Planning a visit to Katse Dam in Lesotho’s Highlands
At Katse, the dam, reservoir and botanical garden help explain a mountain landscape transformed by a binational water project.
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Katse Dam is a 185-metre arch dam on the Malibamatso River, part of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. A visit combines an explanation of the infrastructure, a guided wall tour and Katse Botanical Garden.
The place
What makes it special
- Guided visit to the dam wall.
- Context on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
- Katse Botanical Garden, with indigenous plants and rescued species.
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Sources and references
This profile summarises our destination guides. Their research sources and the geographical reference are listed below.
- environment.gov.ls
- www.bos.gov.ls
- environment.gov.ls
- environment.gov.ls
- www.lhda.org.ls
- www.gov.ls
- www.gov.ls
- www.bos.gov.ls
- Lesoto · Wikidata
- Lesotho · World Countries — mledoze
- Lesotho · World Bank Open Data
- Lesotho · DBpedia
- Exploring the congruence between the Lesotho junior secondary geography curriculum and environmental education · OpenAlex
- Place identification and coordinates
Profile updated: 13/09/2026