The Blanket Wrap

Throughout the year there are many unique events and festivals held around the mountain kingdom of Lesotho as well as the surrounding areas of South Africa. So if you ever needed an excuse to visit Lesotho, we have a few to choose from. Read our post on the "TOP 10 activities to do in Lesotho".

January
February
March
	ZA	3	Surrender Hill Marathon	Clarens - Free State
	LS	14	Moshoeshoe Day (Annual Event)	Maseru - Lesotho
	ZA	17	Garmin Wartrail Challenge (Run, MTB & Paddle)	Wartrail - Eastern Cape
	ZA	21	Wild Trout Association Festival (Fly Fishing)	Rhodes - Eastern Cape
	LS	24	Lesotho Wild Run	Ramabanta - Lesotho
	LS	21	Trans Lesotho Mountain Bike Trail	Liphofung Cave and Heritage Centre - Lesotho
	ZA	6	Drak MTB Xperience	Underburg - KwaZulu-Natal
April
	ZA		Thin Air Mountain Bike Challenge	Matatiele - Eastern Cape
	ZA	19	Lesotho Wild Run	Semonkong/Ramabanta
	ZA	8	Splashy Fen Music Festival	Underburg - KwaZulu-Natal
	LS	14	Malealea Monster Mountain Bike challenge	Malealea Lodge, Lesotho
May
	ZA	13	Royal Drakensberg Mountain Bike Challenge	Bergville - KwaZulu-Natal
	ZA	5/6	MTN Clarens XCM # 4	Town Square, Clarens, Free State
June
	ZA	11	Race across South Africa (PMB to CPT)	Pietermaritzburg to Cape Town
	ZA	11	Ride to Rhodes (Race across South Africa)	Pietermaritzburg - KwaZulu-Natal
July
	LS	8	The Kings Cup	AfriSki - Lesotho
	ZA	16	The Rhodes Trail Run	Rhodes - Eastern Cape
	LS	30	SA Alpine ski championships	AfriSki - Lesotho
	LS	30	Quicksilver Ski festival	AfriSki - Lesotho
August
	ZA	8	Dirty Harry Mountain Bike Challenge	Harrismith
September
	LS	3	Malealea Monster MTB Challenge	Malealea Lodge -  Lesotho
	ZA	4	Fouriesburg Springfair	Fouriesburg - Free State
	ZA	10	Mont-aux-Sources Challenge	Royal Natal National Park
	LS	10	Tasol Race to the sun cycle race	Butha Buthe - Lesotho
	ZA	24	Rhodes Extreme 2 Stage Race	Rhodes - Eastern Cape
October
	LS	4	Independence day (annual)	Lesotho
	LS	28	Morija Arts and Cultural Festival	Morija - Lesotho
	ZA	22	Underburg Himeville Trout Fishing Spring Festival	Underburg - KwaZulu-Natal
November
	ZA	5	Berg & Bush MTB Challenge	Spioenkop Dam, KwaZulu Natal
	LS	13	The Lesotho Sky MTB Race	Morija - Lesotho
	LS	13	Morija MTB Challenge	Morija - Lesotho
	ZA	18	Ficksburg Cherry Festival	Ficksburg - Free State
	ZA	20	Cherry MTB Challenge	Ficksburg - Free State
	LS	25	Roof Of Africa	Maseru - Lesotho
	ZA	24	The Sani Stagger	Sani Pass - KwaZulu-Natal
December
	LS	2	Sani Pass Transfrontier Mountain Bike Epic	Sani Pass - KwaZulu-Natal
	LS	3	High Altitude Summer Marathon	Mokhotlong - Lesotho
	LS	4	Lesotho Summer Festival
	LS	26	Tourism jazz festival

Every attempt has been made to ensure dates and details for each event are correct at time of publishing. However please contact the event host directly to confirm details of each event/festival. If you have events that you would like to add, Please contact us via the Contact us page.