OMO VALLEY

The Omo valley is located in the southwest of Addis Ababa, which passes through the Great Rift Valley and offers the most attractive and beautiful landscape scenery in the region. The Omo region is home for most nomadic and semi-nomadic people with different fascinating ethnic groups like the Hammer, Mursi, Karo, Dassenech, Surma, Bena, Ari, Tsemay, Bodi and others. It is so wonderful to look people with different culture, music, dance and dressing style that are found in the Omo region.

RIFT VALLEY

Covers 6000km starting from far east and end south east Africa. The great rift valley separate Ethiopia in to two part. Great  Rift Valley is great because it is extensive and it was formed by the sinking and tearing apart of the earth. The largest valley on the earth, the Great Rift Valley is one of the planet's most outstanding features. Ethiopia is often referred to as the "water tower" of eastern Africa because of the many rivers that pour of its high tableland. The Rift valley's passage through Ethiopia marked by chain of seven lakes fed by different rivers. Each of the seven lakes has its own attractions. The lakes shelter different species of birds and many wild animals. The rift valley is also a habitat for a variety of flora and fauna.

SHALL AND ABIJATTA

Located at the heart of Rift valley, which consists of consists of two Great Rift Valley lakes. Namely lake Shalla and Abijatta.Lake Shalla is thought to be the deepest lake in Africa (250 meters deep). Lake Abijatta is circled by 60 km white shoreline. Despite their natural beauty, these lakes are best known for their bird life. Different kinds of water birds such as greater and lesser flamingos along with white-necked cormorants, several species of herons, storks, spoonbills, African ducks, gulls and Sterns can be seen around the these lakes. During the northern winter thousands of Asiatic and European ducks and Waders migrate to the Lake Abiyatta shores. Lake Shalla is well known for its large colony of great white pelicans, undoubtedly the most breeding site for these species in Africa.

LAKE AWASSA

Lake Awassa lies just south of the capital city Addis Ababa. A gentile chain of mountains and low plateau surround the lake. Swampy bays interspersed with volcanic rocks, sandy shores with bare rocky hills, and every formation of terrain imaginable can be fond near Awassa. The lake has a great variety of fish and, as elsewhere in the Rift valley, endless species of birds. It gives great pleasure to observe a beauty sunset at Lake Awassa in late afternoon.

LANGANO

Lake Langano is located 210 km South of Addis Ababa. It is a sand beach, popular resort for swimming aquatic sports, sunbathing camping and bird watching. The western side of the lake is covered with a thin acacia while the eastern shore is partially covered by dense forest patches. The forest and the lake host variety of wildlife, birds, amphibians like hippos and reptiles.