Tours
Individual tour South Ethiopia with Bale Mountains
Spend 16 days in southern Ethiopia – get to know several of the fascinating peoples of the Omo Valley, learn about Ethiopian coffee with the
Bale Mountains National Park boasts an incredibly diverse landscape. The park’s fairy-tale scenery is stunning and divided into three very different ecologies – grasslands, afro-alpine and tropical forest. The afro-montane Sanetti Plateau, at over 4,000 meters in elevation, is the highest point in southern Ethiopia’s highlands. This rolling plateau is dotted with glacial lakes and swamps, framed by towering volcanic ridges and peaks. To the south, the verdant and largely uncharted Harenna Forest blankets the slopes, adding to the park’s rich natural beauty. The rugged mountain range offers unparalleled trekking opportunities amid endemic wildlife species including Ethiopian wolves, and with the chance to exchange with local villagers living there along the way. We can organise day hikes and multiple day trekking’s in tents to explore the different parts of Bale mountains. Or you can easily visit the park by car and short hikes.
Spend 16 days in southern Ethiopia – get to know several of the fascinating peoples of the Omo Valley, learn about Ethiopian coffee with the
During this 16 day tour you’ll discover the natural and cultural diversity of southern and eastern Ethiopia – you’ll meet peoples of the Omo Valley
Experience southern Ethiopia, famous for its diverse peoples and unique Rift Valley landscapes. Spend 11 days immersing in traditional culture and breathtaking nature, meet communities
If you’d prefer not to walk, you can visit the park entirely by car (recommended 2 days) and go for a drive on the highest all-weather road in Africa. The route takes you through the park and over the Sanetti Plateau where there is abundant wildlife including the Ethiopian wolf – almost guaranteed to see if you set-off early enough.
Sof Omar is the longest cave in Ethiopia (15.1km) and a marvel to see. The cave was named after an Islamic saint who lived in the Bale Mountains area and sacred to both Muslims and local Oromo people. Accompanied by a guide and a good torch, you can walk through the cave’s wonderful passages and galleries of polished white stone. In the large central hall, more than 20 massive pillars soar towards the high-arched roof with a river flowing silently and cold around the great pedestals. From Sof Omar it is not far (via a scenic route) to visit Sheikh Hussein, Ethiopia’s most important centre of Muslim pilgrimage.
Bale Mountains National Park offers some of the finest high-altitude horse riding and trekking routes in the world. The park is a giant wilderness with rugged peaks (some more than 4000m, the highest in the southern Ethiopia highlands!), rolling emerald-green moorlands laced with heather, densely vegetated forests, lakes, waterfalls and rivers teeming with brown and rainbow trout. Bale Mountains are a paradise for anglers, there is extraordinary flora with giant heath and the spectacular giant lobelia and abundant with birds and wildlife to spot and enjoy in the park. 78 mammal species, and 260 different types of birds have made their home in the Bale Mountains. Among the endemic species are the Ethiopian wolf, mountain nyala and Menelik’s bushbuck can easily be observed. Thirteen of Ethiopia’s endemic bird species inhabit the Bale Mountains.
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