The plateau looks like a giant table with steep sides. The top is grassy and flat, while the cliff walls all around make it naturally very strong and easy to defend. From the top you can see for miles across the surrounding plains — a perfect lookout point. The Basotho people built their homes and kraals (animal pens) on top, living safely above the land below.
King Moshoeshoe I was a brilliant leader who brought together many different clans and groups of people to form one unified Basotho nation. He was known for being wise, generous and good at making peace. Today, Moshoeshoe Day is a national holiday celebrated every year in Lesotho in his honour, and he is remembered as the founding father of the nation.
Visitors can walk up to the top of Thaba-Bosiu along a path. Up there, you can find old stone ruins of the original Basotho settlements, as well as the grave of King Moshoeshoe I. The views from the top are extraordinary — rolling mountains in every direction, with the whole landscape of Lesotho spread out around you.