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Gamela
In the far west in Gambella, along the Baro river is being
found the Anuak, Nuer and Misingir people.
The Anuak people live in villages along the river banks of
the lowlands of Gambela and both the Anuak and Nuer people
are distinguished from other Ethiopians by their height and
very dark skin. In terms of decoration, both groups wear
wood or shell and horn necklaces but the Nuer alone receive
facial scarrings as part of their initiation into adulthood.
Both groups still harvest fish from the river Baro using
spears but the Nuer are primarily cattle herders and are
more gregarious than the Anuak. The Oromoes, numerically the
biggest tribe in the country dominates most of the
settlements in the west, they are mixed farmers and they
live in very fertile and scenically attractive land. There
are some remarkable and colourful weekly markets in the
Oromo region which gets the interest of tourists.
Our company
now offers a newly designed tour to this region, which is
mainly about discovering the origin of coffee and other
coffee growing areas in Ethiopia combined with cultural
tours and photo safaris. For more information visit our
sample tour programs in the itinerary page.
Gambella can
be reached by air, or by a 2 day road trip.
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Afar Region
Nearer Addis Ababa, from the Awash Park eastwards, are the
Afar, The proud nomadic shepherds, most of whom are still
pastoralists and who can pack up and carry their houses on
the backs of camels and they carry salt in their camel
caravans up to the Ethiopian highlands. It is also the site
where “Lucy” and other hominid species were discovered and
120 meters below sea level at the sulfuric inferno Danakil
depression and with its glittering volcanic scene of Er’tale.
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