Malandelas Complex

Undoubtedly the Hippest place in Swaziland! The Malandela's Complex offers a fabulous Farmhouse Restaurant and Pub, beautiful gardens, Craft shops, Internet access and the magical "House on Fire" performance arena and art gallery.

Start your Malandela's experience by enjoying delicious farmhouse food in our delightfully relaxed Restaurant. After your meal, indulge yourself by shopping for beautiful International grade homeware products at Gone Rural, Baobab Batik and Zogg's Boutique.

Come and enjoy fantastical events and live performances at the awe-inspiring House on Fire or take a walk through our magical indigenous Botanical Garden.

As the copper sun sinks below the beautiful Mlilwane Mountains, enjoy a drink in the country pub, surf the Internet or just sit on the terrace overlooking the rolling Malkerns farmlands before snuggling down to a comfortable and relaxing night in our gorgeous Bed & Breakfast.

The Malandela's experience is a uniquely inspiring adventure!

House on Fire: The fantastical House on Fire is an awe-inspiring performance arena and art gallery with a very new distinctive African brand. Situated at Malandela’s in Swaziland’s “Valley of Heaven” it is a must visit for every traveller to Swaziland. At its core is a sunken "Afro - Shakespearian Globe Theatre" which creates an ideal venue for parties, functions and events for 50 to 500.

For those travellers in Swaziland looking for a night out, particularly over weekends, check out House on Fire's performance programme on their website. There is no place like it for catching big name African & International artists turning up the heat. For a truly awesome event music aficianados should keep their eye on the dates for the annual Bush Fire Festival, Swaziland's premier music and performance event.

The House on Fire gallery hosts one of the finest collections of sculpted pop art in the region. Wooden thrones, angel benches and candle stands decorated with tiles, jewels, textures and paint techniques are available for the discerning collector.

Gone Rural: A rural development company.

Established in 1992 Gone Rural works with 772 rural women in 14 groups in rural areas around Swaziland. KLutuindzi (mountain) grass is collected by the rural women and is dyed into a range of rich colours at the workshop; then created into exquisite tableware, floor mats and baskets. The products are of exceptionally high quality bringing new designs and ideas to traditional craft with 98.5% of the product exported to 32 countries world wide.

This provides the rural women producers an income which improves their quality of life and opportunities for their children. Gone Rural is committed to increasing its customer base to generate employment for more women thus enhancing local economies.

Zoggs Boutique: A team of six women had an opportunity to learn and a determination to support their families….. With a unique design style and a passion for colour the Zoggs team have created a range of original items to entice anyone. The items are all ‘Zogg-ed’ with the bright, fun ‘Zogg Dot’. Go look for yourself and enjoy the originality.

Ziggy's Internet Cafe: Friendly personal service combined high speed Internet connectivity as well as laptop points and WiFi make Ziggy’s a wonderful place to catch up on the world. They offer digital photo downloading, CD burning, printing, business services and photocopying. Come to Ziggies and let Ziyanda help you with all your Internet needs.

Baobab Batik: Come and see the beautiful surroundings and all the action and skill of batik making. Each piece is carefully painted in wax to create the design and dyed gradually to make up the pattern. Each design is entirely original and no two pieces are identical!

Baobab Batik started in 1991 employing 10 Swazi women. The business has since grown and now employs 30 women who utilize their skills to produce beautiful art pieces with a technique named batik.

Malkerns Valley, Swaziland

The Malandela's Complex offers something interesting and exciting for everyone, young and old.