Lesotho highlands (Thaba-Tseka District)
Makhangoa Community Camp
FreshwaterBokong River where it enters Katse Dam — Makhangoa
African Waters runs this fly camp with the Makhangoa community on the Bokong River, where it flows into Katse Dam in the Lesotho highlands; it opened in 2012. Anglers mostly walk the river, about 20 km of it, sight-fishing dry flies to smallmouth yellowfish and wild rainbow and brown trout. Eight guests sleep in four stone-and-thatch rondavels, and every member of staff comes from Makhangoa.
Season
November to May
The camp runs November to May, and yellowfish come into the river to feed and spawn from November to April, with trout the target in cooler spells. If the river blows out, Katse Dam, less than 1 km from camp, offers sight fishing to cruising yellowfish.
The fishing
- Water
- Freshwater
- Species
- Smallmouth yellowfish
- Rainbow trout
- Brown trout
First is the fish the lodge leads with.
- How it is fished
- Wading, Drift boat
- Catch and release
- Not published
- Tackle
- Fly only
- Gear
- Not published
Price and what it covers
Price on request
Quoted on request for stays of 3 to 10 nights; trips of 3, 4, 5 and 7 days are also offered.
Included
- Community levy paid to the Makhangoa Community Tourism Council
- Laundry
- Bedding and towels
Prices are shown in the currency the lodge publishes them in. Confirm the rate with the lodge.
The lodge
- Guests at a time
- 8
- Guiding
- Not published
- Package
- Not published
- For non-anglers
- Yes
- Wi-Fi
- Yes
- Established
- 2012
Getting there
- Gateway airport
- Johannesburg (JNB), O.R. Tambo International Airport
- From there
- Fly into Johannesburg, Durban, Bloemfontein or Maseru. You can drive yourself from Johannesburg or Durban, or take an African Waters transfer from Johannesburg; guests in low-clearance cars switch to a 4×4 at Katse Lodge for the last stretch to camp.
The pin marks the lodge itself. Location from the lodge's own website.
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from one of these pages. The lodge’s own website is checked first; a booking agency is used where the lodge is silent.
Lodge website: africanwaters.net
Lodge website
- africanwaters.net/tour/makhangoa-community-camp-lesotho for name and website, location, map pin, species, fishing styles, season, capacity, fly-only rule, non-angler activities, getting there, gateway airport, Wi-Fi, year established, price, season status, description
- africanwaters.net/2026/02/18/mountain-holiday for season status
- africanwaters.net/2026/05/12/bokong-river-fly-fishing-banana-bread-in-… for season status
- africanwaters.net/2024/11/20/makhangoa-fishing-season-2024-25-is-open for season
Booking agency
- aardvarkmcleod.com/destination/lesotho-makhangoa-yellowfish-trout for location, season, price, capacity