Ethiopia & Djibouti - Western Ethiopia (PDF Chapter)

Western Ethiopia is undisturbed and seldom visited, but it’s one of the most beautiful regions in the country. Rainforests and coffee plantations share the landscape with savannah grass-lands, wildlife-rich swamps and high plateaus carpeted in fields of tef.

• visit Ethiopia’s first coffee museum and trekking through wildlife-rich forests in Kafa Bio-sphere Reserve
• maps
• fall off the map in Gambela National Park as you try to be among the first to witness one of Africa’s greatest but least-known migrations
• transport
• climb aboard a scrawny horse for a scenic descent into the pretty lake-filled crater of Mt Wenchi
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: The Western Highlands, Addis Alem, Ambo, Mt Wen-chi, Guder, Nekemte, Bedele, Metu, Tepi, Mizan Tefari, Jimma, Weliso, Kafa Biosphere Reserve, The Western Lowlands, Gambela, Gambela National Park.