Det sker i Mbabane (Swaziland), Eswatini året igennem

Travlt — Incwala ceremony, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Thunderstorm and lightning season (1. okt. – 31. mar. (normalt)), Incwala ceremony (19. dec. – 6. jan.)

Travlt — Buganu (Marula) Festival, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Buganu (Marula) Festival

  20. feb. – 20. mar. · normaltStor festivalTætpakket

  Women bring fermented marula brew to the King in two royal ceremonies, first at Ebuhleni in the north of the Hhohho region and about two weeks later at Hlane in the east, with singing, dancing and a lot of buganu drunk. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Thunderstorm and lightning season (1. okt. – 31. mar. (normalt))

Travlt — Buganu (Marula) Festival, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

Stadig i gang: Buganu (Marula) Festival (20. feb. – 20. mar. (normalt)), Thunderstorm and lightning season (1. okt. – 31. mar. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Travlt — MTN Bushfire festival, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  MTN Bushfire festival

  29.–31. majMusikfestivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  Southern Africa's best-known arts and music weekend runs at House on Fire in the Malkerns Valley, a short drive south of Mbabane, drawing up to 20,000 people over three days. It is the one weekend hotel rooms across the capital and the Ezulwini valley are hardest to find. Kilde ↗

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i juni.

Travlt — Sibebe Survivor challenge, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Sibebe Survivor challenge

  24.–31. jul. · normaltSportsbegivenhedTætpakket

  Thousands walk the 10 km charity hike up Sibebe Rock, a huge granite dome just outside Mbabane, on the last Sunday in July. Families, company teams and visitors all join; registration closes a couple of weeks before. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Umhlanga Reed Dance, Umhlanga, the Reed Dance

• Festival

  Umhlanga Reed Dance

  24.–31. aug.Stor festivalTætpakket

  Up to 40,000 unmarried women converge on the Ludzidzini royal village near Lobamba, a short drive from Mbabane, for an eight-day ceremony ending on the public-holiday main day. Roads into the Ezulwini valley are congested and the capital's hotels fill around it. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Umhlanga, the Reed Dance

  25. aug. – 10. sep. · normaltNational helligdagTætpakketLukninger

  Tens of thousands of young women bring reeds to the Queen Mother's royal village over about a week, ending in massed singing and dancing before the King that visitors may watch. The final day is a public holiday, and lodges in the central valleys book up. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Umhlanga, the Reed Dance, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Natur

  Malolotja spring wildflowers

  15. sep. – 30. nov. · normaltVilde blomster & blomstring

  The grasslands of Malolotja Nature Reserve, a short drive north-west of Mbabane, flower after the first spring rains, with lilies, orchids and red-hot pokers along the hiking trails, usually best in October and November. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Umhlanga Reed Dance (24.–31. aug.), Umhlanga, the Reed Dance (25. aug. – 10. sep. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Risiko

  Thunderstorm and lightning season

  1. okt. – 31. mar. · normaltStormsæson

  Afternoon thunderstorms over the highveld are frequent in summer, and Eswatini has recorded one of the highest lightning death rates anywhere. Plan hikes on Sibebe and in Malolotja for the morning. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Malolotja spring wildflowers (15. sep. – 30. nov. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Malolotja spring wildflowers (15. sep. – 30. nov. (normalt)), Thunderstorm and lightning season (1. okt. – 31. mar. (normalt))

Travlt — Incwala ceremony, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Incwala ceremony

  19. dec. – 6. jan.National helligdagLukninger

  Eswatini's most sacred ritual, timed by the moon rather than the calendar, runs from the Little Incwala shortly before Christmas to the King's first-fruits ceremony in early January, a gazetted public holiday. Government offices and many shops in Mbabane close, and the exact dates are only confirmed close to the event. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Thunderstorm and lightning season (1. okt. – 31. mar. (normalt))