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Katse Village And Dam Katse Village and the site of the Katse dam's wall is located some 50 kilometres (1 hour's drive in these highlands) from Ha Lejone and Motebong Village. The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) provides daily Katse dam wall tours, including an interesting tour of the interior of the dam wall. This tour commences with a comprehensive briefing of the history of the Lesotho Highlands water project (LHWP), from conceptualisation to construction, ending with a brief on the monitoring and control equipment that is housed within the dam wall.
Katse Alpine Botanical Gardens
Katse Village is also home to Katse Alpine Botanical Gardens with a wide variety of flora indigenous to the LHWP area, some rescued as the dam water filled-up, along with others species from other parts of the country. The nursery also keeps a wide variety of seedlings for sale.
Motebong Village has undertaken to work with the Botanical Gardens in its own landscaping endeavours, and guests will be shown where this has been done.
For more information on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, and the Katse Alpine Botanical Gardens, please go to www.lhwp.org.ls |