Ethiopia
Leisure and Sport
White Water Rafting
Bird Watching
Hiking & Trekking
White Water Rafting
The most popular river for
Rafting in Ethiopia is undoubtedly the Omo River, which tumbles its way some
350 kilometers (217 miles) trough a steep, inaccessible valley and mellows its
pace as it nears the lowlands, finishing up as a torpid meander trough flat
semi desert bush, where it finally feeds into Lake Turkana.
Floating
down Ethiopias Omo River, a wild, beautiful remnant of Stanleys-Dark Continent,
is like traveling a thousand years back in time, the people who live along the
river are still among the most remote and least-visited people on earth. The
season for Omo trips is between September and October, when the river is still
high from the June-September rains and the weather is starting to dry out.
Spirited rapids, innumerable side creeks and waterfalls, sheer inner
canyons, hot springs, abundant wildlife and exotic tribal peoples combine to
make the Omo one of the worlds classic river adventures. Wild and remote, with
only one possible motor able track between the start and kilometer 525 (mile
325). At some points, a walk out could take three days to the nearest village
or a week to the nearest road.
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Bird Watching
No other aspect of Ethiopias
biology typifies its unique situation more than does its bird fauna. Ethiopias
position, an extensive highland-island surrounded by arid lands, has enabled
the evolution of many birds in the region into unique forms and species,
Ethiopia hosts 862 known bird species, of which 23 are considered Endemic,
limited within the confines of the Ethiopian borders.
Ethiopia benefits
from the incredible variety and abundance of African bird life as well as the
presence of species which have migrated from Europe. Broadly speaking Ethiopia
can be divided into a number of habitats with respect to bird life the Rift
Valley lakes, the highland massifs, the lowlands , and the arid semi- deserts.
Each of these is in turn a complex mosaic of terrain, soils, vegetation, and
human use, all of which govern the avifauna found there.
Many of the
endemic species present on the western and south- eastern highland plateau are
common and surprisingly easy to see, even in the environs of a city. Endemic
species include the Heavy- Headed Thick- Billed Raven; the Wattled Ibis, with
its raucous call and unsightly habit of clasping its partners wattles and
pulling ; the Black- Winged Lovebird , which whirrs through the sky like a
miniature helicopter; and the White- Collared Pigeon, a delicate-gray bird with
a neat white collar and white wing patches.
Birdwatching in Ethiopia for many
Endemics
Ethiopia is best known for the enormous diversity
and richness of its wildlife. The bird life in Ethiopia includes over 850
species and some 225 winter migrants including 176 from the Palearctic. 11 days
Bird Watching itinerary
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Bird Watching Tour 13 nights / 14 days
Ethiopia to be an orthonologist's paradise as it is kown for its
over 850 speciece of birds of which 23 are endemic to Ethiopia. JUST COME AND
ENJOY!
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Hiking & Trekking
Trekking in Semien Mountains
Having high
elevation and gorgeous scenery Ethiopia is said to be the ‘Roof of
Africa’. It makes walking seem like flying through beauty. Click
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Semien Mountains
Trekking
Semien Mountains National park is the home of the
endemic mammals of Walia Ibex, Semien Fox, Gelada Baboons and many species of
birds and plants apart from its spectacular scenic beauty. The perfect trekking
area. click to view 14 days itinerary
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