Yerer Mountain

Have a great view of Yerer Mountain from the street near the Bishoftu or Debre Ziet town.

Bishoftu

After driving 45 km east of Addis Ababa, stop at the crater lake of Bishoftu (Debre Ziet) which is remarkable for its scenic beauty and being the second deepest lake in Ethiopia.

Have lunch at Metehara town, and proceed driving to Awash NP with a stop at the saline Lake of Beseka – set in a unique landscape surrounded with black basalt lava remnants and strangely increasing in size and water volume. Around Metehara, visit one of the villages of the Oromo people for cultural experience and to learn how to bake Enjera – the Ethiopian National Bread.

Awash National Park

Walk for about an hour around Awash Falls Lodge in the Awash National Park to visit the magnificent Awash River Falls and to see crocodiles, baboons and different low land water birds.

After breakfast, game drive in Awash NP to see Beisa Oryx, Warthogs, Soemmerring’s Gazelle, Salt’s Dik-Diks, lesser Kudus, and if lucky, you may spot crocodiles in the Awash River. Among the more than 400 species of birds found in park, six endemic birds of Ethiopia can be seen in the park i.e. – Barbed Barbet, Golden Backed Woodpecker, White Winged Cliff Chat, White Tailed Starling, Thick Billed Raven, and Wattled Ibis. Then, head to a viewpoint to see the superb views of the Awash River Gorge. The Awash River does not reach the sea and runs a distance of about 1,200 km only in Ethiopia.

Adama

Have a lunch stop at Nazareth (Adama). Take part in a typical Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony and enjoy one of the best cups of coffees you ever taste. As Coffee is originally from the Kaffa area of Western Ethiopia, you may expect to taste your coffee and enjoy it as Ethiopians do.