Siteki is renowned for its Inyanga and Sangoma School, a government school to train healers and diviners. It's a fascinating mix of botany, spiritualism and natural science, and you can visit the school if you arrange it in advance through Swazi Tourism in Mbabane. Rare species of succulents, cycads and climbers grow among the ironwood forests, and shy spotted hyena and leopard reside here, as do hippo, samango monkey, waterbuck, wildebeest, crocodile, antelope, zebra and more than 350 species of bird. Nasties like the bilharzia parasite hang around the waterways among the crocs, and three species of deadly snakes also call the reserve home. Walking trails are still being established and archaeological trails are planned as stone age artefacts have been unearthed here.
Accommodation is so far in campsites with basic ablution blocks.
It's probably best to take a Swazi guide through the Grand Valley, and do the journey as a scenic drive with some stops along the way rather than making any long stays anywhere. The Grand Valley is on a good road between Manzini and the border crossing of Mahamba in the south-west. In the hilly north-west, the Malolotja Reserve is a mix of high and middle veld, and is home to more than 280 bird species, some of them rare. Wildflowers and rare plants, such as the woolly barberton and the kaapschehoop cycad, and protea forests around the numerous streams attract visitors, but you're likely to meet more wildlife than human life. The park harbours baboon, vervet monkey, warthog, leopard, lynx, jackal and numerous antelope species, as well as more than 280 species of birds.