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Yabelo Motel $$
( 0464-460785; www.mazethiopia.com.et ; d with/ without bathroom US$40/20, tw
US$65; ) It's got good clean rooms, some with satellite TV, and a leafy garden, but
the faranji prices are beyond ridiculous. Yabelo's best restaurant (mains Birr35 to Birr80)
is here and it's also overpriced, but less so.
HOTEL
HOTEL
Green Hotel $
(d with/without bathroom Birr80/60; ) The best place near the bus station has dark
rooms and a noisy bar at night (as do all the others around here) but it's clean enough.
Getting There & Around
All buses (including those starting elsewhere and passing through) use the bus park in
town, while the more frequent minibuses leave from the Total station out at the junction.
There are many minibuses throughout the day and one 6am bus to Moyale (Birr65, four
hours). The bus to Shashemene (Birr101, seven hours) departs every other day at 6am.
Legally, minibuses can't travel all the way to Shashemene or Awasa (though many do) so
you may have to do it in stages, changing at Hagere Maryam and Dilla. Buses to Konso
(Birr50, three hours) leave about 7am and 1pm.
Locals pay Birr3 for a bajaj between the town and the junction.
Yabelo Wildlife Sanctuary
Covering an area of 2496 sq km, the Yabelo Wildlife Sanctuary (per person Birr90,
vehicle per day Birr20) was originally created to protect Ethiopia's endemic Swayne's
hartebeest. Hartebeests have since been poached out of the preserve, along with most oth-
er wildlife (cows are now the only large mammal in abundance, though visitors will also
probably see some zebra). These days birdwatchers are pretty much the only visitors,
here to add the locally endemic Ethiopian bush crow and white-tailed swallow to their life
lists.
Visitors must hire a scout (per day Birr100) from the headquarters ( 0464-460087;
8.30am-12.30pm & 1.30-5.30pm Mon-Fri) in the town of Yabelo . Walking is allowed
and the staff can explain how to get near the entrance by public transport. Camping (per
tent Birr45) is allowed.
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