6 Nights 7 Days - Cultural / Botanical Tour

Day1- All Meals-Own Cost!

Transfer from Durban Airport, arrival in Underberg/Himeville late afternoon.

Overnight at KarMichael Guest Lodge.

Day2-Breakfast.

After breakfast at 08H30, depart the guest lodge and viewing of botany, while ascending the Sani Pass. Packed lunches were provided from the guest lodge. On entering Lesotho, we park the 4x4 vehicle at the Lesotho Border Post (2874m) and do a short walk towards Hodgsons Peaks (Giants Cup)-3257m, viewing botany along the way.

Overnight at Sani Mountain Lodge.

Day 3-Breakfast.

Depart from Sani Mountain Lodge after breakfast at 08H30. We now ascend the famous Black Mountain Pass (3394m) and viewing of botany along the way. Packed lunch provided from Sani Mountain Lodge. Once we reach the top of Black Mountain Pass, will proceed to do a short walk and viewing of botany towards the highest point in Southern Africa-Thabana Ntlenyana (3482m).

Overnight at Sani Mountain Lodge.

Day 4-Breakfast.

Depart the Sani Stone Lodge, after breakfast at 08H30, and descend the Sani Pass back into South Africa. Packed lunch provided by Sani Stone Lodge. We now travel towards East Griqualand and ascend the Ramatseliso”s Pass, viewing botany while ascending the Pass.

Overnight at Sehlabathebe National Park-if open!

Day 5-Breakfast.

After breakfast at 08H30, we now depart with 4x4 vehicles another 10 kilometers in the Sehlabathebe National Park. The Tsoelikanyane waterfall is the biggest waterfall in the park. This site hosts 23 percent of the plant species in the whole Maluti Drakensberg area.

The Sehlabathebe National Park is located in the Maloti Mountains in Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho, and is part of the larger Maloti-Drakensberg World Heritage Site. Home to striking biological diversity as well as important cultural heritage, the park was first established on May 8, 1969. The landscape is dominated by a grassland of various types. The larger ecosystem as a whole performs invaluable functions including providing freshwater to Lesotho and South Africa.

The Sehlabathebe National Park, Lesotho’s first national park, and second-largest, is remote, rugged, and beautiful, and getting there is always a worthwhile adventure, especially if you’re into wilderness and seclusion. Sehlabathebe means the “Shield of the Plateau”, mirroring the rolling grasslands, wildflowers, and silence to provide a sense of complete isolation.

Situated in the southeast corner of Lesotho, at an average elevation of some 2,400 meters above sea level access could be challenging as it is rather remote.

The park provides the best-secluded environment nature could offer with soaring mountain vistas, secluded rock pools, waterfalls, rock dwellings, massive overhangs, rock art, rock arches, and a beautiful and unique ecosystem of plants, birds, and animals.

It offers a significant habitat to a range of unique Afro-Alpine and Sub-Alpine plants, mammals, avifauna, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. It has spectacular scenery with unique rock formations. Most of the Park is taken up by a designated wilderness area and although small by international standards, it retains its natural character and is uninhabited.

The Park is home to various outstanding biodiversity species, some of which are endemic and endangered. There are three endangered species, the Maloti Minnow (Pseudobarbus quathlambae), a critically endangered species of fish found only in the Park, and the Cape (Gyps coprotheres) and Bearded Vultures (Gypaetus barbatus).

Apart from the unique floral presence in the park, there are a record number of 65 rock art sites that have been identified in the Park, and other forms of the previous habitation of the site.

World Heritage status. This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on October 8, 2008, in the Mixed (Cultural + Natural) category. This park will be included in the Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Area, Peace Park. Sehlabathebe is currently run under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Tourism, Environment, and Culture.

Day 6-Breakfast.

Depart after breakfast at 08H30 and do short walks on the footpaths that lead out from the Sehlabathebe Lodge, to view botany. Lunch at Sehlabathebe restaurant. After lunch depart for Underberg/Himeville, arrival the late afternoon.

Overnight: Underberg/Himeville Lodge.

Day 7-Breakfast.

Depart after breakfast at 09H00 for transfer to Durban Airport.

Included:

All accommodations as Indicated

Airport transfers

3x meals a day

Transport in 4x4 vehicle + guide

2 bottles of water a day

Excluded:

Personal Expenses & Insurances

Beverages & Alcohol

Entry Fees

Curios

End of Tour!

The cost is for a minimum of 2 people, at a per person rate!

Valid Passports Essential

Please advise your Nationality, as Lesotho has Visas restrictions on certain countries.

This is True, unspoiled Africa –at its Best!