Dinosaur Footprints | Activities | Malealea Tours

Introduction

Lesotho boasts some impressive Dinosaur Footprint sights to lure archeologists, paleatologists and other enthusiasts. The country even has a Dinosaur named after it, Lesothosaurus, a metre-long herbivorous Lizard, which can has been reconstructed and is able to be viewed at the Natural History Museum in london. Dinosaur footprints are mainly found in the sandstone areas in the lowlands as they ar enormally exposed in the sandstone after centuries of weathering

Where To Go

The best place to go view dinosaur footprints is in the Quthing District at Ellenberger's Cave House and just outside the town of Quthing. The other place to view them is just outside Leribe in the North.

Where to stay

Moorosi Chalets, just outside the town of Mount Moorosi, is a good place to stay to see the Quthing Sights and Aloes Lodge and Maliba Lodge are god places to stay to see the sights at Leribe. All of these sights are great as a quick stopover enroute to the other destinations in Lesotho.

Tours with this Activity

Lesotho Wildcoast Overland Trip