Lesotho - absorb the view

I have just come back from a trip to Lesotho with my parents. Lesotho is a land locked country within the borders of South Africa. This small country with great mountains and many rivers is also known as the Roof of Africa.



I had the opportunity to go on an all expenses paid trip with my parents. For two weeks we journeyed through Lesotho and the Drakensberg Mountain range.

If I could summarize the Landscape of Lesotho in three words it would be: Mountains, Water and Erosion. This actually makes sense as where there are many mountains, there is a lot of rainfall which could result in erosion if the vegetation is over fed and not controlled.

Lesotho’s greatest export would thus be its fertile soil that the rivers deposit into South Africa.

We were in Lesotho for one week only and one week in Kwazulu Natals Drakensberg. This was more than enough time to get an overall image of this small, yet time consuming to cross, country.

Through out our journey the views were amazing. Everywhere you looked there would be mountains. More so in the South, Central and Eastern parts of Lesotho than the North where you’ll find the Capital city Maseru. Another African city with informal outskirts, cellphone banners, street vendors, traffic jams, chicken take-away’s and queues for the ATM on a Saturday morning.

The Roof of Africa is therefore an appropriate name in a country dominated by MOUNTIANS.

These are some of the views I captured on my camera. Being there and absorbing the views was spectacular. The sheer size of these mountains receives no justification when looking at them now on my blog.

Lesotho receives a lot of snow in the winter months and we were lucky to pay a visit between the rainy summer season and the icy cold winter season.