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Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

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

Day 1

Addis Abeba airport

Addis Abeba airport

Welcome to Ethiopia, for birding, we will meet you at the airport, and proceed to the hotel which is around 15 min drive after checked in, we will set an appointment when to see you, after taking rest we will take you for short city tour to explore Addis Abeba, then back to your hotel.

Main Destination:
Addis Ababa (City)
Accommodation:
Nexus Addis
  • Mid-range hotel located in Addis (City)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Meals at own expense
  • Drinks not included

Day 2

Gefersa Reservoir

Gefersa Reservoir

After you have your breakfast, we will drive to Gefersa Reservoir, which is the hot spot for birding you will see hundreds of different birds some of them are Egyptian GooseNorthern Shovele, African Black Duck, Yellow-billed Duck, Red-eyed Dove, Long-tailed Cormorant, White-collared Pigeon, Wattled Ibis etc many other. Then we will return back to the hotel.

Main Destination:
Addis Ababa (City)
Accommodation:
Nexus Addis
  • Mid-range hotel located in Addis (City)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 3

Debre Libanos and Solulta Plain

Debre Libanos and Solulta Plain

Today We will drive to Debre Libanos explore the amazing avifauna of Ethiopia. There are many species along this route to see include Lammergeier, Vulture, Yellow-billed Kite, Tacazze Sunbird, African Citril, Thick-billed Raven. The road passes through fields. We will also see like Wattled Ibis, grassland, and small marshes of the Solulta Plain here we can see Endemics birds like Abyssinian Long claw, Blue-winged Goose, Wattled Ibis, Rouget’s Rail, White-collared Pigeon, Ethiopian Cisticola and Black-headed Siskin. We will return back to the hotel.

Main Destination:
Debre Libanos Monastery (Highlight)
Accommodation:
Nexus Addis
  • Mid-range hotel located in Addis (City)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 4

Addis to Awash National Park

Addis to Awash National Park

We Have to leave early in the morning today to reach the lower volcanic lava flows of the extinct Fantale Crater where we can get the Endemic like Shining Sunbird, Striolated Bunting, Chestnut-headed, Chestnut-eared Sparrow-larks, Blackstart,
We are going to spent longer time at Awash National Park. This park is home to a huge variety of habitats and great birds will explore a variety of including savanna grasslands, wetlands, thorn woodlands, riverine forests. The park boasts a bird list of more than 450 species and we hope to find some of them amongst many others, Yellow-necked Spurfowl, Small, Buttonquail, Somali Ostrich, Greater Spotted Eagle, Bateleur, African Swallow-tailed Kite, Buff-crested, Arabian, Hartlaub's, Brown Snake Eagles, Black-chested, Shikra, Pygmy Falcon, Lesser Kestrel, Kori, White-bellied Bustards, Chestnut-bellied, Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse, then we drive to the hotel.

Main Destination:
Awash National Park
Best Time To Visit Oct to Feb (Little rain and less hot)
High Season Sep to Apr (The park is never busy)
Best Weather October to February

Wildlife in Awash NP

Accommodation:
Genet Hotel
  • Mid-range hotel located outside Awash NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 5

Awash - Langano

Awash - Langano

Rift Valley Excellent for birding here you can found many birds around the lush vegetation of the three neighboring lakes in the central Ethiopian Rift Valley and we will spend most of the day exploring the shores and surrounding woodland. Initially we will find Abyssinian Ground Thrush, Then we can walk the trails through great habitat in search of Scaly Francolin, Tambourine Dove, Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Red-capped Robin-chat, Green Twinspot. We will find Somali Ostrich, huge flocks of Greater, Lesser Flamingos, Black, Goliath, Squacco, Purple Herons, Spur-winged Goose, African Pygmy-goose, African Fish-eagle, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Ayres’s Hawk-eagle, Imperial, Malachite Kingfisher, Long-crested Eagles, Grey Kestrel, African Harrier-hawk, Kittlitz's Plover, Blue-spotted Wood Dove, Great Black-headed Gull, Northern Carmine, Little Bee-eaters, Lemon Dove, what a great day to see all those birds.

Main Destination:
Lake Langano
Accommodation:
Sabana Beach Resort
  • Mid-range resort located at Langano
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 6

Lake Abyata and Lake Shala

Lake Abyata and Lake Shala

An early morning we drive to Lake Abiata and Shalla, It is the most memorable place of the tour with thousands of Lesser Flamingo's present. Smaller numbers of Greater Flamingo's are also here, along with thousands of Kittlitz's Plover, The Acacia woodland is home to Black-billed Wood-hoopoe, Bearded Woodpecker, Black Scimitarbill, White-winged Black Tit, African Spoonbill, Sacred Ibis, Marabou Stork, Buff-bellied Warbler, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting. African Fish-Eagle, and many other species. In the afternoon we will drive back to the lodge.

Main Destination:
Lake Langano
Accommodation:
Sabana Beach Resort
  • Mid-range resort located at Langano
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 7

Wondo Genet

Wondo Genet

Spend the day birding in the forest of Wendo Genet. We will See endemic birds Abyssinian Wood Pecker and Banded Barbet.
Yellow-fronted Parrot, White-checked Turaco, Thick-billed Raven, Grey Cuckoo-shrike, Red-shouldered, Narin’s Trogon, Black Cuckoo-shrikes, Scaly and Lesser Honeyguide. Overnight Haile Resort Hawassa.

Main Destination:
Awasa (City)
Accommodation:
Haile Resort Hawassa
  • Mid-range resort located in Awasa (City)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 8

Bale Mountain

Bale Mountain

We will drive to Bale Mountain. At the park headquarters in Dinsho we will get our entrance and our scout then we will search for Abyssinian Siskin. African Wood Owl, Black-winged Lapwing, Abyssinian Owl, Abyssinian Ground-thrush, Abyssinian Catbird, Groundscraper, White-backed Black Tit. We will see a variety of mammals including Mountain Nyala, Menelik’s Bushbuck and Desert Warthog. then we drive to Bale Goba for over night.

Main Destination:
Bale Mountains National Park
Best Time To Visit Nov to Feb (Little rain)
High Season Oct to Jan (Park is never busy)
Best Weather November to February

Wildlife in Bale Mountains NP

Warthog Common
Menelik's
bushbuck
Occasional
Guereza monkey Occasional
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Olive baboon Occasional
Bohor reedbuck Occasional
Starck's hare Occasional
Giant mole-rat Occasional
Walia ibex None
Accommodation:
Goba Wabe Shebelle Hotel
  • Mid-range hotel located in or near Bale Mountains NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 9

Bale Mountains - Sanetti Plateau

Bale Mountains - Sanetti Plateau

Bale Mountain is home to many birds, and mammals, here we found Endemic birds and Mammals, like Niala, Red fox, etc the Sanetti Plateau, and we shall spend most of this day at an altitude between 3800m and 4377m (Tullu Deemtu). As we ascend we will enter a Tid or Juniper forest zone, and here we will look for Abyssinian Woodpecker, African Goshawk, African Hill Babbler, Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk, Ruppell's Robin-chat, Yellow-bellied, Waxbill. Broad-ringed White-eye, Yellow-fronted Parrot. We will drive up to the hill and see the unique plateau which is Africa’s highest Afro-alpine moorland that is home to fourteen of Ethiopia’s highland specialties. If you are laky you will see the endangered Wattled Cranes and we will spend quite a while trying to locate them. We will see Black Stork, Wattled Ibis, Steppe and Golden Eagles, Pallid Harrier, African Snipe. Then we will back to the hotel.

Main Destination:
Bale Mountains National Park
Accommodation:
Goba Wabe Shebelle Hotel
  • Mid-range hotel located in or near Bale Mountains NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 10

Goba - Debre Zeyit

Goba - Debre Zeyit

Today we drive from Bale Mountain to Lake Debreziyt, we will have lunch in Lake Ziway and birding at Lake Ziway where the surrounding lake teems with birds, and we will look for flocks of approachable Black-Winged Lovebirds, Blue-breasted Bee-Eaters, White-Faced Whistling Ducks, Hottentot Teals, Great White Pelicans, Black Herons, Black-Billed Barbet, Rufous-necked, then proceed to Lake Debreziyt The Babogaya Lake Viewpoint Lodge.

Main Destination:
Lake Ziway
Best Time To Go October to January (Little rainfall)
High Season October to January (It is busier)
Best Weather
Accommodation:
The Babogaya Lake Viewpoint Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located in or near Lake Ziway
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 11

Debreziyt - Addis Abeba

Debreziyt - Addis Abeba

Today we will drive back to Addis Abeba, we will take you to your hotel after check-in. Then we will make a city tour and shipping. Today you will be our guest we will have a farewell dinner in one of the best Ethiopian traditional restaurant departing back home.

Main Destination:
Addis Ababa (City)
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

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