Around Bhunya, western Swaziland

Not far to the south west of Swaziland's capital, Mbabane, is a beautiful region centred around the Usutshwana (Little Usutu) river. A road leads past small village homesteads like Emvakwelitshe and Sipocosini, with good views of the river to the small town of Mhlambanyati. This is where the Usutu Forest is entered, an artificial forest, planted to supply the Usutu Puip Mill in the town of Bhunya. Not far from Bhunya, at Sandlane on the South African border, rock paintings can be found made by Bushmen, who used to live here long ago, before the ancestors of the Swazi arrived. The paintings are of hunting scenes and animals, one of quite a few of those galleries that can be found in the country.

The road leads from Bhunya to Luyengo, the site of a Teacher Training College, past the Usutshwana river and the hills of Nqabaneni. Not far from there is Malkerns with its citrus and pineapple plantations and Mahlanya market where it can be bought. The town of Mankayane is further south and beyond that is Sicunusa, not far from the Shiselweni District in the south.

	Emvakwelitshe village	Sipocosini	Little Usutu river	Mhlambanyati
	Bhunya	Usutu Pulp Mill	Bushmen paintings	Usutshwana river
	Herdboy with cattle	Nqabaneni	View near Malkerns	Maghubeleni School

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