Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Green Hotel $
(d Birr100-200)
A stone's throw from the bus station, the rooms here are simple, sparse
and essentially clean. The difference between the room prices comes down to size and the
addition of a TV.
HOTEL
Drinking
lowing the Baro River. Perched on a log, coffee balanced precariously on one knee and
surrounded by Nuer tribesman, this is travel at its rawest.
Information
The electricity supply can only be described as erratic, and usually cuts out halfway
through composing an email. If you get sick, head to Metu - Gambela's hospital is grim.
Commercial Bank
( 7.30am-11.30am & 3-5.30pm Mon-Fri, 7.30-11.30am Sat)
No
ATM but it will reluctantly exchange US dollars and euros.
Culture and Tourism Bureau
( 0475-512351/512529; 7am-12.30pm & 3-5pm
Mon-Fri)
If you're planning on visiting outlying villages or the national park make sure
you don't arrive over a weekend because getting your permits sorted might be tricky.
Gambela National Park Headquarters
( 0475-510912/510918; 7am-noon &
3-5.30pm Mon-Fri)
Unusually useful and helpful when it comes to planning a trip to the
national park.
Kal Telecenter
(per min Birr0.30)
The town's only internet cafe.
Getting There & Away
Ethiopian Airlines
( 0475-510099;
www.flyethiopian.com
)
flies to and from Addis
Ababa (Birr3413, 1ΒΌ hours) on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Flights are frequently
cancelled during the rainy season.
One bus leaves daily at 6am for Addis Ababa (Birr240, two days) overnighting en
route. Another bus goes to Bedele (Birr100, nine hours, 6am departure) and several go to
