Lesotho, Lesotho Travel Blogs

out of this world
Oct 8, 2009 (11 photos)

... the dark of night to meet the stars. The stars - no, I wont even try, just close your eyes and imagine........ Ah, Lesotho, to think I never even knew, could have easily missed, this wild and romantic encounter. But I found myself there, by fluke or by ...

Week Four - Wild Coast, Lesotho and Durban
Sep 16, 2003 (9 photos)

... to Sani Top Chalets. Expected journey time 8 hours. Border crossing shuts at 4pm hence early start. Passed through many Lesotho village with friendly waving locals. Three quarters of the way to Sani over mountains exceeding 3000 metres we came across ...

Lesotho
Jan 16, 2006 (4 photos)

From the backpackers in Bergville we booked a trip into the small country within South Africa called Lesotho (pronounced Le sue too) It was definately one of the highlights of our trip so far. Many routes into Lesotho and around Lesotho are only accesible ...

The Hills are Alive
Nov 24, 2009 (9 photos)

... budget allows. Am I being rude when I leave some of the hefty mound of papa on my plate each evening?? * Wondering when Lesotho will be strong enough to refuse conditions set by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in return for their aid - ...

Lesotho
Dec 30, 2008 (35 photos)

Photos of Sani Pass Lesotho Day trip arranged by http://www.sanilodge.co.za/da/

An African Adventure
Nov 17, 2009 (2 photos)

... possibilities made it even more alluring. When my overnight flight to Johannesburg arrived too late to catch the noon flight to Lesotho, I decided to catch a bus. After all, it’s always good to be gradually introduced to ones new surroundings. At ...

More Adventures with Red Rover
Nov 23, 2008 (43 photos)

... time to get this organized.  Needless to say we were feeling pretty bummed that day. We are now in the country of Lesotho after a hair-raising drive in the mountains.  They call this country 'kingdom in the sky' and it is like a small, ...

The mountain kingdom
Apr 15, 2007 (29 photos)

We entered the final new county of the trip, the tiny mountainous country called Lesotho. It felt like we had stepped straight back into Kenya. The people were poor, living off the land in huts. The scenery was spectacular. There we went on a pony trek in ...

Pony trekking
Feb 4, 2007 (7 photos)

... most frightened people had been the guides, who probably had never seen such a large group of inexperienced riders. Even here in Lesotho there were helmets available although it was not obligatory to wear them. Everyone seemed to enjoy the ride and the ...

Lesotho land reclamation project
Feb 3, 2007 (14 photos)

... by a man called Mr. Musi and is now carried on by his widow and son, who was our guide at the donga.   Lesotho has a major problem with erosion. Because the Basotho have had to plant on mountainous terrain, erosion has carried away much of the ...

Day 124 - Lesotho, Katse Dam - Suicidal Pheasant
Mar 12, 2009

... place overlooking the surrounding mountains. After a quick drive through we continued on our merry way to Ficksburg and Lesotho passing through stunning scenery - rolling green and yellow plains full of corn and bright sunflowers jutting up against rocky ...

Sani Pass
Nov 1, 2008 (18 photos)

Sani Pass is an insanly winding and rocky road that leads to the top of the Drakensburg mountains in Lesotho. Lesotho is a country in the mountains that is inside of South Africa. The people in Lesotho wear blankets due to teh extreme winds and ...

Drakensberg and the mountain country of Lesotho
Oct 22, 2006 (5 photos)

... towards the Drakensberg. Unmissable! Next day was Sani Pass day. Sani Pass is a route that connects Kwazulu-Natal and Lesotho. It is a notoriously dangerous road, which requires the use of a 4x4 vehicle and above average driving experience. While South ...

Lesotho
Jul 21, 2006 (2 photos)

... . People like it. I don't know if I will get it done another time but it is fun right now. Some observations...in Lesotho, no restaurant can make good French fries. This is a common discussion and annoyance amongst us here. In Ghana, they know how to ...

Pony Trek in Lesotho
Jul 15, 2008 (5 photos)

... to take the day to see the sights in Lesotho (pronounced Le-soo-too), also known as the "Kingdom of the Sky." Lesotho is an interesting place. During the early Boer wars, a tribal cheif named Mashushu gathered his tribe and neighboring tribes to take ...

Lesotho
Mar 31, 2006 (9 photos)

I did a day trip to Lesotho which is a tiny little country surrounded by South Africa. It was a real eye opener, it's a really poor country. Everything was so basic and they all live in little mud huts surrounded by the mountains. We met one of their ...

Cheval et peintures rupestres
Jun 8, 2009

Du soleil, mais de la neige sur les sommets. Ici, c est le royaume du ciel, un pays montagneux ou on peut faire du chaval pour pas cher. Monter et descenndre des montagnes le long des precipices et assez impressionnant et en prime on peut voir des ...

BVAWT010 - FXMM
Sep 16, 2008

FXMM - Moshoeshoe I International Airport

Sani Pass
Jun 16, 2009 (10 photos)

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Drakensgburg and Lesotho
May 23, 2006

... the area which breaks things up nicely. The next day we got up early and went with some people from the hostel to Lesotho. This is a country that is completely surrounded by South Africa. It looks really weird on the map. It is a mountain kingdom ...

Day 125 - Lesotho, Malealea - Waterfall Hike
Mar 13, 2009

... Saturday morning, we decided against it. We were going to go on a pony trek (which is meant to be the thing to do in Lesotho) but after discovering you had to walk half way with your pony in tow, decided to go for an old fashioned hike instead - me ...

Hellooooo Lesotho!
May 1, 2006 (18 photos)

... ) disabused of the idea that the rental Corolla would survive Sani Pass, we headed off to Thaba Tours for a guided 4x4 expedition into Lesotho. Good call! Snow was reported at the top, and our driver/guide/partymeister was a former Blue Bulls rugby player.

Lesotho
Apr 14, 2007 (4 photos)

... up at the inhumane hour of 5.30 to get brekkie ready for everyone els who got the luxurious lie in of 6 am.  we were off to lesotho, on another long drive day so an early start it was.  Again, nothing really of note that I can remember, we got in reasonably ...

Day 125 - Lesotho, Maseru - Illegal Entry
Mar 13, 2009

... at 3 we hit the road straight away and drove to the boarder, this time crossing at Maseru. Getting stamped out of Lesotho posed a problem, reason being we had been stamped out by South Africa but never stamped in by Lesotho thereby deeming us illegal ...

Lesotho, Sani Pass and Drakensberg
Oct 27, 2007 (22 photos)

... anything from a couple of hours to a whole days hiking and they have a tour company which organises pony treks, 6 day hikes to Lesotho, 2 day camping treks etc - loads of stuff!! We organised to do the day trip up to the Sani Pass and into Lesotho with ...

Mountain Kingdom
Mar 6, 2009 (10 photos)

We next drove on mostly gravel and dirt roads for about five hours to what could be call the middled of know where, Semonkong! But it was the place of The mighty Maletsunyane Falls, one of the highest single dropping waterfalls in Africa, creates a haze ...

Back to My Roots
Aug 28, 2006

... short sleep. At 6am I was up and getting ready to board another bus... this time one across the border into Lesotho. I went through the normal border formalities, walked accross the border, and was immediately aware that I was in a different country. ...

Lesotho
Feb 14, 2007

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All I want for Christmas....
Dec 6, 2008

... is until now....I BADLY want a Basotho Pony!  Heath and I enjoyed three days at Malealea Lodge, high up in the mountains of Lesotho.  We sat on the roof of the truck as we took a 7km dirty road with no railing up to the lodge and marvelled at ...

Sani Pass
Sep 28, 2009 (35 photos)

... the top. The journey to the South African border control was around 2 hours, and then we had to drive another 8 kms to get the Lesotho border control. It was without a shadow of a doubt the bumpiest path I have ever taken in my life. They have had 20 ...