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Arrival
Day 1
Drive to Bale Mountains for the Endemics
Drive to Bale Mountains for the Endemics
On arrival at Bole International Airport or your accommodation, you will be welcomed by a Yama Ethiopia Tours representative. Begin your journey by traveling to the Bale Mountains which are on the other side of the Great Rift Valley. Search for bird species such as the Rouget's rail, thick-billed raven, Abyssinian catbird, Abyssinian slaty-flycatcher, chestnut-napped francolin, moorland francolin, and Abyssinian ground thrush to mention a few. Wattled crane and ruddy shelduck remains can also be discovered here. Outstanding wild animals such as the mountain nyala, Menelik's bushbuck, bohor reedbuck, warthog, and bush duiker may be found in the northern dry woodland near Dinsho.
In the late afternoon, we drive to Goba town.
- Main Destination:
- Bale Mountains National Park
- Accommodation:
- Goba Wabe Shebelle Hotel
Wildlife in Bale Mountains NP
bushbuck Occasional
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Exploring Bale Mountains National Park
Exploring Bale Mountains National Park
Beyond Goba, we enter typical timberline habitats of juniper and Hagenia abyssinica. We drive up Africa's highest all-weather road to 4,100 meters above sea level where we enter the 10,000 square kilometers Sanate Plateau with its chain of tiny terrains. In this strange and fascinating afro-alpine climate, we will find the rare Ethiopian wolf, Starck’s hare, and giant mole rat. The road then drops suddenly on the Harena leeside with its wet forest and fantastic viewpoints through a series of dizzying hairpin bends as it zigzags down to the lowland town of Dolo Mena.
The variety of birds to see include the Bale parisoma, blue-winged goose, wattled ibis, Rouget’s rail, spot-breasted plover, black-winged plover, wattled crane and ruddy shelduck. Drive back to Goba town in the late afternoon while enjoying the sunset.
- Main Destination:
- Bale Mountains National Park
- Accommodation:
- Goba Wabe Shebelle Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Bale Mountains National Park to Wondo Genet
Bale Mountains National Park to Wondo Genet
In the morning, drive to Wondo Genet Forest looking for species including the yellow-fronted parrot, Abyssinian oriole, white-cheeked turaco, banded barbet, double-toothed barbet, lemon dove, tambourine dove, brown parisoma, Narina trogon, Northern puff back, red-shouldered cuckoo shrike, Abyssinian slay flycatcher, African dusky flycatcher, spotted creeper, Abyssinian woodpecker, blue-breasted bee-eater, white-rumped babbler, half-collared kingfisher, woodland kingfisher, African paradise flycatcher, Wahlberg’s honeybird and the scaly honeyguide.
In the late afternoon, we drive to Hawasa town.
- Main Destination:
- Awasa (City)
- Accommodation:
- Haile Resort Hawassa
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Drive to Addis Ababa via Lake Ziway
Drive to Addis Ababa via Lake Ziway
Drive back to Addis Ababa with a detour to Lake Ziway for the wetland birds including the black-crowned crane, yellow-billed stork, pygmy goose, black heron, goliath heron, saddle-billed stork, grey heron, spurwinged goose, grey-headed gull, white-faced whistling and fulvous whistling duck, lesser and common moorhen, spurwinged lapwing, three-banded plover, common-ringed plover, Kittlitz’s plover, grassland pipit, African stonechat, African mourning dove, scarlet-chested sunbird, Nubian woodpecker, malachite kingfisher, grey-headed kingfisher, Ethiopian cisticola, collared pratincole, African darter and the thrush nightingale.
In the late afternoon, get ready for your departure.
- Main Destination:
- No major destination visited
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
