4-Day Bale Mountain National Park Trekking

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

Arrival – Sightseeing Addis Ababa

You will be met upon arrival and transferred to your hotel. Refresh and begin your sightseeing of Addis with a drive up to Mount Entoto for a panoramic view of Addis. You'll descend and drive to the National Museum, where you will have a chance to spot the oldest hominid fossil of ‘Lucy’. You'll visit and proceed to the Holy Trinity, built during WWII. Then, you'll proceed to the Ethnographic museum, which used to be the palace of Emperor Haile Selassie. To wrap up, your drive to Merkato, the biggest market in East Africa. Your overnight stay will be in Addis.

Main Destination:

Addis Ababa (City)

Accommodation:

Trinity Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located in Addis Ababa (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Drive Addis Ababa – Bale Mountains National Park

After breakfast, you'll drive from Addis Ababa to Bale Mountains National Park and arrive at the park headquarters in the afternoon, hike for an hour, possibly spotting two endemic Ethiopian mammals that are frequently seen in the area, such as Mountain Nyala and Menelick Bushbuck, and endemic forest birds.

Overnight stay: Camping at Dinsho.

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

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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)

Sanetti Plateau & Harrena Forest

Today, you will have an excursion to the Sanetti Plateau, the highest plateau in Africa. Here, you may encounter the endemics of the Ethiopian wolf and beautiful birds. You'll visit and proceed to Harrena Forest, the second dense forest in Ethiopia.

Overnight stay: Camping at the park.

Main Destination:

Bale Mountains National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Bale Mountains NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Drive Addis – Departure

Today, you will drive to Addis. In the evening, you'll attend a folkloric dinner where you will have a chance to taste several national dishes and watch dances of the various ethnic groups of Ethiopia. The traditional coffee ceremony will also be served. Later, you will be transferred to the airport for your departure.

Main Destination:

No major destination visited

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.