Protected areas of Eswatini include any geographical area protected for a specific use inside the landlocked country of Eswatini, in southern Africa.
Within Eswatini there is a mix of national, private and community-owned protected areas. They include national parks, nature reserves, wildlife sanctuaries and game reserves.
National parks Hlane Royal National Park
Wildlife sanctuaries Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary
Game reserves Mbuluzi Game ReserveMbuluzi Game Reserve Dombeya Game Reserve Mkhaya Game ReserveMkhaya Game Reserve
Nature reserves Hawane Nature ReserveNature Reserve Malolotja Nature ReserveMalolotja Nature Reserve Mantenga Nature ReserveMantenga Nature Reserve Mlawula Nature ReserveNature Reserve Phophonyane Falls Nature Reserve Shewula Community Nature ReserveShewula Community Nature Reserve Simunye Nature Reserve
Other protected areas Bulembu National Landscape Hlane Makhonjwa National Landscape Mbuluzi Mhlosinga Mkhaya Mlilwane Muti Muti Phophonyane Nisela (private, unproclaimed) Nkhalashane Siza Ranch Sondeza National Landscape
Eswatini's involvement with various transfrontier parks Lubombo Conservancy, as part of the Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area Nsubane Pongola Transfrontier Conservation Area Songimvelo-Malolotja Transfrontier Conservation Area Usuthu-Tembe-Futi Transfrontier Conservation Area, incorporating Usuthu Gorge
Lubombo Conservancy Situated in the Lubombo District, the conservancy is part of the Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area, which straddles the border between South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, southern Mozambique and the northeastern part of Eswatini. It includes the Hlane Royal National Park, the Mlawula Nature Reserve, the Shewula Community Nature Reserve, the Mbuluzi Game Reserve, the Nkhalashane Siza Ranch and the Inyoni Yami Swaziland Irrigation Scheme (IYSIS). It is Eswatini's largest conservancy area.
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