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Ethiopia is well
endowed with a wide variety of experiences in natural spheres to
explore. The country boasts some of the world’s most breathtaking
scenery, and features an extraordinary variety of wildlife species,
as well as a spectacular variety of plants.
Ethiopia is
truly a tourist paradise- beautiful, secretive, mysterious and
extraordinary. With diverse landscape, fauna & flora, and welcoming
people, it offers nature tourism. Ethiopia enjoys an amazing scenic
beauty. It is rich in mountains, rivers, lakes, wildlife, plants,
birds, waterfalls including the famous Blue Nile Falls, and many
more. The country has nine national parks and 36 game reserve areas.
For instance, the Semien and Bale mountains are the most spectacular
and magnificent adventure sites.
Ethiopia is a
land of rugged mountains (some are over 4000 meters high) broad
savannah, lakes and rivers. The unique Rift Valley is a remarkable
region of volcanic lakes, with their famous collections of birdlife,
great escarpments and stunning vistas. Tisisat, the Blue Nile falls,
must rank as one of the greatest natural spectacles in Africa today.
With 14 major wildlife reserves, Ethiopia provides a microcosm of
the entire sub-Saharan eco-system. Birdlife abounds and indigenous
animals from the rare Walia Ibex to the shy wild ass roam free just
as nature intended. Ethiopia, after the rains, is a land decked with
flowers and with many more native plants than most countries in
Africa. Among the many natural tourist attractions, only the
principal ones are briefly given below.
Visitors have much to savor in the antiquities that bear visual
testimony to Ethiopia’s eventful past.
For With its high rugged mountains, deep and forbidding gorges,
green hills, rushing streams and wide flowing rivers, its lakes,
forests, deserts and multitude of color full and fascinating
cultures, Ethiopia is truly one of the world’s finest tourist
destination.
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