Dinosaur Footprints Travel Guide: Top Sights in Lesotho, Tours &

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Dinosaur Footprints- Travel Tips What to See, How to Plan & Tours: Natural Scenery; Lesotho; 5 Reviews

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Suggested Duration: 4 hours

Step back in time as you follow the dinosaur footprints in Lesotho, home to the world's largest known sites of dinosaur footprints and a favorite destination for archaeologists and paleontologists. Early fossil discoveries by missionaries unearthed a wealth of prehistoric bones, trees, plants, and shells. The country even has its own dinosaur, the "Lesothosaurus," a 1-meter long herbivorous lizard from the late Triassic and early Jurassic periods, around 200-208 million years ago. Key footprint locations include Morija, Subeng Stream, Tsikoane, Moyeni, Matsient, Mohale's Hoek, and Quthing District at Masitise/Ellenberger's Cave House, offering a fascinating glimpse into the ancient past.

Operators offering tours in Lesotho

Attractions in Lesotho

Maseru

Thaba Bosiu

Sani Pass

Mohale Dam

4.6

Semonkong Falls

4.6

Ha Kome Cave

4.4

Masitise Cave House Museum

4.4

Afriski

4.2

Reviews of Dinosaur Footprints

Shannon Stegall

5
Reviewed: 2024-05-14

Our guide was very enthusiastic and showed us 3 different species’ footprints along with some prehistoric worm trails, a plant fossil, and some bones. We didn’t mind the erosion (as mentioned by previous visitors); that’s nature! We were just grateful to get to see what we could because it’s not something you get to see everywhere!!
Christo Vorster

2
Reviewed: 2023-12-30

Not worth the effort. Interesting. But the prints are so eroded you need an imagination to really see it.
Clemes K.

5
Reviewed: 2022-08-07

We passed by when we went from Maliba to Maseru. The guide was really nice, helpful and showed us around. He knows a lot about dinosaurs and since he learned that all by himself it is even more impressive. You can really get close to all the footprints and also touch them. It depends how much water there is in the river, so you can see them best during winter time. We had a great time there!
R M

5
Reviewed: 2022-07-04

Really nice place! The guide is great. He wants R50 for a whole tour and will spend almost the whole day with you. He can also show you other things around. It is really sad to see that the government is not interested in these footprints. Noone cares and the water is covering already that many. They are waiting everyday for a paleontologist to come, but noone cares. I really hope that one day these footprints will get the attention they deserve. It is also really hard that GB just came to take the dinosaur-bones to their national museum but is not interested in helping them.
Rebecca Brauchli

5
Reviewed: 2022-03-28

Even if the archaeological/palaeontological site may not meet western standards (does it have to?), definitely recommended: super location on the river, fascinating landscape, super nice guides. Definitely go there especially if you have one, two, or more little dinosaur fans in your family like we do. They will never forget it :)