Swaziland is a small country about the size of Wales sharing a 267 mile border with South Africa to the north, south and west and a 65 mile border with Mozambique to the east. It has a sub-tropical climate with about 75% of total rainfall occurring from October to March. The country 's topography is mainly mountains and hills, with some moderately sloping plains. Its lowest point is the Great Usutu river at 69ft and its highest point is Emlembe, part of the Drakensberg mountain range at 6018ft.

Swaziland is made up of four areas representing all of the terrain if Africa except for desert. Highveld to the west has mountains, rivers, waterfalls and gorges with a generally temperate climate of warm, wet summers and dry winters when the temperature can rise sharply during the day, but with cold nights. Next to Highveld is Middleveld, slightly lower with fertile valleys and a warm climate that makes it ideal for farming and is the main crop growing area of Swaziland. As you proceed east, you enter into the sub-tropical Lowveld where sugar and citrus are cultivated for export and cattle are reared. The smallest area of Swaziland is Lubombo which shares the country's border with Mozambique. Lubombo, again, has an abundance of mountains and supports mixed farming.

Although the majority of its citizens live in rural communities, only around 10% of its land is actually arable and declining harvests over the past few years as a result of droughts has led to many migrating to more urban areas or changing their farming practices from growing maize to eat to growing crops that can be sold for cash such as cotton. Despite its small size, Swaziland has eighteen airports, over 2000 miles of highways but just 187 miles of railway. With both English and siSwati as its official languages, its population is 97% African and 3% European with 40% being Zionist, 20% Roman Catholic and just 10% Muslim with other religions such as Methodists, Anglicans, Mormons and Jews comprising the remaining 30%.

This video provides some stunning images of Swaziland. After you've watched it why not take a virtual tour of the country using our satellite map here and zoom in on other images of interest.