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3-Day Bale Mountains Wolf & Wildlife Trek from Robe
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This 3-day private trek opens at Africa's highest plateau. Day 1 takes you directly onto the Sanetti Plateau at 4,000 meters — the highest plateau on the continent — continuing to Tulu Dimtu at 4,377m, the second-highest peak in Ethiopia, before descending the same afternoon into the Harenna Forest, the second-largest tropical rainforest in Ethiopia at 2,977m. No other day in Ethiopian wildlife tourism crosses that altitude range in a single itinerary. Day 2 covers the Gaysay grasslands — the best sector in Bale Mountains National Park for Mountain Nyala — and the juniper woodlands of Dinsho, home to Menelik's Bushbuck, Grey Duiker, and three endemic bird species. Day 3 follows the Web Valle...
Highlights
3 days
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 days
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Lunch
Dinner
Breakfast
Domestic Flights
Meeting Points
Departure
Robe Airport (GOB) General Wako gutu airport
Return
Important Information
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Drive from Goba onto the Sanetti Plateau — the highest plateau in Africa — where the alpine moorland opens at around 4,000 meters altitude into one of the continent's most extraordinary high-altitude landscapes. A 2 to 3 hour hike across the vast open plains offers excellent chances to observe the Ethiopian Wolf, the Giant Mole-Rat, falcons, raptors, and numerous endemic bird species against a backdrop of wild alpine scenery and plateau lakes.
3 hours
3
Mount Tullu Dimtu
Continue by vehicle to Tulu Dimtu at 4,377 meters — the second-highest peak in Ethiopia — for a short acclimatization walk around the summit and a picnic lunch at altitude. The return drive to the plateau is made slowly, with multiple stops to increase your chances of a second Ethiopian Wolf sighting as the animals become more active in the late afternoon light. Few places in Africa place you simultaneously at this altitude, in this ecosystem, with this density of endemic species.
2 hours
4
Bale Mountains National Park
In the afternoon, descend gradually from the Sanetti Plateau into the Harenna Forest - the second-largest tropical rainforest in Ethiopia - at an altitude of 2,977 meters. The transition from open alpine moorland to dense bamboo forest and towering cloud forest trees happens within a single drive, making this one of the most dramatic ecological contrasts in any Ethiopian national park. A 2 to 3 hour hike through the bamboo forest leads to a waterfall, with excellent opportunities to observe the endemic Bale Monkey, baboons, and black-and-white colobus monkeys in the forest canopy. Continue deeper into the forest to watch for leopard, giant forest hog, bush pig, and numerous endemic bird species. The forest is alive with sound in a way the plateau is not — your guide identifies species by call as much as by sight.
The slow drive back toward the Sanetti Plateau includes additional stops for Ethiopian Wolf as the day closes.
3-Day Bale Mountains Wolf & Wildlife Trek from Robe
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$780.00
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About
This 3-day private trek opens at Africa's highest plateau. Day 1 takes you directly onto the Sanetti Plateau at 4,000 meters — the highest plateau on the continent — continuing to Tulu Dimtu at 4,377m, the second-highest peak in Ethiopia, before descending the same afternoon into the Harenna Forest, the second-largest tropical rainforest in Ethiopia at 2,977m. No other day in Ethiopian wildlife tourism crosses that altitude range in a single itinerary. Day 2 covers the Gaysay grasslands — the best sector in Bale Mountains National Park for Mountain Nyala — and the juniper woodlands of Dinsho, home to Menelik's Bushbuck, Grey Duiker, and three endemic bird species. Day 3 follows the Web Valle...
