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Njesuthi

You can see 229 km from here, looking north.

83Viewyas Score

SummitSunset360°Long viewMany peaks

Calculating the panorama…

Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.

The view

Up to 229 km away.

Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.

83out of 100

Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).

  • 229 kmFarthest ridgelooking north
  • 100%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
  • 17Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
  • 3,446 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint

The 17 peaks you can name from here

From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.

Biggarsberg1,632 m · 129 km · north-eastImpati Mountain1,595 m · 148 km · north-eastINtabamhlope1,537 m · 139 km · north-eastShiyane1,289 m · 150 km · north-eastPopple Peak3,331 m · 5.7 km · south-eastGiant's Castle3,315 m · 20 km · south-eastThabana Ntlenyana3,482 m · 31 km · southMakheka3,463 m · 7.4 km · south-westMnweni Pinnacles3,151 m · 51 km · north-westMont-Aux-Sources3,282 m · 67 km · north-westChampagne Castle3,377 m · 12 km · north

From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.

The sun

The best sunsets are from May to August.

When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.

  1. Jansouth-west2 min before the sea-level sunset32%
  2. Febwestsets on an open horizon34%
  3. Marwestsets on an open horizon42%
  4. Aprwestsets on an open horizon50%
  5. Maywest2 min before the sea-level sunset65%
  6. Junnorth-west2 min before the sea-level sunset72%
  7. Julnorth-west2 min before the sea-level sunset72%
  8. Augwest2 min before the sea-level sunset66%
  9. Sepwest2 min before the sea-level sunset58%
  10. Octwest2 min before the sea-level sunset41%
  11. Novwest2 min before the sea-level sunset35%
  12. Decsouth-west4 min before the sea-level sunset30%
  • Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
  • Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
  • %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).

The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.

The place

Njesuthi.

Mountain

Njesuthi is a summit in Lesotho, 3,446 m above the sea.

On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 229 km away, looking north.

17 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Thabana Ntlenyana (3,482 m), 31 km away.

The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 100% of the circle.

The skies are clearest from May to August.

Njesuthi seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and stay

Plan the visit

A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.

Tours, cable cars and tickets for NjesuthiGetYourGuideSee prices Stays with a view near NjesuthiBooking.comSee prices Car hire at PZB airport (Pietermaritzburg)Discover CarsSee prices 

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From above

The viewpoint and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.

Njesuthi seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 14named peaks within 5 kmScaly Peak, Mafadi, Njesuthi and 11 more
  • 4campsites within 10 kmInjesuti Campsite and 3 more
  • 3places to stay within 10 kmCentenery Hut, Bannerman Hut, Injesuthi Hutted Camp
  • other viewpoints within 5 km
  • cable car and funicular stations within 5 km
  • marked trails within 3 km
  • shelters and huts within 5 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • visitor centres within 5 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

What you see from Njesuthi, and what is near.

Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.

Peakyas51 mountains within 25 km
Njesuthi · this placeNjesuthi3,410 m · 0.3 kmMafadi3,450 m · 1.0 kmTriplets3,136 m · 1.2 kmPopple Peak3,331 m · 5.2 kmMakheka3,463 m · 8.3 kmChampagne Castle3,377 m · 12 kmWitch Peak3,093 m · 18 kmGiant's Castle3,315 m · 20 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
NjesuthiBortle 2 · this placeMafadiBortle 2 · 0.9 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.

Other viewpoints nearby.

Njesuthi

Lesotho

  • 83Viewyas Score
  • 229 kmFarthest ridge
  • 17Peaks in view
  • 3,446 mAltitude

Thabana Ntlenyana

Lesotho · 31 km

  • 82Viewyas Score
  • 164 kmFarthest ridge
  • 17Peaks in view
  • 3,472 mAltitude

See the guide

Mont-Aux-Sources

Lesotho · 68 km

  • 83Viewyas Score
  • 203 kmFarthest ridge
  • 18Peaks in view
  • 3,261 mAltitude

See the guide

Amphitheatre

South Africa · 65 km

  • 74Viewyas Score
  • 187 kmFarthest ridge
  • 8Peaks in view
  • 2,963 mAltitude

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q303185) · CC0
SunJ. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms
Peaks in viewPeakyas (Wikidata, CC0)
Panorama and altitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
CloudsNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Darkskyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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