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The Kome Caves are situated in Berea. They are mud dwellings classified as a national heritage site. The caves are in the north of the country, first occupied about 200 years ago by local tribes seeking shelter. The Kome Cave Dwellings were built and protected by Chief Teleka of The Basia (cat) Clan in the early 19th century. The main purpose for the cave dwellings was to serve as a hideout from adversaries during the drought in the late 18th century. The name of Ha Kome comes from the Kome family in the Basia tribe, the first inhabitants of the cave.A handful of families still inhabit the Kome caves, nestled within a rocky mountain in the Southern African Kingdom of Lesotho.
ft) in height it is said to be the highest. rock-fill concrete-face dam (CFRD) in Africa. It is built as an embankment dam with a rock-fill concrete-face on the upstream side. The volumetric content of the dam structure is 7.5 million m³. The dam has a length of 700 metres (2,300 ft) with a 12 metres (39 ft) wide crest. The spillway, located on the left bank of the dam, is not gated and flood is routed over the crest of the ogee shaped spillway through a concrete lined chute with a flip bucket and a stilling basin at its terminus. The concrete spillway is designed for a flood discharge of 6,000 cubic metres (210,000 cu ft) per second.
Maletsunyane Falls is a 192-metre-high (630 ft) waterfall in Lesotho. It is located near the town of Semonkong (place of smoke), which also is named after the falls. The waterfall is on the Maletsunyane River and it falls from a ledge of Triassic-Jurassic basalt. The plunging water creates a reverberating echo when it contact the basin of the falls, and believed the sound comes from the wailing of people who have drowned in the falls.
Thaba Bosiu was used as a hideout by Moshoeshoe I and his subjects after they migrated from Butha-Buthe in 1824 escaping the ravages of the L ifaqane Mfecane in Zulu Wars. The plateau formed a natural fortress which protected the Basotho in times of war. Moshoeshoe I and his people took occupation of this mountain in July 1824. He named it Thaba Bosiu (Mountain at Night) because he and his people arrived at night. To intimidate his enemies, he spread news that the mountain grew larger at night.