lesotho Archives - African Waters

February 14, 2023

Fishing the Bokong River – Return of the legends

Fishing the Bokong River This week we saw the return of some familiar faces fishing the Bokong River. Dave Dyer and his crew from KZN filled our camp with many a cold beer, and as they would say “a crispy white wine”. This group consisted of Dave (Davo), John Bredin (I & J), his son...

December 22, 2022

Lesotho – Mixed start to the season

Lesotho After an expected 4 hour drive became a 6 hour drive through the scenic mountain roads of Lesotho, the first group of the Makhangoa 2022 season arrived in camp. After a long day on the road Rob, Jan, Nitzan and Lindsay eagerly drove into camp. They were greeted by all the guides and camp...

February 22, 2022

Makhangoa Community Camp Season 2022 – Week 5

Who would have thought that a group of septuagenarians could compete for the group of guests with the most gees for the Bokong season? They arrived in camp full of smiles, introducing themselves by their schoolyard nicknames and immediately began setting up rods for a quick late-afternoon and evening session in the sparkling clean water...

February 18, 2022

Makhangoa Community Camp Season 2022 – Week 4

“Davieeee, howzit boet, listen here, how is the river looking right now?”, screeches my phone with the war cry of an impending visit from the feather mechanic. “Bru, it’s flippen insane right now. There are more fish here than rocks”, I send back. And so began 5 days of some of the best fishing I...

January 20, 2022

Makhangoa Community Camp Season 2022 – Week 3

Gin-clear water. Sight-fishing. Dry fly heaven. These are terms familiar to anyone who regularly fishes the Bokong but are in complete contrast to the challenging conditions we have had for the last few days. A more accurate description of the last few days here would include terms like “monsoon”, “sludge” and “chocolate”. So what do...

January 18, 2022

Makhangoa Community Camp Season 2022 – Week 2

The Lesotho highlands are a very far cry from the Miombo Woodlands of Zambia and Zimbabwe, and so the wilderness-hardened Southern African guests arrived with slack-jawed, breathless cries of “Mushe!” which I believe is Zimbabwean for “hectic”, “aweh” or “lekker!”. Unfortunately, they also arrived to a river that was completely brown after a serious overnight...

December 1, 2021

Makhangoa Community Camp Season 2021/2022 – Week 1

After a long day of tackling Lesotho’s excruciating slopes and windy roads dotted with livestock, the guests finally made it into camp with enough time to fish an afternoon session. Between unpacking, setting up rods, and sorting out last minute tackle, one could sense the anticipation to get out onto the water and finally see...

May 24, 2021

Indifly Funds Makhangoa Solar Project – Indigenous community in Africa gets electricity for the first time.

Indifly Funds Makhangoa Solar Project Indigenous community in Africa gets electricity for the first time. SAINT PAUL, Minn. (May 19, 2021) — Indifly is pleased to announce the Makhangoa Solar Project — a recent initiative that brought electricity to the Makhangoa Community Camp in Lesotho (Africa). Last year Indifly created a social impact fund to provide...

May 11, 2021

Makhangoa Community Camp – Season 2020/2021 – Week 11

The beginning of May saw our last group of guests for the Makhangoa Community Camp season 20/21 arrive in camp. The LHDA(Lesotho Highlands Development Authority) have been pumping water out of Katse dam to South Africa at a rapid pace, and the dam level dropped by a meter and a half within the space of...

April 30, 2021

Makhangoa Community Camp – Season 2020/2021 – Week 10

Our first self-catered group arrived at camp full of festivities and laughter. Some of the guys were eager to get onto the water with their float tubes immediately, while the rest decided to sit back and enjoyed the scenery with a cold Maluti beer and ease into the weekend’s fishing. The anglers who went out, were...

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