INVEST IN THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO - Visit Lesotho - Celso Salles

The Kingdom In The SkyBeautiful culturally rich safe affordable and easily accessible from Durban and Johannesburg mountainous Lesotho is a vastly underrated travel destination.This is essentially an alpine country where villagers on horseback in multicolored balaclavas and blankets greet you round precipitous bends. The hiking and trekking - often on a famed Basotho pony - is world class and the infrastructure of the three stunning national parks continues to improve. An astonishingly beautiful country this 'Mountain Kingdom' needs to be seen to be believed.Key Facts• Total Size: 30355 square km• General Terrain: mostly highland with plateaus hills and mountains• Geographical High Point: Thabana Ntlenyana 3482 m• Climate: temperate; cool to cold dry winters; hot wet summers• Major cities: MASERU (capital) population of 220000• Languages Spoken: Sesotho (southern Sotho) English (official) Zulu Xhosa• Independence: 4 October 1966• Nationality: Mosotho (singular) Basotho (plural)• Religions: Christian 80 percent indigenous beliefs 20 percent• National Symbol: Basotho hat• National Anthem or Song: Lesotho fatse la bo ntat'a rona (Lesotho Land of Our Fathers)• Economy of Lesotho Major Industries: food beverages textiles apparel assembly handicrafts construction tourism subsistence farming • Agricultural Products: corn wheat pulses sorghum barley; livestock• Natural Resources: water agricultural and grazing land diamonds sand clay building stone• Major Exports: manufactures 75 percent (clothing footwear road vehicles) wool and mohair food and live animals• Major Imports: food; building materials vehicles machinery medicines petroleum products• Currency: loti (LSL); South African rand (ZAR)• National GDP: $ 3723000000