The sandstone cliffs of the Maluti Mountains around Malealea preserve rock paintings made by San (Bushman) hunter-gatherers, the original inhabitants of this landscape before Bantu-speaking settlers arrived in the 18th and 19th centuries. The paintings depict animals — eland, antelope — as well as human figures and abstract symbols associated with San spiritual practice, particularly the trance dance.
The sites are within day hiking or riding distance of the lodge, and a guide is essential — both to find the paintings (many are in sheltered overhangs not visible from the paths) and to provide context for what you're seeing. The paintings are centuries old and fragile; the lodge asks visitors not to touch them.