Lesotho Adventure and Sports

Trail Running – 10 tips to run downhill faster Line. Flow. Rhythm… Descending skills are what separate exceptional trail runners from good ones (Red Bull; 2015). With LUT2015 on its way, these tips may…

Top 10 Health Benefits of Archery   While some may see archery as a fun hobby, there is much more to it than meets the eye. Records trace the first bow and arrow back…

5 Simple Tricks To Make You A Better Runner     Running is a mental sport. At times, negative thoughts can get in the way of a potentially great day on the trails and…

Benefits Of Hiking There’s science behind the feel-good workout With all of the trendy workout classes and pricey boutique fitness studios out there, you might feel the need to get back to basics (Daily…

The Health Benefits of Horseback Riding   Before we all had cars to drive in, people used horses to get around, and almost everyone was taught to care and ride a horse. Today, our…

The Benefits of Altitude Training for Non-Pro Runners Training at altitude–that is, between 6,000 and 10,000 feet above sea level–is like a legal performance enhancer, thanks to its ability to boost oxygen-carrying red blood…

Highs and Hypos: Conquering the Lesotho Ultra Trail Photo by Terence Vrugtman, AdventureLife: www.AdventureLife.co.za…

Ponies in Lesotho The first ponies in Lesotho are said to have been captured from the roaming Griqua tribes in the early 1800s. In 1829 Chief Moorosi, whose village was perched upon what is…

Ts’ehlanyane National Park   Park Information Maliba Lodge is located within the Ts’ehlanyane National Park.  The name “Ts’ehlanyane” is the local common name for the berg bamboo (Thamnocalamus tesselatus), from which the river and…

Second Edition Of The Lesotho Ultra Trail Doesn’t Disappoint   The 2014 Lesotho Ultra Trail (LUT), Africa’s first Ultra SkyMarathon®, took place on the 29th of November in the Tse’hlanyane National Park in the…

Riders Race To The Unmarked Finish Line   It’s no Durban July, but the annual Mehloding Heritage Event Horse Race in Mparane is one of the most exciting events in the country.…

Maluti Mountains – A Mountain Bikers Paradise!   Armand du Toit reflects on his experience at one of the Afriski MTB training weekends in Lesotho. Excitement builds as we arrived at AfriSki to try…

Trout farming in Lesotho an export success   Roderick Macleod IF you were thinking of an ideal location on which to base a commercial fish farm, you wouldn’t necessarily think of the mountainous land-locked…

It’s a full house for LUT2014   The 2014 Lesotho Ultra Trail will see a full field of 180 runners toe the start line on Saturday 29th November as runners from all over the…

COVETED LESOTHO SKY 2015 ENTRIES ARE OPEN There has been much talk about the rather ominous yet extremely well reviewed Lesotho Sky recently. After its 4th successful event just a few weeks ago, entries…