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Lesotho Offroad & 4x4

The Roof of Africa — Lesotho is a legendary 4x4 destination: Sani Pass, Tlaeeng, Moteng, God Help Me and the highland traverses. Filter by region and grade.

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Baboon's Pass — Maseru. One of the toughest 4x4 routes in Southern Africa, an unmaintained mountain track west of Mohale linking the Makhaleng…
Blue Mountain Pass — Mohale. A high sealed pass around 2,600 m on the A3 from Maseru toward Mohale Dam and Thaba-Tseka, crossing rolling alpine…
Bokong to Ha Lejone Road — Bokong. The A8 highland run past Bokong Nature Reserve and the Lepaqoa Waterfall down to Ha Lejone on Katse Dam. High, cold and…
Gates of Paradise Pass — Malealea. The gentle pass marked by a plaque reading 'Wayfarer - pause and look upon a gateway of Paradise' at the entry to…
God Help Me Pass — Ramabanta. A famously steep and tortuous climb on the Roma-Ramabanta-Semonkong road, named for the plea it draws from drivers.…
Katse to Thaba-Tseka Road — Katse. A winding highland road from Katse Dam over the Central Range to Thaba-Tseka, passing the dam wall and deep Malibamatso…
Kotisephola Pass (Black Mountain Pass) — Mokhotlong. The highest point on the A3 at roughly 3,240 m, crossing bleak high plateau between Sani Top and Mokhotlong. Bitterly…
Lesotho Highlands Traverse — Thaba-Tseka. A cross-country highland expedition stitching together Katse, Bokong, Thaba-Tseka and the Central Range along the…
Mafika-Lisiu Pass — Ha Lejone. A dramatic sealed pass topping out near 3,090 m on the A8 between Pitseng and the Katse/Ha Lejone highlands, built to…
Mahlasela Pass — Afriski. The high pass giving access to Afriski Mountain Resort at around 3,222 m, one of only two ski resorts in Southern…
Menoaneng Pass — Thaba-Tseka. A high central pass exceeding 3,000 m on routes around Thaba-Tseka, crossing open alpine plateau grazed by sheep and…
Mohale Dam Scenic Route — Mohale. The A3 drive from Maseru over Blue Mountain Pass to Mohale Dam, Lesotho's rock-fill dam on the Senqunyane. Smooth tar…
Mokhotlong to Sani Highland Road — Mokhotlong. The high A3 corridor connecting the frontier town of Mokhotlong with the top of Sani Pass over Kotisephola, crossing…
Moteng Pass — Oxbow. A steep, twisting climb on the A1 out of the Butha-Buthe lowlands toward Oxbow and Afriski, gaining altitude fast…
Qacha's Nek Pass Road — Qacha's Nek. The winding southern route to the border town of Qacha's Nek, threading forested nek country near the Sehlabathebe…
Roof of Africa Route — Butha-Buthe. The classic northern traverse from Butha-Buthe up over Moteng and Tlaeeng past Oxbow and Afriski to Mokhotlong and…
Sani Pass — Sani Pass. The iconic gateway from KwaZulu-Natal into Lesotho, climbing to ~2,876 m with tight switchbacks and loose gravel to the…
Sehlabathebe Access Track — Sehlabathebe. Remote approach to Sehlabathebe National Park in the far southeast, a UNESCO-listed wilderness of sandstone domes and…
Semonkong to Ramabanta Route — Semonkong. A scenic mountain drive linking Ramabanta and the Maletsunyane Falls at Semonkong via God Help Me Pass, through classic…
Tlaeeng Pass — Oxbow. At roughly 3,275 m this is often cited as the highest tarred road pass in Southern Africa, on the A1 above Oxbow near…
Ts'ehlanyane Access Road — Ts'ehlanyane. The approach up the Holomo valley into Ts'ehlanyane National Park and Maliba Lodge, through indigenous che-che bush and…