Three Day Wildlife Safari to Awash National Park

Morning meet in Addis and drive to Awash National Park, 230 km away, part of the Ethiopian Great Rift Valley. The drive to Awash National Park will take us through the volcanic mountains and valleys, and witness the lava on both sides of the road as freshly turned earth. We will stop at the beautiful Beseka Lake which is rich in birdlife. Here, you can see the pink-winged pelican, African fish eagle, saddle-billed stork, and many more birds. This is also the place where you can see the nomadic Kereyu tribe, bringing in large herds of camels for water. In the afternoon, we will drive to Awash National Park for a possible evening game drive and visit the beautiful Awash Falls. We will encounter wildlife such as oryx, baboon, greater and lesser kudu, warthog, gazelle, and colobus monkey. If you're lucky there will be a chance to see some of the big cats. Overnight Doho Lodge.

In the morning, we will have an early morning game drive around Aledeghi Wildlife Reserve. Here we can expect to see olive baboons, beisa oryx, Soemmering's gazelle, gerenuk, Grevy's zebra, and waterbucks, perhaps the kori bustard and Arabian bustard, as well as many indigenous birds and more. After our morning game drive, we will drive to Doho Hot Springs where Doho Lodge is located. It overlooks Doho Lake, which formed as the result of the many hot springs around the area. For the rest of the day, relax around the hot springs or rest. Optional, we can also visit the nomadic Afar Villages. Overnight Doho Lodge.

Morning after having some time in the Lodge, take a drive back to Addis Ababa through Debre Zeit and the express road. En-route, you visit the Debre Zeit crater lakes. you can relax at one of the beautiful resorts before heading to Addis Ababa. We expect to arrive in Addis Ababa late in the afternoon.