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🇱🇸 Use CautionIs Lesotho Safe for First-Time Travelers?
Safety Scores / Lesotho
Travel verdict: Exercise Caution. The scores and risks below say why.
Safety Scores
Key Risks
- Armed robbery, carjacking, and violent crime in Maseru
- Political instability; military has interfered in governance multiple times
- Very high HIV/AIDS prevalence rate
- Mountain regions can be dangerous in winter due to extreme cold and road conditions
Travel Verdict: Exercise Caution
Avoid walking alone at night in Maseru; use trusted transport
Medical facilities are limited; serious cases require evacuation to South Africa
Lesotho loti pegged to South African rand; ZAR also widely accepted
Emergency: 123 (police), 121 (ambulance)
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