Ngwenya Mine

Hhohho Region · Eswatini

Ngwenya Mine, Eswatini
Photo: Heather Dowd, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
May to September
Budget
$
Coordinates
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Regarded as one of the oldest known mines in the world, where ancient people extracted iron ore and red ochre. The site on Ngwenya Mountain preserves early evidence of human mining activity.

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