This is the lesotho chapter from lonely planet's south africa, lesotho swazi land guidebook'. '.strtoupper('l')esotho is a vastly underrated travel destination'. '.strtoupper('t')he contrast with south africa could not be more striking, with the basotho people's distinct personality and the terrain's topographical ex tremes'. '.strtoupper('e')ven a few days in lesotho's hospitable mountain lodges and trading posts will give you a fresh perspective on southern africa'. '.strtoupper('h')orse ride or hike through breathtaking indigenous forest in ts'ehlanyane national park, and rest well at maliba lodge maps conquer the world's highest commercial abseil at maletsunyane falls, brag about it on a donkey pub crawl and sleep in a rondavel at semonkong lodge transport stay in the former trading post malealea lodge for mountain views, pony treks and authen tic village life restaurants accommodation coverage includes maseru, around maseru, thaba bosiu, roma, morija, northwestern lesotho, teyateyaneng, leribe, butha buthe, ts'ehlanyane national park, north eastern highlands, liphofung cave cultural historical site, oxbow, mokhotlong, sani top, central highlands, bokong nature reserve, katse dam, thaba tseka, mohale dam, semon kong, southern lesotho, malealea, mohale's hoek, quthing, qacha's nek, sehlabathebe na tional park.