Lesotho is a high-altitude, land-locked kingdom encircled by South Africa. It is crisscrossed by a network of rivers and mountain ranges, including thLesotho is a high-altitude, land-locked kingdom encircled by South Africa. It is crisscrossed by a network of rivers and mountain ranges, including the 3,482m-high peak of Thabana Ntlenyana. On the Thaba Bosiu plateau, near Lesotho's capital Maseru, are ruins dating from the 19th-century reign of King Moshoeshoe I. Thaba Bosiu overlooks iconic Mount Qiloane, an enduring symbol of the nation’s Basotho people.*...more