Awash Park

Ethiopia

Ethiopia, the land of Origin.

Landscape

299< $

Awash National Park is one of the National Parks of Ethiopia. Spanning across the southern tip of the Afar Region and the northeaster corner of the Misraq Shewa Zone of Oromia, this park is 225 kilometres east of Addis Ababa (and a few kilometres west of Awash), with its southern boundary along the Awash River, and covers at least 756 square kilometres of acacia woodland and grassland. The Addis Ababa - Dire Dawa highway passes through this park, separating the Illala Saha Plains to the south from the Kudu Valley to the north. In the south of the park the Awash River gorge has amazing waterfalls. In the upper Kudu Valley at Filwoha are hot springs amid groves of palm trees.

The Awash National Park was established in 1966, although the act authorizing its existence was not completely passed for another three years. In establishing this park, as well as the Metehara Sugar Plantation to the south, the livelihoods of the Karayyu Oromo people indigenous to that area have been endangered -- an effect that is contrary to the Ethiopian government's original intention of these establishments serving to benefit the local population.

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DRINKS INCLUDED

YES

MEALS

YES

ENTRANCES

YES

SURFACE TRANSPORT

YES

PACKAGE DETAILS

DAY 1 - Drive to Awash Park while enjoy landscape and wild lifes

Drives to the south down the Rift Valley have lunch in Nazareth, before proceeding to the park for a game drive. Nearly 50 kinds of large mammals are found in the park, including {Greater and Lesser Kudu, wild pig, Menelik’s Bushbuck, Soemmering’s gazelle, and various predators including lions, leopard and cheetah, although these are rarely seen.} For the ornithologist, nearly 400 species of bird have been recorded in this savannah grass land including: {the Abyssinian roller, Abyssinian ground horn bill, the endemic white tailed swallow, buff crested bustard, dark chanting goshawk, pygmy falcon, honey guide, woodland kingfisher, kori bustard, black shouldered kite, white and crowned rosy patch shrike, carmine bee eater, orange billed parrot, lilac breasted roller lappet faced and Ruppell’s vulture.

DAY 2 - Relax and return

We will go for an early morning gae drive, before taking breakfast. We will then cross the main road and driving into the park visit the Filwoha Hot Springs, where guests can take a hot bath. Then we will go on to the Fentale crater, which still shows signs of activity with hissing steam vents. Lunch in Nazareth, before returning to Addis Ababa, where we should arrive later afternoon.

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