Travel Reference
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GOBA
Wabe Shebelle Hotel $$
( 0226-610041; d/tw incl breakfast Birr404/454; )
Long the top dog in these
parts, this one-time classy place isn't bad, but it simply charges way too much for its tired
and sometimes water-challenged rooms. Its best features are the quiet setting away from
the road, and the area's best restaurant (mains Birr45 to Birr89).
HOTEL
Orion Hotel $
( 0226-612076; d Birr150; )
The
faranji
price is a bit over the top, but this sal-
mon and green high-rise on the north end of town has pretty good rooms and an internet
cafe downstairs.
HOTEL
Baltena Hotel $
( 0226-611189; d without bathroom Birr40; )
Down a dirt road west of the bus sta-
tion's north end, across the road from its namesake restaurant, this ordinary place has
wooden floors and cleaner than average common facilities (which feature hot water for
Birr5).
HOTEL
Getting There & Around
If coming from Addis Ababa, catch an early-morning bus to Robe or Goba and leap off in
Dinsho (Birr145, nine hours). The return buses will surely be full when passing Dinsho so
either have your guide reserve you a seat the day before or head to Shashemene (Birr59,
three hours) and continue from there.
Minibuses run roughly every 15 minutes between Robe and Goba (Birr6, 20 minutes)
and less frequently from Robe to Dinsho (Birr10, 40 minutes).
The Nyala Guide Association can arrange 4WD hire.
Sof Omar Cave
One hundred kilometres east of Robe, the fast-flowing Web River runs through a deep
gorge and then cuts straight through a long limestone hill. Though the river is only under-
