Western Ethiopia
Hot lowlands on the Baro River and a vast dry-season migration of white-eared kob.
Overview
Gambela town sits on the Baro River, a world away from the highlands: hot, flat, green, and closer to the Nile than to Addis Ababa. Anuak and Nuer communities farm, fish and herd along the river.
Each dry season, very large herds of white-eared kob and tiang move between South Sudan and Gambela National Park, one of the largest land mammal migrations on Earth.
Highlights
Plan your visit
February to March for kob on the plains
Flights from Addis Ababa to Gambela.
By 4x4 with a local guide and park scout.
Gallery
Photos: Unsplash
Journeys
Length 05 days
Gambela
Ethiopia’s far western lowlands, where the Baro runs brown and wide and herds of white-eared kob cross the grass plains.
Keep exploring
Western
Asosa and Bambasi on the Sudan border: Berta music, bamboo hills and the Blue Nile.
Central
Ethiopia’s capital: museums, markets and the birthplace of many a coffee ceremony.
Northern
Eleven medieval churches carved down into solid rock, and still in use today.
Plan with us
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