Maletsunyane Falls

The Maletsunyane Falls (also called Semonkong, after the nearby town, or Le Bihan, after a French missionary) are easily accessible from Semonkong by a five-kilometre walk along the Maletsunyane river.

This waterfall is the highest single drop in southern Africa, plunging 200 metres into a swimmable pool whose stunning natural scenery is unspoiled by anything man-made. Maletsunyane Falls are most spectacular in summer when the flow is highest, but in winter the water freezes, spraying the rocks with ice and forming a stunning ice cage over the pool.

The similarly unspoiled, 120-metre Ketane Falls are a single day's walk or pony-trek (one of the best in Lesotho) west of Semonkong town.

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