Ethiopia October 21 - November 11, 2006

Barry Reed organised this long trip which was undertaken with Mick Ilett and Phil Ball. Barry used Jenner Expeditions for the arrangements, who supplied us with a Toyota Land-Cruiser and a driver. See the diary for more details.

Weather

The rainy season had recently come to an end and most days were hot and sunny; very hot at times, in particular in the Jemma Valley, Langano, and at Bogol Manyo. Some days provided cloud cover with the odd spot of rain, but this was only heavy at Yabello. The first day on the Bale Mountains was very cold and fog caused a problem, although the following day was fine and clear.

Itinerary

20/10	Evening flight from London Heathrow to Addis Adaba
21/10	Addis Adaba and Gerfersa Reservoir
22/10	Addis Adaba to Jemma Valley; overnight at Alem Ketema
23/10	Jemma Valley; overnight at Alem Ketema
24/10	Jemma Valley; drive to and overnight at Ankobar
25/10	Ankobar; drive to and overnight at Awash
26/10	Awash (Bilen and Lake Beseka)
27/10	Awash (Lake Beseka and park); drive to and overnight at Langano
28/10	Langano (lakes Langano, Shaba, and Abiata)
29/10	Drive to Bale
30/10	Sof Omar; Bale
31/10	Bale
1/11	Bale to Negelle (where stayed) and Libden plain
2/11	Genale, Wadera, Libden pain; overnight Negelle
3/11	Drive to and overnight Bogol Manyo
4/11	Bogol Manyo
5/11	Bogol Manyo - Negelle
6/11	Negelle - Yabello
7/11	Yabello
8/11	Lake Awasa; overnight Awasa
9/11	Lake Awasa; Wando Genet
10/11	Wando Genet; drive to and overnight at Addis Adaba
11/11	Ghiba Gorge; Addis Adaba
12/11	Early morning return flight

A total of 481 species of birds were seen, with 202 of them new for me.
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