The lowlands of northwestern Lesotho comprise a number of busy little commercial towns. Only the craftwork-selling towns of Teyateyaneng and Leribe (Hlotse) draw travellers, along with the stunning Ts’ehlanyane National Park, but the area gives way to the majestic northeastern highlands and features a few major border crossings.
Ts'ehlanyane National Park is a National Park in Lesotho. It is located in the Maloti Mountains in Leribe District, and is part of the larger Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Area.
The park boasts a variety of bird species and wild flowers. The Maliba lodge is located inside the park. There has been 24 small to medium sizes mammalian species recorded in the highlands area and these include the African wild cat, black-backed jackal, porcupine, caracal, grey rhebuck, baboon, striped pole cat and rock hyrax, ice rat, the clawless otter (there is circumstantial evidence that leopard still occurs
Ts'ehlanyane National Park is reached by a good (tarred) 30 km access road that branches off of the main Lesotho A1 route, 5 km southwest of Butha Buthe. The route passes through a couple of villages and parallels the Hlotse River along a very picturesque valley until it reaches the park entrance.The park is located in the Maloti Mountains and is Lesotho's largest National Park. The name "Ts'ehlanyane" is means the berg bamboo by the locals. The park boasts a variety of bird species and wild flowers. The Maliba lodge is located inside the park.
Tsehlanyane National Park is only one of two national parks in Lesotho, and makes up an intergral part of the greater Maloti/Drankensberg Transfrontier Park.
The park is located deep in the front range of the Maluti Mountains at the foot of the Holomo Pass and only about 45 minutes on a good road from the South African border post of Caledonspoort (Caledonspoort is 15 minutes drive from the popular Freestate town of Clarens and about 4 hours from Johannesburg international airport).
The park is reached by a good 32 km-access road that leaves the main Lesotho A1 route, 5 km south west of Butha Buthe. The route passes through the village of Khabo's and parallels the Hlotse River along a very picturesque valley until it reaches the park entrance.
Tsehlanyane National Park has an altitude ranging from 1,940 to 3,112 metres and is considered mostly sub-alpine. It owes its origin to the access road to the Hlotse tunnel as part of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. This proclaimed protected pristine area lies at the junction of the Tsehlanyane and the
