Package ID: 1008
Duration: 2 days
Season: January- December
Activities:
Brief Outline of the 2 Day Itinerary
Heading south down the Rift Valley we turn east at Mojo for Awash
and the Afar Region. We pass Lake Beseka and enter the Awash
National Park. On arrival we could take a leisurely walk passing
through the patch of natural forest at the northern end of Elalaytu
hill. On our way, we may encounter a family of wart hog, scurrying
past with their tails erect like antennae, nervous dik dik, vervet
monkeys (particularly around the project buildings) and mongoose.
Less frequently seen are oryx, gerenuk and lesser kudu. There’ll be
plenty of birds on the way; you may well see the following species:
Black Scrub Robin, Somali Golden Breasted Robin, Nile Valley
Sunbird, Lineated Pytilia, Yellow Throated Serin, Sombre Chat and
Arabian Bustard.
Entering the springs and advancing to the middle it is possible to
stand on top of the springs and have a kind of gravel Jacuzzi, as
the hot (but not uncomfortably hot) water swirls around your legs.
From there we can cut back to the lodge.
The next day we could do an early morning game drive - returning to
the main road and proceeding north for a couple of kilometers, we
turn right and approach the Alledeghi Plains, where at the right
time of day (early morning or late afternoon) a variety of plains
animals can
be seen, including zebra, gerenuk, ostrich etc. leave after lunch
back to Addis Ababa.
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