Driving the Mountain Kingdom: Lesotho Road Trip (Part I)
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Welcome to the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho.
This small mountainous country is completely landlocked by the highlands of South Africa. The lowest point in the mountain kingdom is 4,500 feet above sea level. Although it is only a few hours from very modern Johannesburg, the kingdom takes you to an older Africa, before modern electricity and internet. Where shepherds still wander the hills for days, looking for greener pastures. Where there are more horses than cars. Where kids walk miles to school. And where a king still rules the land. Without much public infrastructure, I decided to rent a car to see as much of this unique country as possible. Here is the first part of my roadtrip around Lesotho.
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I enjoyed your Content and enjoyed every bit of it .....I also did a tour of the Lesotho and have a video on it ...Check it called "Trip to Katse".... I also wanted. to find out what equipment you use and your drone
Surely you had fun💃💃💃💃🕺🕺🕺that's US Lesotho people, I'm telling you we are at peace all the time!!🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸
I absolutely loved the people from lesotho!
Omg this is beautiful
Amazingly beautiful 😍
OhOoo!!! Home Sweet Home... 😢Glad you had fun
Those villagers just tear at my heart for some reason.
they're beautiful people
Amazing video of my beautiful country. Shots are of highest quality. Keep it up.
Thank you! Will do!
Love this!
Oh...People here are so friendly, love the mood of their hospitality ❤😊❤
Yes they were! Have you been??
Lesotho is beautiful
AFRICA YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL
I love africa! Heading back in a month
43:15
"I want to be a kid again. Can I be a kid again?"
"No, you can't do that..."
That sassy girl has a bright future ahead of her. 🤣🤣 Gorgeous video, country, and people. THANK YOU for this amazing content! ❤❤
Hahah glad you loved that part and watched through the whole video!! Those kids were so cute! Make sure to subscribe! I have a part 2 of Lesotho coming out!
Zam for me documented Lesotho well , nice quality video and audio and it feels interactive , that Tshepile lady has a beautiful smile
Thanks for the thoughtful comment. Glad you enjoyed!
Hello from Roppongi, Tokyo, @thetravelingzam❣️ I’m American and my hair braider is from Lesotho. We were watching this video for the first time while she was braiding my hair and I kept saying ‘I need to insist on either a ceremony in Lesotho or a honeymoon when I get proposed to’ and all she could do was tear up seeing not only your beautiful photos, but your deep respect for the awesome people there. We were both impressed with your dancing skills, man you can sure jump 👏🏾
We want to see Part 2, especially to see if you went back for that beautiful gurl from Katse Dam haha. We saw you trying to catch your breath after a few words with her lol. Do we need to become members here on YT or go to Patreon to see Part 2? We like your other videos too so no worries about membership, but we especially want to see Part Two of your Lesotho trip. My braider says you need only work on your pronunciation of Lesotho 🇱🇸 haha. She and I eagerly await your kind reply. 👍🏾☮️
Wow beautiful country
It's a truly special place!
I just randomly did a search about Lesotho and found this channel. The images and photos are great. Keep it up dude. I loved it. As someone who watches a lot of travel vlogs, I have a suggestion. The music is too loud. Also, I'm not sure if music is needed. Natural sounds will be nicer to hear.
Thanks for the insightful comment! Yeah I’m new to this and trying to figure out how to fill in the in between a. Thanks for the tip on the music
The music was needed, what a great music he played ▶️ 👏
@@thandintulli278 would prefer natural sounds still
Thank you for the scenic pictures and videos of my Motherland. I grew up in Ha Molapo in the way to Malima lodge. You went past my house in Ha molapo village. Thank you. GOD BLESS
What a beautiful country to be from!
This was so beautiful! I want to travel to Lesotho now, thanks Zam !!
You should go if you get the chance!!
I just loved your positive energy, you see beauty in everything. I also loved your humane interaction with the locals. Bravo my guy
Thank you so much! I love meeting and sharing my experiences with cultures. glad you enjoyed.
You just made me love ❤ this country more and more
I am glad :)
Thank you. I grew up on the UBLS campus in Lesotho. Such a beautiful land.
It really is! Glad you enjoyed it!
Oh Zam, you really did justice to the mountain kingdom with your openness. Well done and well enjoyed.
Thanks I’m glad you think I captured it well!! Wait for part 2!!
Woow that was awesome, Lesotho brought soo much of my childhood memories here in South Africa, Life used to be fun when we were one. I wish our generation could rebuilt that life again
Glad it brought back good memories of nostalgia :)
What a beautiful video mate ..! You have definitely inspired me to go visit this amazing country ! Greetings from Alanya, Turkey : )
It is a very unique place to visit. Hope you make it there!
Nice video and good interaction with the locals. Great job!
Thanks I love meeting the locals and want to incorporate it more!
True great job 👏
Amazing views! The people, the land, the mountains, the reservoir! Amazing!! Most of the Africans over in Lesotho may have tattered clothes on, may not know English but hey, they are the most happiest, loving, joyful people on earth with a heartfelt smile from deep inside their souls. Most amazing people on earth 👏🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Thank you for the video ❤
Agreed! Thanks for watching!!
It’s gorgeous there! Lived there for 3 months back in the nineties ( was doing missionary work). Amazingly kind and welcoming people xx
Amazing! I’m sure it was quite the experience to live there and really soak in the culture
Thank u mate I can't stop watching ths Lesotho is a nice please revisit again please
Glad you enjoyed it! It’s be awesome to go back!
This country is really beautiful.You did a great job hey I like the way you handled everything even dancing with the shepherds. That part was amazing. Keep it up ❤❤❤
Thanks for the thoughtful comment!
Amazing road trip video man. Waiting to see the second part.
Also hope to see you making similar road trip video in all parts of South Africa and Eswatini kingdom if is possible.
Thanks! I will have a second part come out hopefully soon! I also did Botswana, and Eswatini, and Namibia!
ohh so this is how the HAT came about that Mountain AMAIZING Lesotho im coming for you😍😍thank you beautiful vedio👌
Thanks! So glad you enjoyed!
The mountain peak is called Qiloane. Thaba Bosiu is a plateau.
Lesotho...my home❤😂glad you enjoyed mate
Such a beautiful country!! Thanks for watching
Awesome content bro, I spent few years of my childhood out there, so this brings back memories.
Glad you enjoyed and helped you with some nostalgia!
Cool video. I'm thinking about visiting the area. Never been out of the states.
Awesome! Lesotho was an incredible place! Good luck on your travels
you can also visit Zimbabwe
Love love the video, your flying experience is out of this world. Beautiful pics ,beautiful video
Thank you so much! I love flying the drone when I can!
WoW, thank you for sharing this amazing experience of my country🇱🇸. Your content is at another level🎉...#theKINGDOMinthesky.
My pleasure!! Thanks for watching!!
you can see the very beautiful mountains in the Island but we must tell you the truth you'll enjoy to be the a part of us
I loved the mountains in lesotho!!
i enjoyed watching this video..best🥰😇😇
Thank you so much 🤗
Wow, what an epic video.
Thanks!!
it's so beautiful! great vlog and photos!
Thanks! Lesotho made my job easy!
This is beautiful. There is a lot to see in this mountain kingdom. I hope you had a blast. Can't wait for mor contant...
I loved the mountain kingdom! I will have a second part to the road trip coming out soon! Make sure to subscribe
@@thetravelingzam and believe me, I never watch a 50min video on UA-cam so this means I literally enjoyed every minute of it!
I really enjoyed watching this,i live in Lesotho myself, our country is so small and so beautiful.❤
Glad you enjoyed it! Beautiful country!
What a beautiful piece earth.
It really is!
Love seen people from different part of the world getting together 😊
Me too! One of my favorite parts of travel. Thanks for watching :)
lesotho is so beautiful 💕
Indeed!
Really amazing 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks!! Glad you loved it!
True that 😊
The pictures are absolutely insane, you captured the country so well Bru, you actually made me a Lil homesick ❤
Thanks for the watch and comment! Hope you make it back home soon.
wonderful
Thanks!!
This is ayoba 👌🏾man, but what you have seen or rather captured is just a drop in the ocea though, this country has a lot of epic landscapes.
Just wait for part 2!! There is more haha
@@thetravelingzam I just cant wait for it
Wow amazing and beautiful nature.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for such a beautiful video ❤ about my mother's county 💜🧡💯
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good video ! Thank you for sharing. The nature in Africa is beautiful and the weather is great ☀️ ☀️☀️. I enjoyed watching your video man. I watch from Canada 🇨🇦. 😁👍🏾
Thanks for the thoughtful comment! Africa is very special!
34:44 What an amazing shot. The scenery is stunning, the light and how it hits the two guys is super cool, I love how their heads reach from the foreground into the background, and it’s a really cool detail that you can see that the guy on the left is walking. I might have cropped in from the upper right hand corner a little bit, just to get rid of some stuff on the right side, and to center the two guys a little more, but still: very cool photo.
Also I really like your grading. It’s on the more extreme side, being so desaturated and warm (kinda 2010 IMO :D), but very nicely done. And I guess the natural color palette in those mountains lends itself to that kind of look. Great work man!
Lovely story
thanks for watching!!
Beatifully captured
Thank you! Glad you loved it. It is one of my favorite countries to share
beautiful stuff
Thank you! Cheers!
I don't know if it's still the case cos the laws in South Africa have changed, but in the 90s there were stories about kids from Lesotho running barefoot down the mountains into SA with bags of marijuana on their backs, and back again. And at night.
hmmm interesting. not sure about it
that looks stunning great video my guy
thanks for watching!
You should open a business in Lesotho to help the economy grow ❤great reaction 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Maybe one day! I really loved it there
great content thank you for the experience !
thank!! glad you enjoyed the journey
Stunning images man ;) safe travels
Thanks for watching!!
Good experiences😮
Thanks for watching!
Great Video
Thanks! Glad I could share it with you
Really enjoyed this, thank you. have you uploaded part 2? as i would love to watch it too, couldnt find it in your uploads.
Glad you enjoyed!! Unfortunately I still need to edit that video 🤦🏻
The first valley it's called Qiloane. It's the the one that has inspired the famous Basotho hat and traditional houses. Qiloane is basically beautiful view at mountain top fortress Thaba-Bosiu
That's the place where I was married to before my husband died. I know that place very well
oh thanks for that fact! very beautiful tradition
oh very sad. hoepfully it brought back good memories.
I love Lesotho
Thanks me too! It was a great trip!
Hello, I am Japie from Botswana.. my first time to across your channel.. I love it.. very real and down to earth.. I appreciate it.. I love Lesotho, Sesotho and setswana are basically the same.. it's nice and green there, which month did you travel to Lesotho?
Thank you so much!! I was there in about March or April of 2022
Wonderful ❤️❤️
Thank you! Cheers!
Lesotho is beautiful and peaceful... I'm budgeting for the passports and the 1st stemp on it will be Lesotho 🤞
I’m sure you’ll love it there!
We in South Africa are also very reliant on the precious water sent to us from Lesotho ❤
Yes I saw the dams and the elaborate water transportation system. Amazing
nice you were in my home country before you head to Lesotho
It was such a beautiful place!
My homeland😍😍 Z can you tag me along on your next adventures in Africa oh and by the way rent a bigger car for Africa tours most countries don't have tire roads
Yes jump in my suitcase!
I have been trying to find part 2
Next time wear a terena blanket, that'll make things cery interesting.
Oh that would be cool! Love wearing traditional outfits
Breathtaking scenery and videography, this landscape is indeed stunning!! 🤩 thanks for sharing this experience, adding this to my ultimate destinations list for sure. I visited Seychelles while in the navy over 20 years ago and always wanted to possibly return but this place might even eclipse the Seychelles, which is a high bar!
My biggest concern with doing something like this would be the right hand drive. Was it a difficult transition to learn on the fly or do u need practice ?
My name is Chris and I’m In North Carolina, thanks again for showcasing this amazing country 👍👍
Seychelles is on my
List for this year! You pick up driving fast. It’s a bit weird first driving off the lot but find it easy to maneuver soon after
at 4:26 the name of that rock pillar is is Qiloane and not Thaba-bosiu
thanks for the correction again
South Africa is the only country in the world that has another country in it (Lesotho)
Not entirely true. You also have San Marino in Italy
Ok I may have not noticed, good to know. But is there any country in the world that speaks 11 languages?
Yes, there are a lot of countries that speak more than 11 languages, ie Papua New Guinea that speaks 840 languages
Better than life in New York City
In some ways yea!!
Thanks for sharing do you ever think of Car Camping Road Trip yet
I have done it in the past and I used to live in a van!
@@thetravelingzam I’m planning to do it in N. America and South Africa even Aussie
Hi @thetravelingzam - have you already uploaded part 2? I couldn't find it despite subscribing to your channel :(
I haven’t unfortunately. It’s in a back log in my archives. I will hopefully get to it at some point but focused on the current Asia trip
at 4:26 the mountain is QILOANE not THABA-BOSIU
thanks for the correction.
Wish they were this kind to their own kind
That would be nice
Greetings from Morocco
Thanks for watching
Have ever heard about Lesotho before this video?
wow
Thanks! Thats the same thing I said every turn in Lesotho
I see something so amazing on the video😂😂,the shepherd moves ahead/in front of his head/animals. Tell me Basothos how does that happen?cos here in SA we always follow from behind. What muthi are using for this?
I'm not 100% sure the reason for that. Unique observation though
can we get part 2 please
Yes!! I am on assignments through July but will prioritize part 2 when I have my hard drives
Nice videos u make. Loved your Kuwait video. Why don't u expand your wings to West Africa. Nigeria should be your next destination.❤
I hope to do a west africa trip soon!
@@thetravelingzam Thank you for the reply I would also like to mention about your Lesotho 🇱🇸 video, it was one most amazing, however I felt you did not upload the second part of your trip. I couldn't find it pls do see about that.
Best of luck for future endeavors. 👍
Wow just what is the altitude of these treks? It looks very high is there any breathing issues trekking up there.
Amazing , may I know is this which country ?
It is in Lesotho!
Just found your channel
Thanks for joining!
Haeso Lesotho la bo ntata rona.....
🇱🇸
When will part 2 be out?
Hopefully within a few months! I have been busy traveling and have a lot of content to edit! Make sure to subscribe!
Hi sir, what season did you visit Lesotho and made this video?
I was there last March!
😂😂😂: Hey take care
His POV: Take here? Wht bro
😂😂😂
Where is part II?
It still needs to be edited!! Takes a while to build such long videos
@@thetravelingzam Understandable, I cannot wait to see it, I enjoyed part I so much because I am from Lesotho but I have never travelled those parts of my home country and really enjoyed living vicariously through your trip
It's time Lesotho becomes part of South Africa
Interesting
😂😂😂 that house that was blasting music usually that's where they sell alcohol in most parts Southern Africa people like to drink their alcohol with a lil bit of music and dancing, nice video though
Hah sounds fun! Thanks for the insight!
20 BUCKS A DAY? you mean R20 for a car ?
I don’t remember to be honest. This trip wa sa year and a half ago. $20 a day sounds about right
Would be nicer with more scenery and less talk
Thanks! Check out my new stuff. Trying to ‘show more and talk less’
mountain kingdom... Hire a 4x4 next time lol
Oh yeah that would be so sweet and open so many opportunities there haha
@@thetravelingzam I am there right now. Love going there. Next time you planning to come Lesotho, South Africa or Botswana. Let's connect and see how to make it epic.
@danyvambili7029 I may be in South Africa in a few months. Let’s see
Please show us more of Lesotho I enjoyed it
Less of your face and 100% surroundings, please. If I have seen you face at the beginning of the video, there is no need to see it again. Show the country . . . . that is what I want to see.
I do a mix of narrating the adventure and showing the places. This is an older video too. Check out my newer videos to see how I am finessing the shots
Lots of misinformation mr.narrator
You made content & money from this video off of capturing the beautiful land and its people so it’s only fair to pay the farmer who is asking to be compensated. “I’ll pass on that one” I know you people are used to taking everything for free but please do better.
Thanks for watching. Actually this video isn’t monetized… so no money from this video. Just for your entertainment :)