Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Eastern Ethiopia Highlights
Explore the warren of alleyways in Harar's old walled city (
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)
Bite down on a stick wrapped with meat as hyenas (
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)
pull it from
your mouth in Harar
Get out of the car and track elephants on foot at Babille Elephant Sanctuary
(
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)
Bed down in a piece of living history in an Adare guesthouse (
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)
in Old Harar
Follow in the footsteps of Wilfred Thesiger around the lakes near Asaita (
Take a geological safari at Awash National Park (
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)
Decompress at a lakeside resort in Debre Zeyit (
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)
Getting There & Away
Ethiopian Airlines
(
www.flyethiopian.com
)
flies from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa and Ji-
jiga, and also between Dire Dawa and Djibouti. You can enter eastern Ethiopia overland
from Djibouti City by bus and, assuming passenger service resumes as promised, by train
to Dire Dawa; by bus-minibus combination from Djibouti City to Logiya; and by connect-
ing minibuses from Hargeisa (Somaliland) to Jijiga. For more information
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.
Getting Around
Decent sealed roads connect all main cities, including remote Asaita. Public transport is
available on all routes.
