Mabuda or "Place of Dreams" is a romantic corner of the beautiful Lebombo Mountains. This is an historic farm: 1930's decor and atmosphere are evident everywhere you look. The farm produces maize and beef, and with the dairy, the oldest in ...
Lituba Lodge is set in a beautiful and tranquil rural setting where it nestles beneath the shadow of the Lubombo mountains just off the main road between Big Bend and Siteki. Just 25 minutes drive from the new Sikhuphe International Airport, and is on
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Lying in the heart of rural Swaziland, Siteki is the Administrative Capital
of the Swaziland Lebombo Area, and is about a two hour drive from Mbabane, the
capital of Swaziland. Mbandzeni, the present King Mswati III's great grandfather
named the town Siteki, which in Swazi means the "marrying place", when he gave
his troops permission to perform marriage ceremonies.
Dont miss the Swaziland Lonhlupekho Craft Market in Siteki, where the Swazis
sell a wonderful array of traditional crafts and curios. Vendors at the
Swaziland Siteki market are also more than happy to talk about the area, and
this makes the market a great place to learn about the real Swaziland from those
who know it best.
The main street in Siteki is also the location of many interesting and lively
Swaziland restaurants, and if you're looking for hotel accommodation in Siteki,
the Siteki Hotel proves to be an ideal stop-over for travellers making their way
from Kwazulu Natal to northern Mozambique. For Siteki guest farm accommodation,
Mabuda Farm or "place of dreams", lies in a romantic corner of the beautiful
Lebombo Mountains, and is the ideal setting for a few days away from it all.
For traditional fare, the Swaziland Siteki Lituba Lodge Restaurant, which looks
out over the Swaziland lowveld bush and the nearby Lebombo Mountains, offers a
blend of hearty Swazi food, and fresh seafood from nearby Maputo in
Mozambikque,on the Indian Ocean.
Siteki is well known for its Inyanga and Sangoma School, a Swaziland government
managed facility which trains healers and diviners. Not far from Siteki, the
Muti-Muti Nature Reserve is where the practitioners harvest the variety of herbs
they use in their traditional medicine.
The Swaziland Muti-Muti reserve is host to moist belt forests, Kiaat woodlands,
rocky plateaus, cliffs and open savannah, and on a clear day one can see across
the entire breadth of Swaziland in the west, and across the floodplains of
Mozambique situated in the east.
Nearby Swaziland attractions include the Border Cave (22.59km) - an extremely
important archeological find which has yielded more than a million Stone Age
artifacts, as well as some of the earliest modern Homo Sapiens remains ever
discovered. Swaziland Mlawula Nature Reserve (25.86km) offers fishing, walking
safaris, and game viewing, either at one of the hides within the reserve, or
from game viewing vehicles. Visitors must however be warned of the dangerous
crocodiles.
Where to Stay hosts Siteki accommodation options as well as nearby Swaziland
guest houses, Swaziland self catering and Swaziland hotel options. Golf estate
accommodation in Swaziland should be sought in Manzini (Nkonyeni Golf Estate)
and Swaziland Royal Spa which is a Sun International hotel and Casino in
Mbabane.
