily. Flights to Durban, Maputo and Vilanculos are available from Swazi Express Airways. Local buses, taxis, and minibus taxis operate throughout the country.
A valid passport is required from everyone who enters the Kingdom of Swaziland . For nationals of the countries listed below, an entry visa is required: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Antarctica, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, zerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belorussia, Benin, Bermuda, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, urundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Georgia, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea – Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Iribati, Kuwait, Krygyzstan, Laisser, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Marshall Islands, Martinque, Mauritania, Micronesia, Maldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morroco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Phillipines, Pitcairn, Poland, Republic of Korea, Reunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Turkemenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yuguslavia.
Malaria is at a minimal risk in the lowveld areas. Avoid swimming in still or slow-moving dams and rivers as bilharzia is also a risk.
The unit of currency is the Emalangeni (E1 - 100cents), which is at par with the South African Rand, which can also be used in the Kingdom of Swaziland. Notes are issued in denominations of E200 (green), E100 (brown), E50 (orange), E20 (maroon) and E10 (blue). There are E5, E2, E1 in gold coins and 50c, 20c, 10c and 5c I silver coins.
Natural fibers are suitable for the very hot summers in the low lying areas of the Kingdom of Swaziland. Winter on the highveld can be very cold with the temperatures approaching freezing so warm clothing is necessary. Don't forget your walking shoes.
| Embassies Based In the Kingdom of Swaziland | |
The Federal Republic of Germany
3 rd Floor Lilunga House
P.O. Box 1507
Mbabane
H100
Phone: +268 404 3174
Fax: +268 404 3174
The South African High Commission
The New Mall, Mbabane
P.O. Box 2507 Mbabane
H100
Phone: +268 404 4651
Fax: +268 404 6944
The British High Commission
2 nd Floor, Lilunga House
P/B Mbabane
H100
Phone: +268 404 2581
Fax: +268 404 2585
Embassy of the United States of America
7 th Floor,
Central Bank Building
P.O. Box 199 Mbabane
H100
Phone: +268 404 6442
Fax: +268 404 5959
The Republic of China
Adjacent to the Central Bank Building
P.O. Box 56
Mbabane
H100
Phone: +268 404 2379/ 404 4740/1
The High Commissioner of the Republic of Mozambique
Mountain Inn Area
P.O. Box 1212
Mbabane
H100
Phone: +268 404 1296/7
Fax: +268 404 8482
| TOURISM INFORMATION OFFICES | |
Swazi Plaza Tourism Information Office
Swazi Plaza, Mbabane
P.O. Box A1030
Swazi Plaza
Phone: +268 404 2531
Fax: +268 404 2531
Ngwenya Tourism Information Office
Ngwenya Border Post
P.O. Box A1030
Swazi Plaza
Phone: +268 442 4206
Fax: +268 442 4206 |
