This two-week trip of Ethiopia’s birding highlights this exceptional nation, home to the majority of its rare species. It is possible to expect up to 500 different species of birds and other uncommon creatures, and birding is remarkably easy. Ethiopia is among the most rewarding places in Africa to go photography. We will visit the enormous, bird-rich Rift Valley lakes, the moss-covered montane forests that are home to a diverse range of endemic species, the high Bale Mountains, which are home to the critically endangered Ethiopian Wolf, the striking Jemma Valley, and Awash National Park.

Abyssinian Hare, Bale Monkeys, Beisa Oryx, Ethiopian Wolf, Gambian Sun Squirrel, Gelada baboons, Giant Mole Rat, Golden Wolves, Guenther’s Dikdik, Hamadryas Baboons, Lesser Kudu, Mountain Nyala, Serval, Soemmerring’s Gazelle; Somali Dwarf Mongoose, Spotted Hyena Unstriped Ground Squirrel, and more are the potential mammals to be recorded in this tour plan.

Some of the birds one can see in this pack are Abyssinian Catbird, Abyssinian Longclaw. Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher, Abyssinian Waxbill, Abyssinian Woodpecker, Abyssinian Woodpecker, Ankober Serin, Black-winged Lovebird, Blue-winged Goose, Chestnut-fronted Spurfowls, Erkel’s, Clapperton’s, Ethiopian Oriole, Ethiopian Siskin, Rouget’s Rail, Rüppell’s Robin-Chat, Ruspoli’s & White-cheeked Turacos, Salvadori’s Seedeaters, Somali Crow, Thick-billed Raven, Somali Short-toed Larks, Spot-breasted Lapwing, Star-spotted Nightjars, Stresemann’s Bush Crow, Wattled Ibis, Yellow-fronted Parrot, Yellow-rumped, Yellow-throated, and more.