7-Day Ethiopian Wildlife Tour

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Addis Ababa To Awash National Park

On your arrival at Addis Bole International Airport, you'll meet our team and take a drive to Awash National Park, which is about 230km from Addis. On arrival at the park, you will go for a game drive in the thorny bushes and grassland of Awash National Park, including a hike in the riverbank forest by the Awash River Falls. You have a chance to spot mammals such as the Salt’s dik-dik, lesser kudu, warthog, Hamadryas baboon, olive baboon, black-backed jackal, Abyssinian hare, Grivet monkey, Nile crocodiles on the shores of the river, and more wildlife with numerous bird species.

Main Destination:

Awash National Park

Best Time To Visit October to February (Little rain and less hot)

High Season September to April (The park is never busy)

Best Weather October to February

Wildlife in Awash NP

Olive Baboon Abundant

Beisa Oryx Common

Soemmerring's
Gazelle Common

Hamadryas
Baboon Common

Salt's Dik-dik Common

Show more

Lesser Kudu Occasional

Desert Warthog Occasional

Defassa Waterbuck Occasional

Nile Crocodile Occasional

Spotted Hyena Occasional

Guereza Monkey Rare

Ethiopian Wolf None

Gelada Monkey None

Walia Ibex None

Accommodation:

Doho Lodge & Hot Springs

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Awash NP

+10 Photos

+9 Photos

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Awash National Park to Aledeghi Wildlife Reserve

After an early breakfast, you'll take a drive to Alideghi National Park. Here, you will have a game drive and scan the vast plain for gerenuk, Soemmerring’s gazelle, Grevy’s zebra, Grant’s gazelle, olive and Hamadryads baboons, Beisa oryx, African golden wolf, Somali ostrich, and more wildlife. Bird species include Abyssinian roller, Arabian bustard, kori bustard, carmine bee-eaters, and several raptors. At night, you will have a game drive for nocturnal mammals.

Main Destination:

Aledeghi Wildlife Reserve

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Just outside Aledeghi WR

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Drive to Bale Mountains National Park

After an early morning game drive in the park, you'll have your breakfast and then set off for a long drive to Bale Mountains National Park, where you'll stay for the next 4 nights. You'll arrive in the evening, then transfer to Weyb valley also called Wolf Camp. Here in Weyb valley, you have a chance of seeing the largest number of Wolves that the Bale Mountains have to offer.

Main Destination:

Bale Mountains National Park

Best Time To Visit November to February (Little rain)

High Season October to January (Park is never busy)

Best Weather November to February

Wildlife in Bale Mountains NP

Ethiopian Wolf Common

Mountain Nyala Common

Warthog Common

Menelik's
Bushbuck Occasional

Guereza Monkey Occasional

Show more

Olive Baboon Occasional

Bohor Reedbuck Occasional

Starck's Hare Occasional

Giant Mole-rat Occasional

Bale Monkey Rare

Giant Forest Hog Rare

Golden Jackal Rare

Gelada Monkey None

Walia Ibex None

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Bale Mountains NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Explore Gassay Grasslands

This morning, you'll do an early game drive to look for Ethiopian wolves in their natural habitat. In the afternoon, you will enjoy a safari in the Gassay grasslands. While the Mountain Nyala is regularly seen on the moorlands, here, some of the Nyalas have become unafraid of humans and will allow a close approach, as will Menelik’s bushbucks and especially the ultra-tame common warthogs, which one can get to within a couple of meters! It is also a good area for Bohor reedbucks, Serval Cats, and olive baboons. You'll drive to Sodota for an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Bale Mountains National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Bale Mountains NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Explore Sannetti Plateau

You will be spending much of your time exploring the wild and spectacular Afroalpine moorlands of the high Sanetti Plateau, one of the best places in the Bale Mountains to find the Ethiopian wolf. The Ethiopian wolf is the world’s rarest canid, although, happily, a recent campaign to vaccinate local dogs, organized by the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programmed has brought about a welcome rebound in the population. The wolves tend to go around singly or in small groups. During the course of your visit, you should have repeated encounters with them, watching them patrol their territories, greet each other, relax, or hunt rodents and other prey. You should be able to see them catch rodents, their special food.

Main Destination:

Bale Mountains National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Bale Mountains NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Explore Hareena Forest

After breakfast, you will drive to Hareena Forest, crossing over Sanneti Plateau. Hareena Forest is the second-largest tropical rainforest in Ethiopia. On arrival at the forest, our main target is to look for the Endemic Bale Monkey in the Bamboo part of the forest. Mammals such as Colobus monkey, Olive baboon, and Giant forest hog can also be seen in the area. Night game drives will introduce you to some nocturnal mammals such as African civet, bush pig, honey badger, Abyssinian genet, and others.

Main Destination:

Bale Mountains National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Bale Mountains NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Fly from Bale to Addis Ababa

After breakfast, you'll drive back to Bale Goba, where you will transfer to the Airport for the return flight back to Addis Ababa. If time permits, you will see some sites. Addis is distinct from many other African capitals because it was not developed under colonial rule. One of its best-known sites is the National Museum of Ethiopia, which houses the remains of “Lucy,” a bipedal hominid who lived 3.2 million years ago and was discovered in 1974. In the evening, you'll enjoy a farewell party dinner with a cultural dinner, a traditional special buffet, and local drinks to experience Ethiopia’s cultural meals and drinks at Yod Abyssinia restaurants after the farewell party.

Main Destination:

Addis Ababa (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.