Throughout the year there are many unique events and festivals held around the mountain kingdom of Lesotho as well as the surrounding areas of South Africa. So if you ever needed an excuse to visit Lesotho, we have a few to choose from.
Read our “TOP 10 activities to do in Lesotho” here.
January |
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| ZA | 18 | Fouriesburg Carnival (Surrender Hill – Marathon & Cycle Race) | Fouriesburg – Free State | |
February |
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March |
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| LS | 14 | Moshoeshoe Day (Annual Event) | Maseru – Lesotho | |
| ZA | 19 | Garmin Wartrail Challenge (Run, MTB & Paddle) | Wartrail – Eastern Cape | |
| ZA | 21 | Wild Trout Association Festival (Fly Fishing) | Rhodes – Eastern Cape | |
| LS | 24 | Lesotho Wild Run | Ramabanta – Lesotho | |
| LS | 23 | Trans Lesotho Mountain Bike Trail | Liphofung – Lesotho | |
| ZA | 6 | Drak MTB Xperience | Underburg – KwaZulu-Natal | |
April |
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| ZA | Thin Air Mountain Bike Challenge | Matatiele – Eastern Cape | ||
| ZA | 21 | Splashy Fen Music Festival | Underburg – KwaZulu-Natal | |
May |
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| ZA | 13 | Royal Drakensberg Mountain Bike Challenge | Bergville – KwaZulu-Natal | |
June |
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| ZA | 11 | Race across South Africa (PMB to CPT) | Pietermaritzburg to Cape Town | |
| ZA | 11 | Ride to Rhodes (Race across South Africa) | Pietermaritzburg – KwaZulu-Natal | |
July |
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| LS | 8 | The Kings Cup | AfriSki – Lesotho | |
| ZA | 16 | The Rhodes Trail Run | Rhodes – Eastern Cape | |
| LS | 30 | SA Alpine ski championships | AfriSki – Lesotho | |
| LS | 30 | Quicksilver Ski festival | AfriSki – Lesotho | |
August |
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| ZA | 8 | Dirty Harry Mountain Bike Challenge | Harrismith | |
September |
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| LS | 3 | Malealea Monster MTB Challenge | Malealea Lodge - Lesotho | |
| ZA | 4 | Fouriesburg Springfair | Fouriesburg – Free State | |
| ZA | 10 | Mont-aux-Sources Challenge | Royal Natal National Park | |
| LS | 10 | Tasol Race to the sun cycle race | Butha Buthe – Lesotho | |
| ZA | 24 | Rhodes Extreme 2 Stage Race | Rhodes – Eastern Cape | |
October |
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| LS | 28 | Morija Arts and Cultural Festival | Morija – Lesotho | |
| ZA | 22 | Underburg Himeville Trout Fishing Spring Festival | Underburg – KwaZulu-Natal | |
November |
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| ZA | 5 | Berg & Bush MTB Challenge | Spioenkop Dam, KwaZulu Natal | |
| LS | 13 | The Lesotho Sky MTB Race | Morija – Lesotho | |
| ZA | 18 | Ficksburg Cherry Festival | Ficksburg – Free State | |
| ZA | 20 | Cherry MTB Challenge | Ficksburg – Free State | |
| LS | 25 | Roof Of Africa | Maseru – Lesotho | |
| ZA | 27 | The Sani Stagger | Sani Pass Hotel – KwaZulu-Natal | |
| LS | 30 | Sani Pass Transfrontier Mountain Bike Epic | Sani Pass Hotel – KwaZulu-Natal | |
December |
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| LS | 4 | High Altitude Summer Marathon | Mokhotlong – Lesotho | |
| 4 | Lesotho Summer Festival | |||
| 26 | Tourism jazz festival | |||
Every attempt has been made to ensure dates and details for each event are correct at time of publishing. However please contact the event host directly to confirm details of each event/festival.
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