One of Ethiopia’s greatest Natural wonders. It is about 400 meter wide with full flooded. The roar of the water can be heard long before it is seen and the spray blowing off accounts for the Amharic name of Tisisat meaning ‘smoke of fire’.

Ethiopia boasts seven of the Great Rift Valley lakes. Some are alkaline brown, yet surprisingly good for swimming; some are tropical good in setting; some are bordered or fed by hot mineral spring; some play host to large flocks of flamingos, pelicans, cormorants, herons, storks and ibises; with 831 recorded bird species, Ethiopia is a bird Water’s paradise.

Lake Ziway : Lake Ziway is a shallow fresh water lake. Five islands dot Lake Ziway, three of which have old Orthodox Churches. Extensive aquatic vegetation of the Lake Ziway attracts a variety of interesting water birds. Commonly seen and easily identified are long tailed cormorant, darter, and various herons and storks ( you can admire the large Marabou storks) including the distinctive saddle bill stork, etc.

Lake Langano: Has a magnificent view of the Arsi Mountains in its back ground. Despite the brown copper color of its waters, it is very clean and people swim peacefully in it. Like all other lakes in the rift valley; Lake Langano has also its own bird life.

Lake Abiyata: is shallow, only about 12meters deep, but it is rich in fish, attracting numerous birds to its shores. Abiyata provides a stunning spectacle of Ethiopia. It hosts an extraordinary number of birds that are constantly to be seen soaring on the thermals that rise above, or circling the shoreline area. Thus, it is an ideal place for bird watching, particularly for viewing colonies of pink flamingos and great white pelicans display their fishing. Abiyata is a feeding ground for numerous great white pelicans and flamingo.

Lake Shalla: was formed in the crater of a volcano, with a depth of 260 meters, it is the deepest of all Ethiopian rift valleys. Volcanic islands dot its surface. It is surrounded by a large acacia and Euphorbia forest, and numerous hot springs that release boiling water and steam geysers. These waters are highly valued for their therapeutic properties, especially for the relief of rheumatism.

Lake Awassa: on the shores of Lake Awassa. Water birds of all variety and quantity draw close to the boats of Fishermen as they clean their fish to sell. The lake teems with a great variety of fish, including tilapia, barbus and coalfish in great number that makes this place special and in great number that makes this place special and, as elsewhere in the rift valley, endless species of birds.

Lake Chamo and Abaya: one of the tourist attractions found in lakes Abaya and Chamo are the highest concentrations of the crocodile and the hippopotamus. The lakes support numerous species of fish, including Nile Perch and Tiger fish and herds of hippos and crocodiles. One of the most impressive tour is the boat trip on Lake Chamo, on whose shores groups of giant crocodile up to 8meter long rest peacefully in the sun surrounded by numerous birds.

Animal lovers must visit Ethiopia, because in spite of the fact that the number of mammals and birds Is but shadow of ancient populations, it is still a magnificent place to enjoy the great variety of animal species that moves freely in their own habitats.

Abiyata shala National Park: In the heart of the rift valley, this park was created to protect both a beautiful landscape and over 300 species of birds inhabiting the area.

Nechsar National Park: Nechsar means “white grass” in Amharic. This park contains the greatest concentration of Burchell’s Zebra in addition to Grant’s gazelles and greater and lesser Kudus, etc.

Omo National Park: This is one of the most isolated park in Ethiopia. The landscape is formed by hills, acacias, deciduas trees, and riverine forests along the banks of the Omo River. This park contains Elephants. Giraffes, largest Antelope, Burchell’s Zebras, Oryx, greater and lesser Kudus, Gazelles, Gerenuks, leopards, black rhinoceroses and buffalo.

Mago National Park: Located to the east of Omo National Park. The park contains giraffes, leopards, lions, buffalo, cheetahs, Zebras, and greater and lesser Kudus.

Awash National Park: The park’s name comes from the longest river in Ethiopia’ the park contains the greater Kudus, dik diks, Anubis and hamadryads baboons, lions, leopards, cheetahs, striped and spotted hyenas, golden and black jackals, and wild cats.

Semien Mountain National Park: this park is registered as a world heritage site by UNESCO. In the park, we can find three of the most colorful endemic mammals in Ethiopia: the Walia Ibex (Capra ibex walie), the Gelada Baboon ( the ropithecus gelada) and Simien Wolf (canis simenisis).

Bale Mountain National Park: Bale Mountains contains the richest flora and fauna of the alpine habitat in all of Ethiopia. The part of the park is the best place to see the endemic animals: mountain Nyala, Menelik’s bushbuck, lynx like cat, Ethiopian wolf, etc. The Bale Mountains offer some fine high altitude terrain for horse and foot trekking.

Ethiopia is said to be an ornithologist’s paradise, as it inhabits over 850 species of birds while 103 species of mammals have been recorded, too. The vegetation is one of the most diverse and abundant in Africa. Every birding tour is led by an expert birding guide.

The Semien highlands constitute one of the major mountain massifs in Africa. The region includes many summits above 4,000 meters and culminates in the highest point in Ethiopia, Ras Dejen, at 4,620 meters, the fourth highest mountain in Africa. Its dramatic topography is the result of the erosion of basalt lavas which have been calculated to be nearly 3000 meters thick.

This trekking in the Semein Mountains is a brilliant adventure in the Roof of Africa. It is interesting, experience including climbing in one of the highest peaks in Africa-Ras Dashn. We have extremely qualified, knowledgeable and competent mountain guides with whom the success of you climb will be greatly enhanced.

120km east from Goba is one of the most spectacular and extensive cavern in the world. Created by the Weib River in the limestone rock, the caves are extraordinary natural phenomena on a place of breath taking beauty. Great caverns have been carved out of the rock creating soaring underground chambers.

The cave, now an important  shrine named after the saintly Sheikh Sof Omar, have  a religious history that predates the arrival of the Muslim in Bale- a history calibrated in thousands not hundreds, of years. The cave can be visited with local guide.

Bale Mountains National Park is the largest area of Afro-Alpine habitat in the whole of the continent. It’s the best place in the country for mountain walks, horse trekking, scenic drives and the chance to view, besides staggering number of bird species, many of Ethiopia’s

endemic mammals such as mountain Nyala, red jackal, and Meniliks bushbuck. Others are Bohor red back, gray duiker, warthog, and Colobus monkey and Anubis baboon. It is an area of high altitude plateau that is broken by numerous spectacular volcanic plugs and peaks, beautiful alpine lakes and rushing mountain streams that descend in to deep rocky gorges…

Not far from the Bale mountains is one of th worlds most spectacular and extensive underground caverns: the Sof Omar cave system.
 

The Semien highlands constitute one of the major mountain massifs in Africa. The region includes many summits above 4,000 meters and culminates in the highest point in Ethiopia, Ras Dejen, at 4,620 meters, the fourth highest mountain in Africa. Its dramatic topography is the result of the erosion of basalt lavas which have been calculated to be nearly 3000 meters thick. This trekking in the Semein Mountains is a brilliant adventure in the Roof of Africa. It is interesting, experience including climbing in one of the highest peaks in Africa-Ras Dashn. We have extremely qualified, knowledgeable and competent mountain guides with whom the success of you climb will be greatly enhanced.

Semien Mountain offers the best trekking in Ethiopia.

The Danakil (Afar) Depression; is a geological depression near the Horn of Africa, in the northern Ethiopia. One of the mostly geologically active. Afar is well known as one of the cradles of hominids, containing the Middle Awash, site of many fossil hominid discoveries; Gona, site of the worlds oldest stone tools; and Hadar, site of Lucy, the fossilized specimen of Australopithecus afarensis.

The Afar Depression includes the Danakil Desert and the lowest point in Africa, Lake Asal (–155 meters or –500 ft). Dallol is also part of the Depression, one of the hottest places year-round anywhere on Earth. Temperatures reached up to an all-time high of 64.4°C (148.0°F) in the 1930s. The area is one of the hottest places on earth.
The Afar Depression is one of two places on Earth where a mid-ocean ridge can be studied on land, the other being Iceland.

One of Earths great active volcanoes the 613 metres tall Erta Ale, is found here. It is the most active shield volcano in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia. The volcano itself is surrounded completely by an area below sea level.

Erta Ale is, with a lava lake, one of only five in the world, at the summit. It is notable for being the longest existing lava lake, present since the early years of the twentieth century. The name of the volcano means "smoking mountain” in the local Afar language and its southerly pit is known locally as "the gateway to hell".