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Ezulwini valley, the "Valley of Heaven"

The Ezulwini Valley (meaning the valley of Heaven) is indeed a beautiful part of Swaziland, easily accessible between the capital Mbabane and the town of Manzini. From Mbabane the main road goes down Malegwane Hill and a panorama opens up towards the valley and a string of mountains, dominated by two pointed peaks known as "Sheba's breasts". The road leads past the Swazi Health and Beauty Studio and the Casino and nearby is Mantenga Falls, a popular tourist spot.

A side road, known as the "Tea Road" leads to tea plantations that were started in the early seventies. There are, as everywhere in the country, small traditional homesteads, houses built of earth and with grass roofs, where maize and other crops are grown and young boys look after their father's cattle. Near Dlangeni is a small, peaceful lake.

Close to Mantenga Falls is the small Mlilwane Game Reserve, where, on a leisurely drive, you easily encounter many impalas and zebras, but also the rare white rhinoceros and a pair of giraffes. In the early seventies one of those giraffes was killed when it walked into a power line; a replacement was donated by South Africa. And a popular feature in those days was a large hog, nicknamed "Lady Jane", who lazed around the small visitor centre of the reserve.

	Malegwane Hill	Ezulwini Valley	"Sheba's Breasts"	Dlangeni lake
	Along "Tea Road"	Traditional houses	View near Mantenga	Mantenga Falls
	Mantenga Falls	White rhino	"Lady Jane"	Giraffe

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