Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Southern Ethiopia
Includes ยป
Why Go?
Southern Ethiopia is a canvas ripped in two. Its landscape is being torn apart by the Great
Rift Valley, leaving a trail of lakes where you can go see crocodiles, hippos and birds - or
just drink in the scenery from you hotel.
Move east and the Bale Mountains offer rewarding treks across a plateau amid Afro-
alpine plants and rare wildlife. It's here you'll encounter the world's rarest canid, the
Ethiopian wolf, hunting giant molerats.
But it's the seemingly timeless tribes of the Lower Omo Valley, such as the lip-stretching
Mursi and body-painting Karo, that leave the deepest impression on visitors. To meet them
