4-Day Bale Mountains Tour from Addis Ababa with Sanetti Plateau

• You will be met upon arrival and transferred to your hotel. Refresh before beginning your sightseeing tour of Addis with a drive up to Mount Entoto for a panoramic view of the city.
• Descend and drive to the National Museum, where you will have a chance to see the oldest hominid remains, including the "Lucy" fossil.
• Visit Holy Trinity Cathedral, built during WWII.
• Then proceed to the Ethnographic Museum, which used to be the palace of Emperor Haile Selassie. To wrap up, drive to Merkato, the biggest market in East Africa.

Overnight in Addis.

• After breakfast, drive from Addis Ababa to Bale Mountains National Park and arrive at the park headquarters.
• In the afternoon, hike for an hour, with the possibility of spotting two endemic Ethiopian mammals frequently seen in the area, such as Mountain Nyala and Menelik's Bushbuck, as well as endemic forest birds.

Overnight at Dinsho Lodge.

• Today, you will have an excursion to the Sanetti Plateau, the highest plateau in Africa. Here, you may encounter the endemic Ethiopian wolf.
• Next, proceed to Harrena Forest, the second-densest forest in Ethiopia.
• Continue to Bale Mountain Lodge for an overnight stay.

• On this day, you will drive back to Addis.
• In the evening, attend a folkloric dinner where you will have a chance to taste several national dishes and watch dances from the various ethnic groups of Ethiopia. A traditional coffee ceremony will also be served.
• Later, you will be transferred to the airport for your departure.

Trip ends.