Swazi Visa is not required for Ugandans
Stay Duration: 30 days
Entry Requirements
- Swaziland tourist visa is not required for citizens of Uganda for a stay up to 30 days.
- Visitors are required to possess passports valid for the duration of stay.
- Visitors are also required to leave at two blank pages of their passports for visa stamps.
- Visitors are required to provide a certificate of Yellow Fever Vaccination on entry.
- Swaziland is also called the kingdom of Eswatini and popularly called “Eswatini”.
- Public transportation is Swaziland is not easily accessible for persons with disabilities, the government has not provided any means of alternative accessible transport.
- Traffic accidents are common in Swaziland than crime, the visitors are advised to exercise caution when driving.
- The Eswatini’s currency, the lilangeni, is pegged to the South African rand.
- Transport made within Eswatini is mostly through public buses and cars. Car ownership is limited in the country.
- Swaziland currently uses the South African Standard time (GMT +2), hence, Uganda is 1 hour ahead of Eswatini.
- The estimated flight time from Kampala, Uganda to Swaziland is 4 hours, 11 minutes.
- Swazi and English are the country’s two official languages, although, Swazi is popularly spoken by the local indigenes.
- The climate of Eswatini varies from tropical to near temperate.
- The country is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and by South Africa to its north, west and south.
- Swaziland has a wide variety of landscapes, from the mountains along the Mozambican border to savannas in the east and rain forest in the northwest.
- 4% of the national territory is made up of 3 national parks plus other types of protected areas. Hlane Royal National Park is Swaziland’s largest protected area and park.
- Hlane in Eswatini is home to the Transvaal lion, South African cheetah, elephant, giraffe, and white rhinoceros
- In Eswatini, there are 132 species of mammal, 500 species of bird, 111 species of reptiles and amphibians, and over 3,500 indigenous species of plants.
- Mbabane, Swaziland’s cool-climate capital, is home to the Swazi Market, a must-see for souvenir-hunting tourists.
- Artefacts indicating human activity dating back to the early Stone Age, around 200,000 years ago, have been found in Swaziland.
- The country is an absolute monarchy, ruled by Ngwenyama (“King”) Mswati III since 1986.
- Sibebe Rock in Eswatini is the world’s second-largest monolith (single piece of rock) behind Australia’s Uluru.
- In Swaziland the power plugs and sockets are of type M. The standard voltage is 230 V and the standard frequency is 50 Hz.
- Under Swazi law, game rangers in Eswatini can shoot and kill poachers caught in the act.
- Swaziland is known by tourists for its abundance of game reserves, mountains, safari lounges and gardens.
- The country is also full of arts, wildlife and natural arts such as rock arts and hut buildings.
- About 80% of the Swaziland population practice Christianity, 20% practice Islam while 3.0% practice the traditional Swazi religion.