It's my first time to go hiking alone. Awash is very hot, mosquitoes will eat you alive so dress for hot weather and remember to take buzz off or something like that. But I say the place is amazing, I camp for the night n it was blissful 😊. I love it

Afar Awash national park Awash waterfalls ❤️

We witnessed much animal life, from Kudu, warthog, dik dik, monkeys, and crocodiles. There were many species of birds of which I cannot remember names at this time. I even felt brave enough to touch a croc's tail (with a 4 foot stick)!!

If you are lucky you can see many kind of animals, but you can be sure you’ll see crocodile in there.

Not much to write home about. The park isn't really well enough maintained to provide an actual area for wildlife so there are very few animals around. Guides and rangers are friendly but not motivated and not well trained at all. There are a few beautiful spots; the view to the gorge is nice and the falls provide a peaceful spot. The lodge by the falls is good.

Lovely, easy to access park providing opportunity to see many wild animals in their natural environment. The typography along the gorge for the Awash river is striking & epic! The drive to the volcanic hot springs on the north side of the main road is fairly long & rough, but it is well worth it! The hot springs are iconic and constantly changing according to our guide in response to my confusion about not being able to recognize or locate a spot that I had previously visited, everything was completely different.

Such an amazing place. I recommend you spend a night at the camp site

(Translated by Google) The location of the photo was taken in the box of a restaurant opposite the waterfall, where many crocodiles sunbathe on the beach or on the stones. (Original) 拍摄照片的位置在瀑布对面一家餐厅的包厢里面，河里有很多鳄鱼在沙滩或石头上晒太阳。

Not enough wildlife. The service was great, but there was nothing to see.

One of my best travel souvenirs, huge experience that help me to understand this country a little bit more. All the staff was really professional and nice. Superbe experience!!

Great park for a day trip.

Great place for bird watching.

(Translated by Google) Crocodile under the waterfall (Original) 瀑布下有鳄鱼

Fantastic

Arrangements within the Lalibela area were quite good and the home stay was very interesting. Hotel quality outside of this area did not always meet acceptable standards given the amount that was charged for the tour, but some efforts were made to address such concerns which were appreciated. The provided guides throughout the northern Ethiopia tour were generally of high quality (except for the Danakil Depression where the guides were more more logistics people).

It is nice place. You can see birds lions and Oryx.

Its very quite place.

I have visited this park in 2016. You will see nature in its place. You love to see Wildlife here and their. You drive from main road about 30min and see Awash river. It has amazing look and feel here.

Very well

Nice area for bird watching

where my food

(Translated by Google) Hiking in the Lalibela Mountains with an Eco-trekking organization. In this article I want to talk about my experience with Lalibela Eco-trekking last week. Molla, the young man from Lalibela started with this project a little over a year ago and already has many good references in several websites. I organized a 4-day trek from Lalibela town to Ethiopia's third highest mountain, Mount Abune Yosef and back to Lalibela via a sacred village where one of the most beautiful ancient churches in the country, Yemrehane Kristos. Molla personally saw me in advance to discuss all the details. What I really like about this trek is that we only sleep in the houses of the locals living in the mountains, which makes this trekking an exceptional cultural experience. We sleep in traditional houses where the whole family lives under a roof with all the animals. Of course you should not expect much luxury but in my opinion the possibility of having access to rural families makes you feel better with a lack of hot water. In houses there were enough blankets and clean sleeping bags for a comfortable and guaranteed night in cold temperatures. The same hike was well organized with about 5-7 hours of walking per day. The price of $ 60 includes a guide who speaks good English, a porter with a donkey and a chef who prepares three meals a day that are included in the price. The food is simple, vegetable based with rice and pasta that gives enough energy for hiking. The quantity of meals was absolutely sufficient and the meals were always freshly prepared. In addition there was coffee, tea and snacks during breaks. Also very nice and the fact that we start hiking directly from the city of Lalibela. With other organized hikes you often have to pay for transportation to the place where you start walking. Molla is therefore pick me up at the hotel with the whole team and after 4 days I will be accompanied again. As it is an Eco-local project, the local community benefits from a share of the income. In addition Molla started a project to support some children in their training to improve their future prospects. So I can only recommend to choose Lalibela Eco Trekking for a real experience of the cohabitation of local communities and their dramatic environment. Finally I want to say that I wrote this article to thank Molla for the good experience with his project and to facilitate to other tourists the possibility of an additional experience to the churches of Lalibela. As the transportation of the rest of the country is not so easy I find it a shame that the majority of tourists coming to Lalibela see the churches, which surely are beautiful, but if we end the trip to Lalibela with a hike we still understand a lot more why local people are so religious. Enjoy your stay at the sacred city of Lalibela and greet Molla for me .... Michael (Original) Randonnée dans les montagnes de Lalibela avec une organisation d’Eco-trekking. Dans cet article je veux particulièrement parler de mon expérience avec Lalibela Eco-trekking la semaine passée. Molla, le jeune homme de Lalibela a commencé avec ce projet il y’a un peu plus d’un an et a déjà beaucoup de bonnes références dans plusieurs sites web. J’ai organisé une randonnée de 4 jours de la ville de Lalibela jusqu’au troisième plus haut mont d’Éthiopie, le mont Abune Yosef et retour a Lalibela via un village sacré où se trouve une des plus belles anciennes églises du pays, Yemrehane Kristos. Molla m’a personnellement vu en avance pour discuter tous les détails. Ce que j’aime beaucoup avec sa randonnée proposée était le fait qu’on dorme que dans les maisons des locaux habitant aux montagnes qui fait ce trekking une expérience culturelle exceptionnelle. On dorme dans les maisons traditionnelles où toute la famille habite sous un toit avec tous les animaux. Naturellement il ne faut pas attendre beaucoup de luxe mais à mon avis la possibilité d’avoir accès aux familles rurales fait compasser avec un manque de l’eau chaude. Dans des maisons il y’avait assez de couvertures and sacs couchants propres pour que une nuit confortable et garanti dans les températures quand même froids. La randonnée soit même était bien organisée avec environ 5 à 7 heures de marche par jours. Le prix de 60 dollar compris un guide qui parle bien anglais, un porter avec un âne et un chef qui prépare trois repas par jour qui sont inclus dans le prix. La nourriture est simple, basée aux légumes avec du riz et des pates qui donne assez d’énergie pour la randonnée. La quantité des repas était absolument suffisante et les repas étaient préparés toujours fraichement. En plus il y’avait du café, du thé et des petits snacks pendant les pauses. Aussi très agréable et le fait qu’on commence la randonne directement de la ville de Lalibela. Avec d’autres randonnées organise il faut souvent payer du transport jusqu’au lieu où on commence la marche. Molla m’est donc venir chercher à l’hôtel avec toute l’équipe et après les 4 jours on m’y accompagner encore. Comme c’est un projet Eco-local, la communauté locale profite d’un part des revenus. En plus Molla a commencé un projet de soutenir quelques enfants dans leur formation pour améliorer leurs perspectives en avenir. Donc je peux que recommander de choisir Lalibela Eco Trekking pour une vraie expérience de la cohabitation des communautés locaux et leur environnement dramatique. Finalement je veux dire que j’ai écrit cet article pour remercier Molla pour la bonne expérience avec son projet et pour faciliter a autres touristes la possibilité d’une expérience supplémentaire aux églises de Lalibela. Comme le transport du reste de pays n’est pas si facile je le trouve dommage que la majorité des touristes venant a Lalibela voient que les églises, qui surement sont magnifique, mais si on finisse le trajet a Lalibela avec une randonnée on comprend encore beaucoup plus pourquoi les gens locaux sont tellement religieuses. Profiter bien de votre séjour a la ville sacre de Lalibela et saluer Molla pour moi…. Michael

i had a great 4 days Trek with lalibela Eco Trekking, it was Amazing experience, the guide, cook and the porter make our stay unforgettable, especially the family we were stayed was very Great experience, at night they dance for us which was very funny. I would like to thank Lalibela Eco Trekking and I highly recommend them.

Wonderful experience

If you love nature.

It's really beautiful, fresh air and amezing Nature , it's nice to spend a good weekend there.

If you want to experience natural park and want to visit wild animals, it is the right place

a best way to experience the real Ethiopia

Nice to watch the water fall and Endemic birds

A very depleted park with increasing human interference causing the wild animals to significantly decrese in number.

Only water fall was great , just pay the entrance Fee and get your own transportation. No animals

I like it, but it's too hot

I went a dry season, spent two hours and saw many birds and few mammals.. i will back soon.

Amazing landscape, beautiful colors, and different animals to see

A heaven in a desert and to be visited by wildlife lovers.

(Translated by Google) A nature reserve for more than 40 years, its area is approximately 50 thousand square kilometers, but it lacks attention, needs more investment and remains generally good. (Original) محمية طبيعية منذ اكثر من 40 سنة مساحتها تقريباً 50 الف كيلو متر مربع ولاكن ينقصها الاهتمام وتحتاج لمزيد من الاستثمارات وتبقى بشكل عام جيدة

Yes

Nice

(Translated by Google) Great to see the Beisa Oryx up close (Original) Great to see the Beisa Oryx up close

(Translated by Google) A deer sanctuary with deer species and a waterfall of course opens around it (Original) محمية للغزلان وفيها أنواع الغزلان وشلال يفتح النفس طبعا حوله جلسات جيدة

like

(Translated by Google) this place is cool for a family vacation (Original) tempat ini keren untuk liburan keluarga

I came after a short rainy season here in Awash and it was full of life

(Translated by Google) Cabins surrounded by nature on the banks of the waterfalls of the Awash river. Impressive. They have a restaurant area overlooking the falls, in the morning three crocodiles go to sunbathe. They go on excursions to see wild animals. The oryx herds are impressive. Nothing fancy. Everything basic but the environment deserves it. (Original) Cabañas en plena naturaleza a la orilla de las cascadas del río Awash. Impresionantes. Tienen una zona de restauración con vistas a las cataratas, por la mañana van tres cocodrilos a tomar el sol. Hacen excursiones para ver animales salvajes. Las manadas de orix son impresionantes. Nada de lujos. Todo básico pero el entorno lo merece.

(Translated by Google) Beautiful nature reserve and wonderful waterfalls (Original) محمية طبيعية جميلة وشلالات رائعة

Oryx can be almost certainly be seen. Beautiful animals.

Awash national park has pure natural beauty. It has quiet place, and with Nice animals.

(Translated by Google) Hameideira (Original) Hameideira

(Translated by Google) very cute (Original) Muito bonito

A place you have too see

(Translated by Google) We did a wonderful 2 day trek with this agency. Some negative points: the program was not the one announced when we booked (no donkeys to carry the business, not the same stages, no observation of wild animals ...) and we discovered it as and as we got closer, our guide was very nice but was not very talkative, we had to ask questions (a lot) to have explanations because of himself he didn't tell us much, we ate at the restaurant. 'Occidentale (rice, vegetables, pasta, tomato sauce, pancakes, scrambled eggs ...) without having the choice when we would have liked to eat traditional, like them and with them ... Positives: the hike was fabulous, the landscapes fantastic, we were able to cuddle the inhabitants of the highlands, understand their way of life, exchange with them, and even enjoy a few hours with a family in a traditional house where we offered homemade coffee and beer, we had a lot of fun in the evening learning traditional dance and singing, a great experience. We were accommodated in very beautiful private huts and had very decent outdoor sanitary facilities. Conclusion: we were treated too much like kings for our taste (but we imagine that it is the request of many tourists) and would have liked that the program of the estimate and that carried out correspond, or at least be informed of the change of program. For the rest, it was a great experience! Change of scenery guaranteed! Prepare well for the altitude. (Original) Nous avons fait un magnifique trek de 2 jours avec cette agence. Quelques points négatifs : le programme n'était pas celui annoncé lors de notre réservation (pas d'ânes pour porter les affaires, pas les mêmes étapes, pas d'observation d'animaux sauvages..) et nous l'avons découvert au fur et à mesure que nous avencions, notre guide était très gentil mais n'était pas très bavard, il fallait poser des questions (beaucoup) pour avoir des explications car de lui-même il ne nous disait pas grand chose, nous avons mangé à l'occidentale (riz, légumes, pâtes, sauce tomate, pancakes, oeufs brouillés..) sans avoir le choix alors que nous aurions voulu manger traditionnel, comme eux et avec eux... Points positifs : la randonnée était fabuleuse, les paysages fantastiques, nous avons pu cottoyer les habitants des hauts plateaux, comprendre leur mode de vie, échanger avec eux, et même profiter de quelques heures avec une famille dans une habitation traditionnelle où l'on nous a offert café et bière faits maison, nous nous sommes beaucoup amusés le soir en apprenant la danse traditionnelle et en chantant, une superbe expérience. Nous étions hébergés dans de très belles cases privées et disposions de sanitaires extérieurs très corrects. Conclusion : nous avons un peu trop été traités comme des rois à notre goût (mais nous imaginons que c'est la demande de beaucoup de touristes) et aurions aimé que le programme du devis et celui effectué correspondent, ou au moins être avertis du changement de programme. Pour le reste, c'était une expérience géniale ! Dépaysement garanti ! Préparez vous bien pour l'altitude.

We travelled to Ethiopia with LETT quite a while back, in November 2017, but I realised I did not write a review after the trip and these guys really deserve the full star review! We (2 couples in their late twenties) did a 3 week tour via Addis-Bahir Dar-Gondar-3 day trek in Simien Mountains-Aksum-rock churches-3 days Danakil-Lalibela-Mile Serdo-Addis with Sammy as our driver and guide. We really pushed them hard because we wanted to see as much as possible of this beautiful country and they delivered like the professionals they are! Everything went smoothly, we really enjoyed Sammy's company and all of his help and tips along the way, and they organised great tours with local companies in the different regions. We cannot recommend Lalibela Eco Trekking Tours enough!