What are the highest roads in Lesotho?
Located in southern Africa and completely surrounded by South Africa, Lesotho is a very mountainous country. It’s the only independent state in the world that lies entirely above 1,000 metres (3,281 feet) in elevation.
Highest roads of Lesotho
Mountain Pass | Elevation | Zone | Surface |
Mahlasela Pass | 3.278m (10,754ft) | Maloti mountains | Asphalt |
Kotisephola Pass | 3.245m (10,646ft) | Black Mountains | Asphalt |
Tlaeeng Pass | 3.225m (10,580ft) | Oxbow-Mokhotlong | Asphalt |
Mafika Lisiu Pass | 3.101m (10,173ft) | Maloti mountains | Asphalt |
Menoaneng Pass | 3.080m (9,967ft) | Mokhotlong district | Gravel |
Matebeng Pass | 2.960m (9,711ft) | Thaba-Tseka-Qacha | Gravel |
Moteng pass (2) | 2.901m (9,517ft) | Maloti mountains | Gravel |
Mokhoabong pass | 2.900m (9,514ft) | Central highlands | Asphalt |
Sani Pass | 2.876m (9,400ft) | Thaba-Tseka | Gravel |
Moteng Pass | 2.820m (9,252ft) | Maloti mountains | Asphalt |
A5 road | 2.756m (9,041ft) | Maseru District | Asphalt |
Baboons Pass | 2.689m (8,822ft) | Maseru District | Gravel |
Blue Mtn Pass | 2.641m (8,664ft) | Central highlands | Asphalt |