Soaring high above South Africa, this rugged “Kingdom in the Sky” rewards adventurous travelers with dramatic mountain peaks, traditional stone villages, and the proud, welcoming spirit of the Basotho people.
We drove our truck from Maliba Lodge with a local guide to visit Basotho villagers living in the surrounding mountains. The community is connected with the Maliba Community Trust, which supports local development through tourism, including regional health services, education programmes...
We spent a lovely day exploring Ts’ehlanyane National Park, a rugged, high-altitude wilderness area in northern Lesotho’s Leribe District. The park is home to Maliba Lodge, one of Lesotho’s premier mountain retreats, where we stayed at the campsite right next to the...
We spent a day in Maseru, Lesotho’s capital and largest city, on the border with South Africa. The city lies along the Caledon River, which forms part of the western border between Lesotho and South Africa’s Free State. Its name is believed to derive from the Sesotho word for...
We arrived at the Maseru Bridge Border Post in the late afternoon, a major 24-hour land crossing connecting Maseru, Lesotho’s capital, with Ladybrand in South Africa’s Free State province. After our recent quick, easy border crossings, we assumed this one would be just as...
As part of our Sani Pass trip, we visited Sekiring Village, often spelt Skeering by local tour operators. This living, traditional Basotho settlement lies roughly 7 kilometres beyond the Sani Pass border post, on Lesotho’s rugged high-altitude plateau at almost 2,900 metres above...