Maletsunyane Falls, Waterfall in Semonkong, Lesotho

Maletsunyane Falls drops 192 meters from a basalt ledge, creating a single white column of water descending against dark rock walls. The impact at the basin below generates a constant spray that rises high into the air.

The falls were first seen by a white person in 1881, the French missionary Le Bihan, who gave the falls his name in some accounts. In December 2017 the Australian YouTube channel How Ridiculous set the record for the world's highest basketball shot here; Dude Perfect broke it in May 2023 from The Strat in Las Vegas.

Semonkong, the nearby town, takes its name from the falls: in Sesotho it means "place of smoke", after the spray that rises from the basin. The plunge of the Maletsunyane River over the basalt ledge produces a reverberating echo, and local legend holds that the sound is the wailing of people who drowned in the falls.

The abseil beside the falls, run by Semonkong Lodge, is listed at 204 m and holds the Guinness record for the world's longest commercially operated abseil. A descent to the valley floor is possible near the falls. In winter the waterfall is often frozen.

The falls are also known as Le Bihan, after a French missionary who in 1881 became the first white person to see them. The name Semonkong means "place of smoke", taken from the spray the falling water raises.