Mlawula Nature Reserve

View from Magadzevane Camp on the Lubombo mountains

Blue wildebeest and impala in Acacia nigrescens savanna

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

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 reproclaimed 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.

Coordinates: 26°11′00″S 31°59′00″E / 26.18333°S 31.98333°E