Thursday, 14 November 2013

Sepapu's Gate - meant for tourists

The Sepapu's Gate border post to Lesotho is 30 km south from Wepener on a good gravel road. It is a quiet border post used mainly by tourists from the SA side - average of 20 people or 5 vehicles per day. The nearby Mahehaleng Lodge in Lesotho attracts many of these tourists.

The buildings and gardens on the SA side are in excellent condition and the staff must be complimented. 

The distance and road conditions to the next border post (Makhaleng) are better on the Lesotho side, so we crossed the border into Lesotho. The Lesotho border post is just outside the gate of the SA building. It is a small, pre-fabricated building, but we experienced no difficulty crossing here. In fact, we did not complete any forms and I did not notice any electronic processing of our passports. It was just manually stamped.

The first 5 km in Lesotho is a good gravel road before we reached the tarred A2 road to Makhaleng border post, 45 km further.

Entrance to the clean and tidy border post at Sepapu's Gate
Exit into Lesotho
Modest buildings of the Lesotho border post
Don't use  the post office !