Lesotho is an interesting small country surrounded by South Africa, it has a lot of historical and interesting places that one can visit for refreshing.

1. PLACES OF TOURISM ATTRACTION
AROUND LESOTHO WITH
INTRESTING HISTORIES BEHIND
THEM

2. Introduction
LESOTHO LIKE OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE FEW PLACES OF INTEREST AND GOOD FOR TOURISM
ATTRACTION,BUT I DECIDED TO CHOOSE TO TALK ABOUT FEW WHICH ARE;
 BOKONG NATURE RESERVE
 SANI PASS
 ’MALETSUNYANE WATERFALLS
 THABA-BOSIU
 T’SEHLANYANE NATIONAL PARK
 SEHLABATHEBE NATINAL PARK
 KATSE BOTANICAL GARDEN

3. BOKONG NATURE RESERVE
Bokong nature reserve is one of the
highest reserve in Africa. It lies at the top
of the Mafika Lisiu pass.Bokong nature
reserve is perched on the edge of a 100m
cliff, was built with the aim of educating
history about kingdom and history of
Lesotho. The reserve is known for hiking
camps and network of trails and walk.
Around the reserve there is a lodge ran by
Mahlakapese, where people can book and
stay there for a while.

4. SANI PASS
Sani Pass is a mountain pass located
in the west of Kwazulu-Natal, South
Africa on the road between Himeville
,Kwazulu-Natal and Mokhotlong,
Lesotho. The pass traverses the great
Escarpment of Southern African in it’s
highest region,the Drakensberg
Mountain ,which reach an elevation of
over 3000 meters.

5. ‘Maletsunyane waterfalls
‘Maletsunyane falls is a 192-metre-high
(630 ft.) waterfall in the southern African
country Lesotho. It is located near the
town of Semonkong(site of smoke), which
also is named after the falls. The waterfall
is on the ‘Maletsunyane river and it falls
from a lodge of Triassic-Jurassic basalt.
THERE IS A VIDEO ATTACHED BELOW

6. ‘MALETSUNYANE WATERFALL
VIDEO

7. Thaba-Bosiu
Thaba- Bosiu is the mountains
stronghold from where king
Moshoeshoe I established and ruled
over the kingdom of lesotho in the 19th
century, fighting off wave after wave of
attacks by white settlers and hostile
african armies. The kings and queens
of lesotho are buried here. The placed
is basically a hill 10KM from Maseru. At
the bottom of the mountain there is
information Centre where a guide is
there to teach tourists about history of
king Moshoeshoe and the birth of
Basotho nation and then one can climb
up the mountain and explore.

8. Ts’ehlanyane National Park
T’sehlanyane natural park is one of
the only two national parks in lesotho.
The 56sq km park sits at an altitude
ranging from 1940m to 3112m and is
considered mostly sub-alpine. The
park has some of the only indigenous
forest in lesotho, making it an
important protected space in the
country. Inside the park one can also
find caves, cliffs, rivers, waterfalls and
Beautiful natural ponds. There is a
lodge called Maliba lodge where
tourists can rest for their night.

9. Sehlabathebe National Park
The Sehlabathebe national park is
located in the Maluti mountains in
Qacha’s Nek district, Lesotho, and is
part of the larger maloti-Drakensberg
world heritage site. Home to both
striking biological diversity as well as
important cultural 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 perfoms invaluable functions
including providing freshwater to
Lesotho, South Africa and Namibia.

10. Katse Botanical Garden
Katse botanical garden is a Centre of alpine
flora in katse village,lesotho. The gardens
were created as a result of plant rescue
missions to mitigate the impact of the katse
damularly,partic spiral aloes. The collection
has a focus on traditional Sotho medicinal
plants and has a large seed bank. The katse
botanical garden has it’s origins in the
building of katse dam, part of the Lesotho
highlands water project.

11. Conclusion
Lesotho is a great and interesting places for tourism , it has more places that can catch one’s
heart. It has a lot of historical places with a lot of historical stories about Lesotho.

12. REFERENCE
https://lesotho-blanketwrap.com
https://en.m.Wikipedia.org
https://Motebong.com(accessed on the 28/04/2024)
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMMWosqSR/ (Accessed on 11 May 2024)