THULANI YENDE - REGISTERED TOUR GUIDE

 

Swaziland Tours, Eswatini Cultural Tours

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Mbabane, Eswatini

 

I am an active licensed professional tour guide and pride myself on my ability to add a personal touches to every tour I conduct.

 

It is extremely important to me that my guests return home with experiences to remember.

 

I was born and raised in Eswatini (formally Swaziland) lived all over the country and I am passionately in love with it. I know it from the heart, inside out. I also travelled to South Africa and Mozambique : all of this comes out as part of my guiding. For wildlife tours, cultural tours,Safaris, arts & crafts ,city tours, extreme adventure hikes, sightseeing, airport transfers, chauffer drive,etcand hope to give them small taste of living in eSwatini. I also like to talk about our cultures and traditions. If you are the type of person who likes dates and facts. . . . . I can give you what you want. But my style is a more conversational one, engaging with my listeners and not a glibly rolling of endless facts from the tongue.

 

I'm comfortable with bigger groups but I often prefer smaller groups where I can build relationships and make the experience more personal. After you have seen Africa through my eyes, it will forever be in your heart, but beware, you might have to keep coming back for more because eSwatini gets into your blood!I have many years experience in guiding tours all over Swaziland. As a Swazi tour guide with this vast experience I able to offer a service worth to what a traveler has paid. I have also been asked to give guiding services to VIPs like celebrities, high officials and business people. All my tours can be customized : please feel free to contact me if you need any FURTHER INFORMATION.

 

CREDENTIALS

 

  • I started to work as a tour guide from the year 2007 immediately when i completed my high school.
  • I worked for a reputable tourism company building my experience until 2019.
  • To further my knowledge I went through a tourist guide course that was facilitated by the Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality and Tourism Association of Swaziland (HoTAS). The course included the following subjects : Culture, Traditions, Archeology, Geology, Geography, History, Fauna and Flora.

 

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TOURS

 

RATES

  • Sibebe Extreme Hike E1,500
  • Mkhaya day tour E4,188
  • Taste of Swaziland E2,760
  • Swaziland Ziplining/Canopy Tour (price on enquiry)
  • Southern Swaziland Sightseeing E1,896
  • Combined South and Northern Swaziland Tour E3,564
  • Manzini city tour E1,836
  • Hlane royal national park safari E4140

 

NB:Travelers with own transport will only be charged a guide fee of E150 per hour

 

CULTURAL FULL DAY TOUR: E2,760

A Taste Of Swaziland Full day local experience This is a unique experience of first hand daily life in the rural areas of Swaziland to discover the swazi culture. The main focus is to introduce visitors to the real people of Swaziland. Here you will not be introduced to actors who will perform for you, instead you will be taken " behind the scenes;to experience and enjoy the rich swazi culture.

ITINERARY

  • Pick up from hotel
  • Visit the Manzini Market and have a taste of swazi breakfast-thin porridge
  • Craft and fresh vegetable shopping at the manzini market
  • Check the traditional medicines stall for local cures for all ailments.
  • Leave the town and head for the rural areas of eLwandle (12 km) out of the city
  • Visit the local village and cook traditional food for lunch. The friendly swazi people from the homesteads will assist you with the ingredients and recipe of this kind of food
  • Fetch water and wash dishes
  • Visit the local families and get to try the siswati language. see the day-to- day lifestyle of this friendly and welcoming swazis.
  • Transport back to your hotel

 

     

 

SWAZILAND CANOPY TOUR/ZIPLINING : Price on Enquiry

4 hour ( half day) tour

Situated deep within the pristine mountain wilderness of the Malolotja nature reserve, the malolotja canopy tour offers some of the most dramatic scenery you will ever encounter with striking rock formations, towering cliff faces and views across the lush forest canopy towards the malolotja mountain peaks. Attached to a system of of cable ways and platforms and gliding between tall forest trees and from cliff-face to cliff.

ITINERARY

  • 08:30 arrive at Malolotja gate gate for ckeck-in and registration
  • 08:45 briefing and fitting of equipment
  • 09:00 depart for Majolomba gorge ( transport provided)
  • 09:15 walk down the start of canopy tour
  • 09:30 platform#1-the canopy tour commences
  • 12:15 Transport back to Malolotja restaurant
  • 12:30 light lunch provided

 

    

 

SWAZILAND SOUTHERN HIGHLIGHTS TOUR : E1,896

This is a sightseeing tour, where you would expect to see a few attraction areas of interest located on the southern part of Swaziland. Here you will see

the King Sobhuza 11 memorial park, Parliament buidings, Somhlolo national stadium and the Ludzidzini royal residence (Queen Mother's residence). The tour continues further to malkerns where the next stop will be House on fire and gone rural for art and craft. From then we continue Swazi candles where you will be watching the local craftsmen doing what they best when they will be moulding all sorts of sculptures from animals. You will be given a chance to learn how to do it. Then last section will be the visit to the Mantenga cultural villange where you will be taken to a 30 min entouring of the traditional village, you will be familiarised on how the ancient swazi used to live in the past. This will be followed by the traditional dance.

 

     

 

SWAZILAND HIGHLIGHTS TOUR

Explore Swaziland's Northern and Southern highlights in a day : E3,564

 

This is a full day tour begining from 08:00am to 17:00pm. I will meet up with the client from the hotel or arranged meeting point. The Swaziland highlights tour covers both the Northern and the Southern part places of interest in Swaziland. This kind of tour is about visiting all the places of interest found both in the north and southern part of the country. In short you get to explore the country at large. Interesting places of interest in the northern part .

INCLUDES:

  • The capital city of Swaziland
  • The glass factory
  • The historic old iron ore mine
  • The Sibebe rock(2nd largest granite rock in the world)
  • The breath taking Maguga dam
  • The bushmen paintings
  • Down in the southern part places of interest includes;The Parliament buildings, Museums, Ludzidzini royal residence (The King

 

    

 

MKHAYA DAY TOUR AND SAFARI : E4,188

Mkhaya Game Reserve consists of big game that makes up the big five.

 

The park rangers will take you up in their open vehicle and keep you company to make sure that you have an unforgettable experience. The white and black rhino, elaphant, giraffe, hippo, crocodiles and a wide range of bird life are all white you can see here. If you like birds, you dont want to miss out on this tour

 

A wide variety of riverine bushveld forest species are regularly spotted with highlights including raptors, vultures, marabou, storks, narina trogon and pink throated twinspots.

 

Mkhaya Game Reserve Swaziland    

 

MANZINI CITY TOUR : E1,836

 

The name reverted to its original swazi name, Manzini in 1960. The town was a British/Boer colonial headquarters from 1890, but was destroyed in 1902 amid the anglo-boer war when the administrative centre was transferred to Mbabane ( today the capital). This is a unique tour of Manzini where you can get to discover the historical and cultural experience of it.

 

Here you will interact with locals, witness the typical life of swazis from staple food, language, attire and the way of life in general.

 

You will also explore of the beaten tourists path to the King Somhlolo park. Manzini is the place to visit if you want to get a real taste of the swazi traditional market, it is authentic, very reasonable cost wise, have a best mixture of food and goods and most importantly used by locals. Here you can find a lot of souvenirs.

 

Manzini Market Place     Manzini local people

 
 

Thulani Yende

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Email : terahyende@gmail.com

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