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Did you know that the colourful blankets you see everywhere in Lesotho are not just practical items, but have a deeply cultural meaning for the Basotho? To find out more about this tradition, visit‘Masetho Elizabeth Letsie in Semonkong. You will learn why women and men wear the blanket differently, the meaning of the design elements and how to tell a cheap blanket from the real thing. Once you're clued up, you can buy your own blanket.
Contact: Book a blanket presentation at Semongkong Lodge or contact‘Masetho Elizabeth directly.
00 266 5373 9716 (WhatsApp) Search for“The Blanket Presentation”on Facebook.
Cost: R110 per person.
KATSE DAMTOUR
There are two dam tours per day: weekdays at 9 am and 2 pm; weekends and public holidays at 9 am, 11 am and 2 pm. R30 per person
00 266 229 10808/9;
The icy air catches me off-guard. I climb out of the warm Mahindra to take a photo of the dirt road snaking down the mountain to Matatiele and even though there isn't a single flake of snow, puddle of ice or cloud in the sky, it's so cold my ears and fingers immediately go numb.
I get behind the wheel again and drive further up the mountain to Qacha's Nek border post. At one stage, the hill is so steep all I can see is blue sky in front of the car's bonnet.
“It feels like we're driving in the air!” says my fiancée Sam.
Well, Lesotho is known as the Kingdom in the Sky…
There was a time when you needed a 4×4 to properly explore Lesotho, but it now has a great road network that will take you to all the highlights in a “normal” SUV
