2 Days Nature Tour from Addis Ababa to Awash National Park

A group of male Beisa Oryx at Awash National Park

2 Days Nature Tour from Addis Ababa to Awash National Park

By Merit Ethiopian Experience Tours

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Overview

2 days guided tour from Addis Ababa to enjoy game driving of Awash National Park to see Beisa Oryx, Soemmerring’s Gazelle, Salt’s Dik-Diks, Warthogs, Vervet monkeys, crocs, and the rare Colobus Monkey. Awash Park has more than 400 bird species.

Other interesting stops include visiting a local family of the Oromo people, taking part in a typical Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony, enjoying the panoramic view of the Ethiopian part of the Great East African Rift Valley, the extinct volcanic remnants of Fentale, and the picturesque Awash River Gorge.

This guided tour includes driving 510 km in total with a private comfortable Toyota Minivan equipped with air conditioning and seatbelts, fuel (petrol), professional experienced English speaking tour guide, park scouts, family visits, snacks and bottled water in the vehicle, and all related government taxes.

Activity location

Yerer Mountain
- Bishoftu, Ethiopia, Debrezeit
- 1000, Bishoftu, Ethiopia

Meeting/Redemption Point

Yerer Mountain
- Bishoftu, Ethiopia, Debrezeit
- 1000, Bishoftu, Ethiopia

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2 Days Nature Tour from Addis Ababa to Awash National Park

2d
English

2 days guided tour from Addis Ababa to enjoy game driving of Awash National Park to see Beisa Oryx, Soemmerring’s Gazelle, Salt’s Dik-Diks, Warthogs, Vervet monkeys, crocs, and the rare Colobus Monkey. Awash Park has more than 400 bird species.

Other interesting stops include visiting a local family of the Oromo people, taking part in a typical Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony, enjoying the panoramic view of the Ethiopian part of the Great East African Rift Valley, the extinct volcanic remnants of Fentale, and the picturesque Awash River Gorge.

This guided tour includes driving 510 km in total with a private comfortable Toyota Minivan equipped with air conditioning and seatbelts, fuel (petrol), professional experienced English speaking tour guide, park scouts, family visits, snacks and bottled water in the vehicle, and all related government taxes.

Travellers

Language options: English

Starting time

Price details

AU$929.98 x 1 TravellerAU$929.98

Total

What's included, what's not

Park Scout
Snacks and bottled water in the car
Family visits
Comfortable private Toyota Minivan of 2015/2016 equipped with air conditioning and seat belts
Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony attendance and coffee
Professional experienced English speaking tour guide
Accommodation
Meals
And, any expenses which are not mentioned in the "Included" list above

Know before you book

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for pregnant travellers
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
June, July and August is the rainy season where the tour takes place. Please, bring boots, raincoats, etc

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Addis Ababa - Bishoftu - Awash National Park Ethiopia

4 stops
Meals: Not included
Accommodation: Not included

Yerer Mountain

Have a great view of Yerer Mountain from the street near the Bishoftu or Debre Ziet town.

Bishoftu

30m

After driving 45 km east of Addis Ababa, stop at the crater lake of Bishoftu (Debre Ziet) which is remarkable for its scenic beauty and being the second deepest lake in Ethiopia.

Metehara

2h

Have lunch at Metehara town, and proceed driving to Awash NP with a stop at the saline Lake of Beseka – set in a unique landscape surrounded with black basalt lava remnants and strangely increasing in size and water volume. Around Metehara, visit one of the villages of the Oromo people for cultural experience and to learn how to bake Enjera – the Ethiopian National Bread.

Awash National Park

1h

Walk for about an hour around Awash Falls Lodge in the Awash National Park to visit the magnificent Awash River Falls and to see crocodiles, baboons and different low land water birds.

Day 2: Game drive in Awash National Park and drive back to Addis Ababa

2 stops
Meals: Not included
Accommodation: Not included

Awash National Park Entrance

5h
Admission ticket not included

After breakfast, game drive in Awash NP to see Beisa Oryx, Warthogs, Soemmerring’s Gazelle, Salt’s Dik-Diks, lesser Kudus, and if lucky, you may spot crocodiles in the Awash River. Among the more than 400 species of birds found in park, six endemic birds of Ethiopia can be seen in the park i.e. – Barbed Barbet, Golden Backed Woodpecker, White Winged Cliff Chat, White Tailed Starling, Thick Billed Raven, and Wattled Ibis. Then, head to a viewpoint to see the superb views of the Awash River Gorge. The Awash River does not reach the sea and runs a distance of about 1,200 km only in Ethiopia.

Adama

2h

Have a lunch stop at Nazareth (Adama). Take part in a typical Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony and enjoy one of the best cups of coffees you ever taste. As Coffee is originally from the Kaffa area of Western Ethiopia, you may expect to taste your coffee and enjoy it as Ethiopians do.

Location

Activity location

Yerer Mountain
- Bishoftu, Ethiopia, Debrezeit
- 1000, Bishoftu, Ethiopia

Meeting/Redemption Point

Yerer Mountain
- Bishoftu, Ethiopia, Debrezeit
- 1000, Bishoftu, Ethiopia

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