Lesotho Road Trip to a Remote Mountain Village via Semonkong
This has to be one of the most breathtaking scenic road trips I have done. The trip from the Eastern Cape of South Africa to Semonkong in Lesotho and then up into a remote mountain village is an incredible experience. Some friends and I went to support a local church up in the mountains, by taking blankets and clothes just before their winter cold and snow moved in. The trip from Semonkong to the mountain village of Ha Rameno is only 25km, but due to the wet conditions and occasional drivable roads, it took us 4hrs of 4x4 offroad driving to get there. The footage of the 4x4 driving here is on the good roads 😊. I was too busy helping build tracks and helping navigate some of the paths to film the difficult sections, and my cellphone stabiliser, couldn't handle the bumps and g-forces either. I was grateful for the Toyota 4x4 vehicles, they really proved how tough they are.
The road trip through this part of Lesotho to Semonkong is a landscape photographers dream. We travelled at the end of April after there had been some good rainfall. The rivers were flowing just under their normal capacity, but it was wonderful to see so much water. South Africa has been experiencing severe drought, and I can’t tell you when last I saw a river flowing in full force. From the customs officers to the shepherds, the Lesotho people are kind and friendly. The road from the border post to Semonkong is in excellent condition. I have added this trip to my bucket list of places that I am going to ride on my bicycle. You just keep climbing and climbing as one mountain range leads to another.
The countryside is clean and has little villages neatly spread all over the landscape where small subsistence farming is the main activity. Sheep, goats, horse, donkeys and cattle are everywhere, being carefully watched by young shepherd boys and their mountain dogs. I had such a deep feeling of peace driving through this land. Life is simple and slow, but peaceful. There are hardly fences anywhere, something you don’t see in South Africa.
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Makhaleng river: 1:55
Sheep in the road: 2:01
Scenic rivers: 2:31
Horse running with foal: 3:45
Maletsunyane Falls: 3:53
4x4 driving: 5:20
Young donkey: 9:10
Semonkong lodge: 10:42
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