Ngwenya Glass - Eswatini

Ngwenya Glass is a glass factory in Eswatini. The Ngwenya Glass collection includes tableware, drinking glasses, vases, jugs and African ornamental animals, all handcrafted from recycled glass. There are glass shops, coffee shops, chocolate shops and various other shops & restaurants.It's the perfect place to watch the art of glass blowing, buy gifts, or even simply enjoy a snack and the peace.

We visited here during our stay in Mbabane. Pity we visited on the glass blowers day off. Glass shop had many nice pieces. Several other cute shops including a good chocolate shop.

Beautifully handcrafted glassware. Great variety to choose from and very reasonably priced. They make amazing gifts to take home from Eswatini!

Wonderful stuff from Ngwenya Glass Factory. We've bought many things here and often bringing visitors who love to see all the unique things they make. Visiting on a week day (if possible) is especially fun as you can see the employees making things from glass. There are also other craft shops here that are worth checking out, and a cafe that is surprisingly good.

Nice place for visiting. The shop’s ladies are very nice and friendly.

It’s a tourist hotspot, with good reason. I love that it’s out of the city centre, overlooks gorgeous mountains. The restaurant offers easy meals, nothing too hectic but quite nice. I enjoyed their carrot cake which they gave us for free after we waited too long for pizza. The shops on the property are arts & craft, unique & something to keep as a souvenir or gift loved ones. Will visit again.

Glass factory is amazing. Love that they show you how they make the glass and ornaments. Small shops around gives tourist vibe. Very nice chocolate shop and other bits and bobs. Peacocks roaming around gives it a peaceful atmosphere. Glass bit pricy fir local shopping. Little restaurants serves amazing food. Milkshakes just took too long and waiter confuzed orders with other tables.

This place is gorgeous, peacocks all around, food from the Cafe.. The pizza and banana pancakes and their milkshakes are on top. The best is the glass factory... Local and beautiful. Be prepared to pay a bit more but it is all local so do your bit.

Our visit to the glass factory was fairly well rewarded - the ornate recycled glass figures, drinking glasses and glass decorations were a sight to behold. Although prices were somewhat high, I suppose the fact that its recycled and a tourist attraction explains that. We purchased 2 ornate drinking glasses and asked for additional engraving at an additional fee - this took about 50 minutes to complete, but we are very happy with the purchase. Being able to walk over the factory craft area and experience the heat and conditions was very interesting!It was cool to see how some of the shop structural items and decorations were also inspired by the use of glass - see my photos uploaded.The other shops on the premises are interesting enough, but not particularly impressive, except for some small items like some of the shops sell laminated paper jewellery, there is a pewter/silver craftsman store on the premises and a chocolate maker, although the chocolate isn't something to write home about.The restaurant was unfortunately mediocre and uninspiring. They could definitely improve on that aspect.Also a cat sleeping in a basket - automatic 5 stars.Also several peacock's on a balustrade.

Ngwenya is a must see tourist and local destination. I really enjoyed the restaurant/Cafe there as well. The food didn't disappoint in flavor but the cost of drinks was steep. This could be because they know tourist are more likely to spend more on something because they don't know, but if you know it is costly.