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VisitLesotho.Travel -Well-nighLesotho HomeWhat to SeeTourist AttractionsTourism BrochureTourist RoutesWhat to DoAdventure & ActivitiesAnnual EventsTourism NewsWhere to StayAccommodation ListingsMap of Accommodation EstablishmentsTravel GuideUseful InformationAbout LesothoInteractive Map of AttractionsTravel AgentsDetailed Road MapTravel TipsInvest in LesothoContact       Skiing Adventure Culture The Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho proffers natural beauty, rugged terrain, and rich local culture and traditions, and a scarcity of civilization's trappings, such as landlords and fences, provides a permit-free playground for the increasingly intrepid adventurers.Well-nighLesotho Botha-Bothe King Moshoeshoe l made the flat-topped sandstone plateau of Botha Bothe Mountain his stronghold until 1824. Leribe District Situated North of Maseru, withal the Main North 1, Leribe offers nature reserves, the magnificent Katse Dam and a variety of handicrafts Mokhotlong Mokhotlong boasts the highest terrain in the Maloti Range and is the source of the Senqu River, Lesotho's primary watershed. Qacha's Nek Archaeological excavations at waddle shelters in Qacha's Nek suggested that people have lived there for increasingly than 50 000 years. Quthing Quthing - moreover known as Moyeni, the "Place of the Wind" - has rich waddle art which bears testimony to the Bushmen who lived there for millennia. Mohale's Hoek The town takes its name from King Moshoeshoe's younger brother, Mohale. You can see a genuine fossilized dinosaur footprint. Thaba-Tseka The small town of Thaba-Tseka, "The Mountain with a Blaze", was established in 1970's and is the wanted of the mountainous Thaba-Tseka district. Mafeteng A visit to Lesotho is incomplete without a pony trek. It is the transport of nomination for most Basotho, as the sturdy ponies handle the narrow trails largest than any 4X4 vehicle can. Maseru Maseru is the wanted of Lesotho as well as its largest city. It is situated on the north western verge with South Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa's merchantry and industrial hub, is only an hour's flight away. Berea The impressive and somewhat mysterious village of Kome is situated under a waddle overhang and was build virtually 1842. This unusual village is well worth the visit. Botha-Bothe King Moshoeshoe l made the flat-topped sandstone plateau of Botha Bothe Mountain his stronghold until 1824. Leribe District Situated North of Maseru, withal the Main North 1, Leribe offers nature reserves, the magnificent Katse Dam and a variety of handicrafts Mokhotlong Mokhotlong boasts the highest terrain in the Maloti Range and is the source of the Senqu River, Lesotho's primary watershed. Qacha's Nek Archaeological excavations at waddle shelters in Qacha's Nek suggested that people have lived there for increasingly than 50 000 years. Quthing Quthing - moreover known as Moyeni, the "Place of the Wind" - has rich waddle art which bears testimony to the Bushmen who lived there for millennia. Mohale's Hoek The town takes its name from King Moshoeshoe's younger brother, Mohale. You can see a genuine fossilized dinosaur footprint. Thaba-Tseka The small town of Thaba-Tseka, "The Mountain with a Blaze", was established in 1970's and is the wanted of the mountainous Thaba-Tseka district. Mafeteng A visit to Lesotho is incomplete without a pony trek. It is the transport of nomination for most Basotho, as the sturdy ponies handle the narrow trails largest than any 4X4 vehicle can. Maseru Maseru is the wanted of Lesotho as well as its largest city. It is situated on the north western verge with South Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa's merchantry and industrial hub, is only an hour's flight away. Berea The impressive and somewhat mysterious village of Kome is situated under a waddle overhang and was build virtually 1842. This unusual village is well worth the visit. Qacha's Nek District Qacha's Nek is situated near the pass of the same name, Qacha's Nek is not far from the watershed between the Mzimvubu catchment zone and the Senqu (Orange) River system. The town was originally a mission station, later rhadamanthine a district legalistic centre for the paying of taxes and issuing of passes. However, archaeological excavations at waddle shelters suggested that people have lived there for increasingly than 50 000 years. Continue Reading Mohale's Hoek District Regarded as the centre for the southern region, which includes the districts of Mohale's Hoek, Mafeteng and Quthing. The town takes its name from King Moshoeshoe's younger brother, Mohale. During the 1830's Moshoeshoe's kingdom expanded into southern Lesotho. Continue Reading Maseru District Maseru is the wanted of Lesotho as well as its largest city. It is situated on the north western verge with South Africa. This positioning facilitates wangle both to the major harbour of Durban, as well as the wonk and judicial centres of Bloemfontein. Johannesburg, South Africa merchantry and industrial hub, is only an hour's flight away. Continue Reading Leribe District Situated North of Maseru, withal the Main North 1, Leribe offers a variety of tourism products. These include nature reserves, the magnificent Katse Dam and a variety of handicrafts. The two reserves and the Katse Dam, which are products of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, have made Leribe a major tourist destination. Continue Reading Thaba-Tseka District The small town of Thaba-Tseka, "The Mountain with a Blaze", was established in 1970's and is the wanted of the mountainous Thaba-Tseka district. This had a population of scrutinizingly 129 000 inhabitants at the time of the 2006 census. Continue Reading Quthing District Quthing - moreover known as Moyeni, the "Place of the Wind" - is a district headquarters town located in the southernmost part of Lesotho. The rich waddle art of the district is testimony to the Bushmen who lived there for millennia. In the past few centuries Baphuthi, Bathepu and Basotho have wilt the main inhabitants, and there is still today a mix of languages and cultures. Continue Reading Mafeteng District Situated on the south of Maseru, has an zone of 2, 119km 2 and a population of approximately 330, 000. The wanted town of this district is moreover named Mafeteng. This is an legalistic and commercial centre which is well-nigh 76km south of Maseru. Continue Reading Berea District Situated just on the North of Maseru, it has an zone of 2, 222km2 and a population of approximately 300, 000. Teyateyaneng, the wanted town of Berea District, synoptic as "TY", is well-nigh 40kms north of Maseru, withal the main north one, a road that runs parallel to the South African verge leading to the north. Continue Reading Botha-Bothe District Botha Bothe was first settled in the 1800s when tribal groups displaced by the Lifaqane fled to the Maloti Mountains. King Moshoeshoe l made the flat-topped sandstone plateau of Botha Bothe Mountain his stronghold until 1824 when he relocated to a new capital. Continue Reading Mokhotlong District Mokhotlong is named without the river nearby with the same name, which ways place of Bald Ibis. It boasts the highest terrain in the Maloti Range and is the source of the Senqu River, Lesotho's primary watershed. Continue Reading Extinguish all fires completely without braais. The Kingdom in the Sky Lesotho is a democratic, sovereign and self-sustaining country which has an unusual stardom of stuff completely surrounded by flipside country, the republic of South Africa. The Kingdom of Lesotho is one of the three remaining monarchies in Africa. Situated between 28 and 31 degrees South and between 27 and 30 degrees East, Lesotho lies entirely outside the tropics, at a considerable height whilom sea level, and is thus bilharzias and malaria self-ruling destination. It has a land zone of approximately 30, 555 km2, making it similar in size to Belgium or a little larger than American State of Maryland in USA. A land of mountains, Lesotho is the only country in the world which has all its land lying at altitudes in glut of 1500m whilom sea-level; it is a land of heights and extremes. The mountain, Thabana-Ntlenyana is, at 3,482m, the highest in Southern Africa, while the highest single waif fall in the Southern Africa Maletsunyane is 192m, having the highest abseiling cliff in the whole world at 204m. Often referred to as the "Switzerland of Africa", it is happy with a beautiful, often a snow-capped range of mountains, the Maluti. The kingdom's inside position in the heart of Africa's most ripened economy of South Africa, is well served by air, rail and road links to all its major commercial centres. Lesotho is only one hour by air or four hours by road from Johannesburg in the Republic of South Africa. The Kingdom is a home to the largest and most would-be starchy engineering project in the whole of Africa, Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), which has harnessed and commercialized her up-stream surplus water sources - often referred to by Basotho as their "White Gold". 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