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Lesotho tourist information with details about travel to and around the country. Where to stay and what to see is made easier with insider tips and hand-selected Lesotho links, by dedicated editors and visitors to TravelNotes.org - The Online Guide to Travel. Order Lesotho Travel Brochures - for Free. Lesotho, formerly Basutoland, is a small, mountainous monarchy in South Africa; heavily dependant on its neighbour. The mountainous terrain makes many areas of Lesotho only accessible by horse or donkey; although more roads are being constructed for the Highlands Water Scheme.
Moshoeshoe I, became undisputed leader of the Sotho people after setting up his headquarters at Thaba Bosiu and rallying the people against their foes in 1824. From 1838 Moshoeshoe I fought off the expansionist Boers in numerous border clashes. When the balance of power began to go against the Sotho, the British government eventually made his kingdom the British protectorate of Basutoland in 1868. After his death, in 1870, the heirs of Moshoeshoe I became paramount chiefs. Rejecting incorporation in South Africa as provided for in the South African Act of Union of 1910, Basutoland became independent as Lesotho on October 4, 1966. On Independence Lesotho became a monarchy and the paramount chief, Moshoeshoe II, formally its king. Weather in LesothoView a graphical weather forecast for the week ahead in Lesotho. The Orange River rises on the western slope of the Drakensberg range, in north-east Lesotho. The river flows south-west through the landlocked monarchy and enters South Africa. Maseru, linked to South Africa by rail, was a small trading post until Moshoeshoe I, chief of the Basuto, made it his capital in 1869.
Other communities of note in Lesotho are Mafeteng and Teyateyaneng. Lesotho Travel Guides Books
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