Cultural Centre
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Mabeoana Quilters
A well-regarded co-op in the neighbouring village of Matsieng. Follow signs from Morija main drag.
Cultural Village
The tourist complex adjoining the visitor information centre has a traditional Basotho village and amphitheatre.
Villa Maria Mission
Between Quthing and Masitise, and visible from the main road, is Villa Maria Mission, with a striking, twin-spired sandstone church.
Mohale Dam Visitors Centre
The visitors centre is 15km from the main road, signposted west of Mohale village. It offers dam views, a guided tour (M10) and boat cruises (per person from M100; book ahead).
Major Bell’s Tower
Leribes main sight is this crumbling tower near the market. It was built in 1879, and spent most of its career as a storehouse for government records. The tower is not open to visitors.
Museum
Village visits provide a stimulating insight into the local people and their customs. This tiny museum, housed in a traditional Basotho hut, is as interesting for its owner/guide as it is for its exhibits.
San Paintings
About 10km southeast of town near Qomoqomong is a collection of San paintings. Several minibus taxis ply this route daily; once in Qomoqomong, ask at the General Dealer’s store to arrange a guide for the 20-minute walk to the paintings.
Maeder House Crafts Centre
Crafts centre in a missionary house near the museum. If youre staying overnight, the ladies in the adjoining shop can make you a shweshwe (printed dyed cotton fabric) shirt for M350. Lesotho’s first printing press is in the neighbouring printing works.
Upper Quthing
On the hill above Lower Quthing, overlooking the Senqu (Orange) River gorge, this former colonial administrative centre has good views and gently dilapidated buildings. Walk or catch a shared taxi up from Lower Quthing to escape the hustle and bustle and have a quiet stroll.
Katse Dam Visitors Centre
On the main road is Katse Dams visitors centre, with information, displays and a dam-viewing deck. Look for the bright blue roof a few kilometres east of Katse village. Guided tours of the dam wall (M10, one hour) depart at 9am and 2pm (weekdays) and 9am and 11am (weekends).
Katse Botanical Garden
Katse Botanical Garden was originally established to protect the spiral aloes displaced from the dam’s construction. It has flourished to include gravel, hillside trails passing via a rock garden, indigenous flowers, a medicinal section and a dam viewpoint. A plant-propagation proj
Morija Museum & Archives
This small, considered museum contains ethnographical exhibits, archives from the early mission and scientific artefacts. There’s an excellent collection of books for sale, including those by curator Stephen Gill. Staff will guide you to dinosaur footprints (M50 per person) in the
Mohale Dam
Built across the Senqunyane River, the impressive 145m-high, rock-fill Mohale Dam was completed in 2004 as the second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. There are commanding views of the lake and massive mountains beyond. You can drive as far as the Mohale Tunnel through
Malealea
Set in truly stunning scenery, the village of Malealea, with its mountains, valleys and ancient San paintings hidden in rock shelters, is one of the gems of Lesotho. The best way to experience the spectacular landscape is to take a pony trek or wander on foot through the hills and
Dinosaur Footprints
One of Quthing’s main claims to fame is the proliferation of dinosaur footprints in the surrounding area. The most easily accessible are signposted on the left as you leave town heading northeast towards Qachas Nek. In this building are 230-million-year-old footprints and a craft s
Subeng River Dinosaur Footprints
Dinosaur footprints abound near Leribe. About 7km north of town (en route to Butha-Buthe) are the Subeng River footprints. At the signpost, just before the road crosses the river, walk down about 500m to a concrete causeway. The worn footprints of at least three species of dinosaur
Tsikoane Village Dinosaur Footprints
This set of footprints is a few kilometres south of Leribe at Tsikoane village. Immediately after the Tsikoane Primary School, take the small dirt road to the right towards some rocky outcrops. Follow it up to the church. Children will vie to lead you the 1km slog up the mountainsi
Royal Archives & Museum
Morijas unremarkable neighbouring village, Matsieng, is the unlikely site of a royal compound. A new palace was built in Maseru in the 60s, but the royals still weekend here. The adjoining archives and small museum display items from the royal collection and information and documen
Ha Kome Cave Houses
The Ha Kome cave houses are an anomaly in this area, 21km from Teyateyaneng and several kilometres from the village of Mateka. These extraordinary inhabited mud dwellings are nestled under a rock overhang, hidden within the pink-and-orange cliffs. There’s a small information centre
