Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Mbabane (Swaziland), Swaziland

Druk — Incwala ceremony, schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Thunderstorm and lightning season (1 okt – 31 mrt (meestal)), Incwala ceremony (19 dec – 6 jan)

Druk — Buganu (Marula) Festival, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Buganu (Marula) Festival

  20 feb – 20 mrt · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Thunderstorm and lightning season (1 okt – 31 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Buganu (Marula) Festival, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Buganu (Marula) Festival (20 feb – 20 mrt (meestal)), Thunderstorm and lightning season (1 okt – 31 mrt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — MTN Bushfire festival, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  MTN Bushfire festival

  29–31 meiMuziekfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Sibebe Survivor challenge, schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Sibebe Survivor challenge

  24–31 jul · meestalSportevenementDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Umhlanga Reed Dance, Umhlanga, the Reed Dance

• Festival

  Umhlanga Reed Dance

  24–31 augGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Umhlanga, the Reed Dance

  25 aug – 10 sep · meestalNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Druk — Umhlanga, the Reed Dance, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Malolotja spring wildflowers

  15 sep – 30 nov · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Umhlanga Reed Dance (24–31 aug), Umhlanga, the Reed Dance (25 aug – 10 sep (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Risico

  Thunderstorm and lightning season

  1 okt – 31 mrt · meestalOnweersseizoen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Malolotja spring wildflowers (15 sep – 30 nov (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Malolotja spring wildflowers (15 sep – 30 nov (meestal)), Thunderstorm and lightning season (1 okt – 31 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Incwala ceremony, schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Incwala ceremony

  19 dec – 6 janNationale feestdagSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Thunderstorm and lightning season (1 okt – 31 mrt (meestal))