Day 1: From Addis abeba drive to Awash National park 211k via Adama/Nazret
Our Driver & Guide Will Pick up from the hotel is at 7:30AM and we then set off to join the Express Way, which will get us to Adama, formerly Nazereth, in about an hour.
We will stop en route at Beseka Lake, home to many water birds, including Striated (or Green-backed) and Black-headed Herons, Red-billed Teal, White-backed and Maccoa Ducks, and Common Crane.
Depending on how long we stop for birding en route, the 211 km drive will take about 4-5 hours. For accommodation we have the following choices; Hotel in Awash Town with Ac avilable ,Camping or Doho Lodge, a hot spring resort some 20 km from Awash town. There is a lake there, and hot water pools.
Driving from the park gate toward the Awash river we can expect to see some mammals, such as Beisa Oryx, Klipspringer, Hamadryas and Anubis baboons, Salt’s Dikidik, Grivet Monkey and others.
As the temperature subsides in the late afternoon, we can do a game drive. In addition to the species mentioned above, we may see, Soemmerring’s Gazelle, lesser and greater Kudus, Warthogs, Defarsa waterbuck, Colobus and Grivet monkeys, Black-Backed and Golden Jackals, Caracals, Servals, Wildcats, and if we are lucky Leopards and Lions. Over 400 species of birds have been recorded in Awash National Park. The terrain is mostly a mosaic of grassland and acacia scrub but the Awash River flows through the area and supports some riverine forest in places.
Day 2: After an early morning game drive ,
we exit the park and drive east, crossing the main road and head towards Filwuha Hot Spring. This is a hot springs oasis where luxuriant vegetation flourishes in the midst of a lava desert that is home to the rare, restricted-range Sombre Rock Chat, which favours old lava flows. and some other bird life. In the cliffs behind the springs are colonies of Hamdryas baboons. The hot springs are crystal clear, and extremely hot – better to get in early morning or late afternoon.
after those activities we drive back have a lunch in Adama or Nazret town then back to Addis for your international flight or back to your hotel and End of the tour.
