Mlawula Nature Reserve

The Mlawula Nature Reserve is a nature reserve situated in north-eastern Eswatini. It covers approximately 16,500 hectares and is adjacent to Mbuluzi Game Reserve, Simunye Nature Reserve, and Hlane Royal National Park.

View from Magadzevane Camp on the Lubombo mountains

Blue wildebeest and impala in Acacia nigrescens savanna

The Mlawula area was first proclaimed as a protected area in 1914 but was subsequently deproclaimed and subdivided into cattle ranches. The first part of Mlawula to be proclaimed as a conservation area was donated in 1978, to become Ndzindza Nature Reserve. Mlawula Estates were purchased soon after followed by the donation of Nyala Ranch.[1]

Mlawula has a high bird diversity and over 350 species have been recorded.[2]

References

1. "Mlawula Nature Reserve". Swaziland National Trust Commission. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
2. "Mlawula Nature Reserve". South African Birding. Retrieved 2009-10-26.