Maletsunyane Falls, Lesotho

Maletsunyane Falls is a 192-meter-high (630-foot) waterfall in Lesotho, a country in Southern Africa. Maletsunyane falls is difficult to conceive a more magnificent waterfall in terms of sheer beauty. The Maletsunyane River plunges in an unbroken cascade down a 630-foot precipice perched at the point of a natural V in the rolling green cliffs above the waterfall, which is located near the town of Semonkong (a name that translates as The Place of Smoke) in Lesotho.

It is one of Africa's highest single-dropping falls and the subject of several local stories, one of which states that the echo generated by the sound of tumbling water is actually the wailing of souls who have drowned in the falls. Pony trekking and guided excursions to the falls are available at Semonkong Lodge, as is an abseil path that drops from the summit and holds the Guinness World Record for the longest commercially managed single-drop abseil in the world.