Parts of the Park
Northern grasslands (Gaysay Grasslands) The Northern grasslands, spanning the Web and Danka Rivers, are situated to the south of the Bodeti Mountain and north of Adelay ridge, and northwest of…
Culture and History
The Bale Mountains are the ancestral home of the Oromo, the largest, single ethnic group in Africa. Living as pastoralists and farmers, the population grew quickly and expanded to different…
Wabe Shebele and Gasera Gorge
Wabe Shebele: Arguably one of the most dramatic gorges in Ethiopia, the views of the Wabe Shebele Gorge are breathtaking. When passing through the gorge on this little traveled road,…
Sof-Omar Cave
The caves of Sof-Omar have located about 115km from the Bale Mountains National Park headquarters and 95km from the zone’s capital of Robe. It is one of the longest underground…
Dire Sheik Hussein
The holy shrine of Sheik Hussein is located in the northeastern part of Bale on the edge of the Wabe Shebele River, 180km from the Bale Mountains National Park headquarters.…
Bale Mountains National Park
You are standing on land in the air - birds of prey soar high above while the endemic Ethiopian wolf hunts for rodents down below. This is the Sanetti plateau:…