Go to Lesotho as a tourist
By Karina Ruby, Steering Commitee member
One way to promote contact and exchange
between people of Lesotho and Denmark could be to motivate more
Danes to travel to Lesotho to discover the beautiful country and
it's people. At the vision meeting in September we decided that DLN
would like to support people/members who want to organise trips for
tourists to Lesotho.
If you want to organise a Lesotho-trip for a group of people, you
are very welcome to approach the DLN board for advice and good
ideas. We can try to link you to a tour operator with membership of
Rejsegarantifonden, which will be preferable for a group tour. We
can also advice you on some practical issues regarding travelling
to Lesotho, such as infrastructure, health, hygiene, crime, food,
water, culture. We can give you some tips on what to see and what
to do in Lesotho. We can advice you on accommodation and transport.
If you are a group and want to see the project supported by DLN, we
can link you to the partner organisation in Lesotho and help you to
organise a visit to the project.
Why go to Lesotho?
Lesotho is a very interesting
destination for many various reasons. The country has a pleasant
climate with long and warm, not too hot, summers and short and cold
winters. The landscape is beautiful with small and big mountains
all over, rivers, lakes and charming villages in the valleys. The
mountain areas are wonderful for trekking tours. The Basotho people
is a friendly and peaceful one. Since the country is a high
altitude country with the lowest point at about 1500 meters above
see level, there are not many of the usual tropical diseases seen
in Africa. There is no malaria etc. So far not many tourists have
discovered Lesotho, so you will get an unspoiled and natural
impression of Lesotho and it's people. Lesotho is encircled by
South Africa and can therefore very well be visited in combination
with a tour to South Africa.
DLN would especially like to support people, who will take tourism
to Lesotho in such a way that the local people in Lesotho will
benefit from the visitors. That could be by using local
accommodation and buying food from local people.