Call our friendly team
Responsible Travel
What's included?
Watch our videos
Read our blog: Travellers' Tales
Our grading system explained
- Gentle
- Gentle/Moderate
- Moderate
- Moderate/Vigorous
- Vigorous
- Vigorous/Strenuous
- Strenuous
- Expedition Grade
Eswatini
- Capital city: Mbabane
- Population: 1.3 million (2015)
- Size of country: 17,364 sq km
- Currency: South African rand
- Power supply: 220 - 240 volts
- Sockets: British style square pin plugs
- Language: Swazi and English
- Time difference: GMT +1 hours
- Visas: British nationals do not require a visa for a trip of 30 days or less.
- Religion: Around 83% of the population is Christian, 15% follow traditional religions, 2% follow Islam, 0.5% follow the Bahá’í Faith and 0.2% follow Hinduism.
- Popular dishes: The staple food in Eswatini is Sishwala, a thick porridge normally served with meat or vegetables.
- Popular drinks: Eswatini’s most popular beer is Umcombotsi, a traditional brewed beer in Siswati.
- Did you know: Eswatini became a member of the United Nations in 1968, whilst at the same time it also became the twenty-eighth member of the British Commonwealth.
- FCO advice: FCO Travel Advice, Swaziland
- World Travel Guide: World Travel Guide