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Lesotho's Remote Southeastern Wilderness
Qacha’s Nek District: History & Culture
Qacha’s Nek District occupies Lesotho’s remote southeastern corner, where the Senqu River lowlands give way to the escarpment above KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. Its defining site is Sehlabathebe National Park, a wilderness area proclaimed in 1969 whose 69.5 km² sit within the transnational Maloti-Drakensberg Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, inscribed in 2000. Sixty-five rock art sites survive here, along with endangered bearded vultures, Cape vultures and the Maluti redfin, a freshwater fish found nowhere else. The park’s remoteness, reached over unpaved mountain roads, makes it one of the least-visited protected areas in the region.
Heritage & Landmarks
Lesotho's share of the Maloti-Drakensberg Park UNESCO World Heritage Site
65 identified San rock-art sites inside the park
Endangered raptors protected within the park's Afro-alpine terrain
The district's crossing into South Africa's Eastern Cape
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