Malealea

Malealea is the home of Malealea Lodge and Pony Trekking Centre. The people of Malealea village are doing well with the help of the lodge and the many visitors that come for pony trekking and hiking in the beautiful mountains.

The locals have established a Riding Association to ensure that the trekking guides and horses work in rotation, and that the trekking horses are in good physical condition. The village horses, sadly, remain very thin. The cows, goats, horses and donkeys have to eat whatever they can find on the poorly grassed hills, and are tended by boys as young as 5.

Malealea lies at 1,800 metres above sea level, with magnificent views across the plateau towards a panorama of misty mountains as high as the European Alps. You can trek for a single hour or for as long as 4 days into the Maluti Mountains, visiting remote and friendly villages where you stay in the Chief's guest hut, made of mud and thatch.

The friendliness of the Basotho people makes the experience a joyful one, and they love to have their photo taken (though it is polite to ask first). The saddles are comfortable and the horses sure-footed and sturdy.

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