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Mkhaya Game Reserve

Eswatini

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Mkhaya Game Reserve is in Eswatini (Swaziland).

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Unlike other nature parks, Mkhaya does not have a reception office. Visitors will be picked up in the town of Phuzumoya (on the MR8, follow the signs to Mkhaya).

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UnderstandMkhaya was established in 1979 to save the pure Nguni breed of cattle from extinction and is a proclaimed Nature Reserve.

Get inUnlike other nature parks, Mkhaya does not have a reception office. Visitors will be picked up in the town of Phuzumoya (on the MR8, follow the signs to Mkhaya).

Fees and permitsThere are no permit costs to enter the park since all entries have to be arranged prior to arrival. The permit costs are usually included in the arrangement price.

DoGuided jeep safari, Day tours including lunch and guided walks (only for persons staying overnight in the game reserve) are available at the park and all have to be arranged prior to arrival

BuyStone Camp (within Mkhaya game reserve, where the lodges are) has a small camp store and bar where you can buy souvenirs and campsite accessories.

SleepCottages must be booked prior to arrival at Big Game Parks.

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