1. Nechisar National Park
(Nature/National parks)

Nechisar National Park (amharic for white grass) is located in eastern North Omo Zone near Arba Minch, named after the white grass that covers the undulating Nechisar plains, hosting the lakes Abaya a

2. Yangudi-Rassa National Park
(Nature/National parks)

Yangudi-Rassa National Park is in the centre of the Afar Region (in the northern section of the Rift Valley) between the towns of Gewani and Mille, and 500 km from Addis Ababa. Yangudi Mountain lies o

3. Simien Mountain National Park
(Nature/National parks)

... baboon, the Ethiopian Wolf and the Walia ibex, a goat found nowhere else in the world. The simien mountain massif is one of the major highlands of Africa, rising to the highest point in...

4. Adama / Nazareth
(Cities/Nazreth / Adama)

Adama has a comfortably warm (occasionally a little bit hot) weather, virtually throughout the year and is located about 98 km southeast of Addis Ababa. Adama ("christened" Nazereth du

5. Awassa
(Cities/Awassa)

If not for the fishes, birds, the pleasant climate, the accessible water of lake awassa, what would the city Awassa be. Well, that was indeed not all, salt it all with the Sidama culture and you have

6. The cool zone
(Nature/Climate)

The cool zone consists of the central parts of the western and eastern sections of the northwestern plateau and a small area around Harar, with temperature lows reaching freezing point. Th

7. Climate
(Nature/Climate)

Ethiopia is truly a tourist paradise-beautiful, mysterious and extraordinary. Above all things, it is a country of wonderful and varying climate. Tropical monsoon and topographically- i

8. Wildlife
(Nature/Wildlife)

...iker, vervet monkey, and Anubis baboon. The rest are found either at the extremes of the highlands of the Simien, Bale, Arsi and Ahmar mountains, or in the more arid habitats of the lowlands, which ar...

9. Awash National Park
(Nature/National parks)

Awash National Park is located 225 km east of Addis Ababa, the Park stretches 30km east to west and a little less from north to south. The terrain is mainly acacia woodland and grassland.

10. Omo National Park
(Nature/National parks)

Omo National Park is on the west bank of the Omo River in the lower Omo valley. The park is c.140 km long, stretching from the Neruze River in the south to the Sharum plain in the north, and up to 60

11. Mago National Park
(Nature/National parks)

Mago National Park is in South Omo Zone, 35 km south-west of Jinka, the administrative centre of the Zone. The park lies to the north of a large 90? bend in the Omo River. To the west is the Tama Wild

12. Bale Mountains National Park
(Nature/National parks)

Bale Mountains National Park is an area of high altitude plateau that is broken by numerous spectacular volcanic plugs and peaks, beautiful alpine lakes and rushing mountain streams that descend into

13. Trekking in Ethiopia
(Nature/Geography)

...ltitudes as high as 4000 meters (13120 feet). The principal well-established areas for trekking are the Simien and the Bale mountains national parks. More recent, lesser known, trekking areas, some ...

14. Landmarks
(Nature/Geography)

Ethiopias grasslands, mountains, rivers, lakes, and other fascinating features give the country impressive natural beauty. The country is mountainous, with some 25 mountains in central an

15. Geography
(Nature/Geography)

...est mountain and the lowest points in Africa. It could be termed as both the roof and foot of Africa (the Simien Mountains constituting the roof and the Danakil Depression the foot). The mountains ris...

16. Lalibela
(History/Heritage)

Undoubtedly Lalibela is site of one of the Wonders (the Eighth, you may call it) of the World, Lalibela owes its fame to the incredibly fashioned Lalibela churches, all carved out of red solid volcani