Community Trekking Tour in Bale Mountains 15 Days
Overview
The Integrated Forest Management Plan circuit of guided trails and huts through the mountains south of Dodola forms an excellent and in expensive goal for keen hikers and trekkers. Implemented by the German Aid Organization Gtz, the project is a nonprofit activity aimed in considering the remnants of areas Afro – montane forest by creating employment and generating community earnings from tourism. The main attraction of the trail is the mountain scenery and high altitude vegetation, which comprise some 50,000 hectares of natural forest as well as areas of Afro – alpine moorland. Birdlife is prolific and large endemic as well as common mammals are present in small numbers. The mountains covered by the trails are effectively the western extension of the Bale range.
Itinerary
Tour code: OLET 2004
Duration: 15 Days and 14 NIGHTS
Means of Transport: All the way Surface
Day 1: Arrive at Addis Ababa Bole International airport. Overnight Hotel
Day 2: After breakfast seeing the sights of Addis Ababa. Overnight Hotel
Day 3: To Dodola; then reach to Changity campsite. Overnight Camping
Day 4: Commence trekking to Wahoro set at 3300m. Overnight Eco Hut
Day 5: Morning trek toward Angafu located at 3460m. Overnight Eco Hut
Day 6: Trek from Angafu to Adale situated at 3300m. Overnight Eco Hut
Day 7: Trek to Mololicho; through high altitude plants. Overnight Eco Hut
Day 8: Trekking to Duro; set through open moorland. Overnight Eco Hut
Day 9: Hike to Berenda; famed for its bamboo plant. Overnight Eco Hut
Day 10: In the morning trek to Adaba end of the hiking. Overnight Hotel
Day 11: Drive to Dinsho at Bale Mountains headquarters. Overnight Hotel
Day 12: Trek through African juniper and Hagenia trees. Overnight Hotel
Day 13: To Hawassa set at the shore of Lake Hawassa. Overnight Hotel
Day 14: Back to Addis Ababa visiting the rift valley lake. Overnight Hotel
Day 15: Time for shopping; then in the evening departure back to home.
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