Introduction
Start and end in Addis Ababa! With the nature tour Tour to Bale Mountain National Park and crater Lakes, Ethiopia , you have a 3 day tour package taking you through Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and other destinations in Ethiopia. Tour to Bale Mountain National Park and crater Lakes is a small group tour that includes accommodation as well as an expert guide, meals, transport and more.
What is included in the tour
- Accommodation
- Guide
- COVID-19 Health & Safety Measures
- Insurance
- Meals
- Transport
What is NOT included in the tour
- Flights
- Additional Services
- Visit to Goba
- Visit to Lake Langano
- Visit to Sanatti plateau.
- Visit the highest mountain in Ethiopia at 4,377m
Day 1: Addis Ababa to Goba
Drive to Goba (454km): Early morning drive to south east of Addis through the Crater Lake town of Debre zeit and stop at Ziway and see some aquatic birds by the shore of the lake. Have lunch at one of the lodges/hotels by Lake Langano and head to Dinsho-the park head quarter to pay the entrance fee but more to see games like the endemic mountain Nyala, Menelik Bush buck and others like the Grey Duiker, Bohor, Reedbuck, Wartogs and others. Overnight Hotel
Day 2: Goba Excursion to Sanetti Plateau and Harena Forest
After breakfast start driving to Sanatti plateau. This plateau is the best place in Ethiopia to see the elegant endemic animal-Ethiopian Wolf. Also crawling are rodents, the largest being the giant molerat, found only in the Bale Mountains. Explore the area on foot, marveling at the lichen-clad rocks. Look to the sky for soaring birds of prey: golden, tawny and as well as the bearded vulture (lammergeyer), lanner falcon, and augur buzzard. Drive up and pass Tulu Dimtu - the second highest mountain in Ethiopia at 4,377m. Then start descending to enter the Harenna escarpment, plunging more than 2,000m towards a vast tropical forest in just 8km. Stop at the small village of Rira and have lunch form your lunch box together you may enjoy the local dish of ambesha and gomen (flatbread and steamed kale). Then hike in the Harena forest through dense stands of mountain bamboo. With some luck, you may encounter the elusive bamboo specialist endemic to the Bale Mountains. See the spectacular water fall in the forest and you may see Bush Buck. Drive back to Goba on the way exploring more Ethiopian wolf and highland birds. Overnight hotel
Day 3: Goba Drive to Addis via Asela
Drive to Addis via Asela (423km): After breakfast start driving to Addis. Lunch en route and stop at the crater lakes town of Bishoftu and see some craters lakes. Arrival in Addis is late in the afternoon. Once you reeach your hotel the Service will end.
