Letseng 4 X 4 - Lesotho - 9 - 11 Nov 2018

Hair Raising Hairpin Bends

The long awaited 4 X 4 trip is here.

Richard is like really excited about this.

We Crossed This River Many Times

Firstly the running boards had to come off the Toyota and guess what? With a workshop full of tools and gadgets, there is no 12 mm socket in any of the sets. Not that they are missing. They just don't come with a 12 mm socket. It was then off to the hardware but at last the running boards were off.

Road Block

Looking Back At Our Track

Friday morning we left at about 8 am and reached the border at Caledonspoort border post. Quick and easy. Nothing required even though we had everything in order. Triangles, Fire extinguisher, NATIS documents. Bet if we did not have them, we would be asked for them.

The drive to the Oxbow Lodge is only about 75 km but we traveled through these tiny villages and had to be very careful of their cattle and sheep next to the road. The hairpin bends are plenty so it was a slow process into the mountains.

Basotho Herdsman

The Oxbow Lodge has no electricity so a generator is used from 5 - 10 in the morning and then in the evening again. The water is warmed by an enormous donkey boiler but we were never without hot water. It was amazing to see so many people accommodated with no electricity - they were not even aware of it. Also no MTN and only Lesotho

Afriski - 3225m Above Sea Level

Vodacom. It was heaven with no phone the entire weekend.

Saturday morning we set off on the A1 and just past the Letseng
Diamond Mine we turned into the mountains. A quick recap on when to use H4 and L4 and we were set.

A Village Deep In The Mountains

Oxbow Lodge

An exciting day of driving on the edge of the mountain to traversing the river time and again. Something we will always remember as part of the bucket list.

Bring on the next trip.