Up, up and away

In the final leg of their tour of Lesotho, the intrepid group of adventurers – led by TRYGVE ROBERTS of Mountain Passes South Africa – travel from Thaba Tseka via Thaba Bosiu to Malealea, before concluding the tour with the Ramatselitso Pass (north of Matatiele).

As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end, and our amazing tour of the Mountain Kingdom was reaching its conclusion. There were still a few more thrills to be had, though, and the group were as fired up and ready for action as they were when we first set off from Matatiele in the Eastern Cape. Thaba-Tseka to Thaba Bosiu An easy day of tar road driving awaited as our convoy eased out of bustling Thaba Tseka, taking the A3 westwards via a series of big passes. First up, just 16km out of town, was the Mokhoa-bong Pass, which – at 41.5km – is a very long pass. It summits at 2 884m and offers a substantial altitude variance of 692m. This was followed back-to-back by…

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