Travel Reference
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Open acacia woodland; Swayne's hartebeest, Bohor
reedbucks, spotted hyenas, greater spotted eagles
Wildlife drives
Nov-Feb
Yabelo Wildlife Sanctu-
ary (
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)
Acacia woodland, savannah grasses; Stresemann's bush
crows, white-tailed swallows, Swayne's hartebeest,
gerenuks
Wildlife drives,
birdwatching
year-round
Awash National Park (
Semiarid woodland; beisa oryxes, Soemmering's
gazelles, kudu, six endemic bird species
Birdwatching,
wildlife viewing
Oct-Feb
Gambela National Park (
Semiarid woodland, deciduous forests; savannah Nile
lechwe, white-eared kobs, elephants
Rugged wildlife
drives, trekking
Dec-Mar
Park borders continue to overlap with local communities, and conflicts over conserva-
tion continue, despite wildlife authorities trying to encourage locals' participation in the
conservation of wildlife.
One unexpected bit of good news comes from Gambela National Park on the border of
South Sudan in the far west of the country. Once known to harbour huge herds of antelope
as well as elephants, lions, buffalo and other big mammals, it had long been assumed that
conflict in South Sudan and that part of Ethiopia coupled with an influx of refugees into
the park would have devastated wildlife populations. But with the results of the first sur-
veys in decades starting to trickle in it seems that we were all wrong and that Gambela is
still home to significant populations of animals. See Gambela National Park,
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for more.
