Eight Day Mammal Watching Tour

On your arrival to Addis Bole international airport meet our team and take a drive to Awash National park Which will take about 230km from Addis. on arrival to the park will go for game drive in the thorny bushes and grassland of Awash National Park including the hike in the riverbank forest by the Awash River Falls. We have a chance to spot mammals such as the Salt’s dik-dik, lesser kudu, warthog, Hamadryas baboon, olive baboon, black-backed jackal, Abyssinian hare, Grivet monkey, Nile crocodiles in the shores of the river and more wildlife with numerous birdlife. In the evening drive to Alideghe National park where you spend the next two nights in camping. Night game drive will introduce us with mammals such as Crested Porcupine, Aardvark, Aardwolf, African Golden Wolf, Wild Cat, Genet families and others. Overnight Camping

Explore Alideghi National Park Morning after having an early breakfast, we take a drive to Alideghi National Park. Here we will have a game drive and scan the vast plain for Grevy’s zebra, gerenuk, Beisa oryx, Soemmerring’s gazelle, Grant’s gazelle, olive and Hamadrias baboons, African golden wolf, Somali ostrich and more wildlife. Bird species include Abyssinian roller, Arabian bustard, kori bustard, Carmine bee eaters and several raptors. At night We will have game drive for nocturnal mammals. Overnight Camping

Drive to Bale Mountains we will have an early morning game drive in the park then set off for a long drive to Bale Mountains National park where we stay the next 4 nights. Arrive in the evening then transfer to Weyb valley also called wolf camp. Here in Weyb valley we have a chance of seeing the largest amount of Wolves that the Bale Mountains has. Overnight Camping

Explore Bale Mountains – Gaysay Grasslands This morning we'll do an early game drive to look for Ethiopian wolves in their natural habitat then in the afternoon, we will enjoy a safari in gassay grasslands While the handsome Mountain nyala is regularly seen on the moorlands, Here, some of the nyalas have become unafraid of humans and will allow a close approach, as will Menelik’s bushbucks and especially the ultra-tame common warthogs, which one can get to within a couple of metres! It is also a good area for Bohor reedbucks, Serval Cats and olive baboons. Drive to sodota for overnight. Overnight Camping

We will be spending much of our time exploring the wild and spectacular Afroalpine moorlands of the high Sanetti Plateau, one of the best places in the Bale Mountains to find the Ethiopian wolf. The handsome Ethiopian wolf has had a difficult time in recent decades, suffering from distemper epidemics introduced by domestic dogs (incursions of which have become more common as the region’s human population has increased). This is now the world’s rarest canid, although, happily, a recent campaign to vaccinate local dogs, organized by the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme has brought about a welcome rebound in the population. The wolves tend to go around singly or in small groups and during the course of our visit we should have repeated encounters with them, watching them patrol their territories, greet each other, relax or hunt rodents and other prey. While we should be able to see them catch rodents, you can consider yourself lucky if you witness a close-up ‘kill’. Overnight Camping

Bale Mountains – Harenna Forest This morning drive to Harenna Forest crossing over Sanneti Plateau. Harenna Forest is the second largest tropical rainforest in the country. On arrival to the forest our main target is looking for the Endemic Bale Monkey in the Bamboo part of the forest, Mammals such as Colobus monkey, Olive baboon and Giant Forest hogs can be also seen in the area. Night game drives will introduce us some nocturnal mammals such as African Civet, Bush Pigg, Honey Budger, Abyssinian Genet and others. Overnight Camping

Bale Mountains – Flight Back To Addis After early morning breakfast, transfer to airport for the return flight back to Addis Ababa, in Addis if time permits we will have an optional city tour yo see some of the popular attractions like National Museum and others. Overnight Hotel

Day Trip To Debrelibanos Early morning after breakfast take a drive to Debrelibanos. this day tour from Addis you will have the chance to see one of the endemic mammals of Ethiopia – the Gelada Monkey. The Debre Libanos area is the nearest place to Addis Ababa to see these unique Monkeys. Geladas are notable for the red patch on their chest. With the nickname of “The bleeding heart baboon”. Debre Libanos excursion from Addis Ababa is the best option to spot Gelada Baboons in one day. Have lunch at a local Ethiopian restaurant or at Ethio-German Park Hotel. Try the typical Ethiopian traditional food known as Beyaynet or Beyaynetu. Near Debre Libanos, spot the Rüppell's Chat, White-winged Cliff-chat and White-billed Starling. Return back to Addis in the evening then after dinner transfer to airport for your international departure.