Lesotho is a beautiful country that has different places of attraction that attract tourist to generate income

1. Places of attraction in Lesotho
By Liepollo Ramauoane

2. Lesotho is a small country that has different places of attraction and they
generate more income because they attract tourists, they are as follows:
Sehlaba Thebe National Park
Tsehlanyane National Park
Katse Dam
Maletsunyane Water Fall
Thabana Ntlenyana
Ha Kome Cave Houses
Bokong Nature Reserve
INTRODUCTION

3. ‘MALETSUNYANE WATERFALL
 ‘Maletsunyane waterfall ,single
cataract on a tributary of the orange
river in Lesotho.75 miles(121km)
southeast of Maseru. With a drop of(
630 feet) 192 meters , it is one of the
world’s highest waterfall and is
important to Lesotho as tourism
attraction.

4. THABANA- NTLENYANA
 Thabana-Ntlenyana , mountain peak
(11,424 feet)3,482 meters in the
Drakensberg and the highest in Africa
south of Kilimanjaro. The peak lies in
Lesotho, an independent country
entirely within South Africa, just west
of the border with the province of
KwaZulu-Natal. Nearby the
headwaters of the Senqu river
(Orange River) , which flows west to
the Atlantic Ocean.

5. SEHLABA THEBE NATIONAL PARK
 Sehlabathebe National Park is located
in the Maloti Mountains in Qacha’s
Nek district ,Lesotho, is part of the
larger Maloti Drakensberg world
heritage, the park was first established
on May 8, 1969
 The landscape is dominated by
grassland of various types. The larger
ecosystem as a whole performs
invaluable functions including
providing freshwater to Lesotho ,
South Africa and Namibia

6. TS’EHLANYANE NATIONAL PARK
 Ts’ehlanyane National Park is only
one of the two national parks in
Lesotho , and makes up the integral
part of the greater Maloti/
Drankensberg Transfrontier Park. The
park has an altitude ranging from
1940 to 3112 meters and is
considered mostly sub-alpine. It owes
its origin to the access road to the
Hlotse tunnel as part of the Lesotho
Highlands Water Project.

7. BOKONG NATURE RESERVE
 Bokong Nature Reserve is one of the
highest reserve in Africa. It lies at the
top o Mafika-Lisiu pass, leading to
Katse Dam and reaches an altitude of
3090m above sea level.

8. HA KOME CAVE HOUSES
 Ha Kome Cave Houses are an anomaly
in this area, 21km from Teyateyaneng
(TY) and several kilometers from the
village of Mateka. These extraordinary
inhabited mud dwellings are nestled
under a rock overhang, hidden within
the pink and orange cliffs.

9. KATSE DAM
 The Katse dam , in the Lesotho
Highlands , is one of the most
spectacular water features in the
country. Located in the Malibamatso
River, this dam was completed in 1997
and is central to the Lesotho
Highlands Water Project.

10. SANI PASS
 Sani pass is the mother of all South
African mountain passes. It is situated
between Lesotho boarder and South
Africa boarder. The pass was built in
1950 and remains a challenging drive
because of its gravel road between
Mokhotlong and Underberg in South
Africa.

11. REFERENCES
 www.Britannica.com
 Exploretraveloasis.com
 www.mountainpassessouthafrica.co.za
 Drakensberghikes.com
 www.tripadvisor.com