Adventure: Outdoors Experience
For those that live in major cities where the days are filled with hectic timetables and always rushing, the tranquility among the clean and uncontaminated natural elements is truly soothing to the spirit and mind.
Persons that live in big cities where the stars are hidden with the smog from factories, find the open air experience of the Ethiopian highlands quite rejuvenating.
What more can one ask other than watching the beautiful African sunsets and sunrises!
Truly great Outdoors
Camping in Ethiopia is almost the only way to visit the most beautiful, undeveloped and unspoilt areas of the country. Some recognised campsites are provided in National Parks and other popular tourist areas, but finding somewhere to camp is seldom a problem.
One word of caution: vervet monkeys and baboons are fond of picnics and will enter any open car or tent in a flash!
In the National Parks and most highland areas, campers may pitch a tent, climb in, and enjoy a good night's sleep, untroubled by worries of unwelcome night visitors. Country people are for the most part, pacific, hospitable, and co-operative.
Fishing
Conditions for sport fishing could hardly be better than in Ethiopia. Rivers and lakes are full of a wide variety of fish, some of extraordinary size. Ethiopia boasts more than 200 species of freshwater fish, including Nile perch, immense catfish, tigerfish, and brown and rainbow trout. Very few Ethiopians are anglers so visitors will find many unspoiled areas where they can fish in peace. A typical day's fishing may also include the bonnus of seeing families of hippo, giant crocodiles, or pink clouds of flamingos.
Caving
The Sof Omar cave systems, 120 kms east of Goba in Bale region, is one of the most spectacular and extensive underground cavern in the world.
Formed by the Weyb river as it changed course in the distant past and carved a new channel through limestone foothill, the 16 kms cave system is an extraordinary natural phenomenon of breathtaking beauty.
The dry, cool caves contain many marvels of natural architecture, including soaring pillars of stone 20 meters high, flying buttresses, fluted archways and tall airy vaults. Finally the river itself is reached, flowing through a deep gorge. You can explore the caves on foot, without special climbing equipment, but preparations have to be taken. Torches or other lighting are needed. A map is also another thing that is highly recommended. The most direct route through the first part of the caves takes about an hour.
Outdoor adventures are personal interest tours and as a result are conducted on an individual basis. Hence if you are interested to experience any one of the above outdoor adventures, please indicate to us your wishes and Contact Us for more information.
