Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sleeping & Eating
As impressive as the town's setting is, lolling across luminous green hills, the town itself
is a bit of a dump and certainly the most unappetising town on the whole western Ethiopia
tourist circuit. Unfortunately, though, unless you have private transport to get you to the
Bebeka Coffee Plantation Guesthouses, you'll probably have no choice but to spend a
night here. It's unlikely to be fun.
Bebeka Coffee Plantation Guesthouses $
( 0913-761742; campsites Birr75, d/tw Birr200/ 400, cottages Birr500-700)
Set in the thick of the coffee plantation and surrounded by birdlife, there's little doubt that
this is the best place to stay in the vicinity of Mizan Tefari. It's simply the very definition
of tranquillity. Rooms are impressively clean and have high ceilings, giving them a colo-
nial feel, but they're also fairly simple and on the downside only have cold-water bath-
rooms. Superb Ethiopian meals (mains Birr20 to Birr30) are available in the on-site res-
taurant.
GUESTHOUSE
Hotel Salayish $$
( 0473-330542; d without bathroom Birr500)
This 26-room hotel is widely considered
the town's top choice, and while that might well be true it's hardly a ringing endorsement.
Rooms are bright and sort of clean - well, OK, they're not as dirty as other places - usu-
ally. Like the hotel, the downstairs restaurant (mains Birr25 to Birr35) is regarded by loc-
als as the best place in town to eat.
HOTEL
Getting There & Away
Buses run to Tepi (Birr22, two hours, seven daily) and Jimma (Birr72 to Birr75, 7½ hours,
one daily).
Since you require your own 4WD for a tour of Bebeka Coffee Plantation, there is little
point arriving here on foot.
