Mlawula Nature Reserve

View from Magadzevane Camp on the Lubombo mountains
Blue wildebeest and impala in Acacia nigrescens savanna

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.

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]

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