Cultural South Destinations

Omo National Park Home Omo National Park Enter the cultural and natural hotspot of Omo National Park and Omo Valley for the experience of a lifetime. It boasts one of the best wildlife concentrations in the country, established in 1966. Elevation, on average is around 500m above sea level, but Mountain Maji reaches a height of 1,541m. Rainfall is close to 810mm per annum, and the main wet season is from March to November. Maximum temperature records can go as high as 40 degrees C in December and minimum temperatures from April to June are around 20 degrees C. The best time to explore the park is from December to February. It is located 870km southwest of Addis Abeba, on the west bank of the Omo River in the South Omo Valley. Visiting the various ethnic groups, wildlife viewing, and whitewater rafting can make any visit very adventurous. Mursi, Surma, Bodi, and Dizi live adjacent to the park. The park conserves one of the most diverse populations of mammalian species in Ethiopia el hife includes waterbucks, bushbucks, elands, beisaryxes, Burchell’s zebrasphants. The tebeests, buffalos, tiangs (topises), Birates, hippos, kudus, lions and eleptyres. diViba Hot Springs, located in the male of the park, offer the opportunity to see diverse wildlife as they come to drink during the early mornings and evenings. Ready to Travel With Real Adventure Check Availability

Omo National Park Home Omo National Park Enter the cultural and natural hotspot of Omo National Park and Omo Valley for the experience of a lifetime. It boasts one of the best wildlife concentrations in the country, established in 1966. Elevation, on average is around 500m above sea level, but Mountain Maji reaches a height of 1,541m. Rainfall is close to 810mm per annum, and the main wet season is from March to November. Maximum temperature records can go as high as 40 degrees C in December and minimum temperatures from April to June are around 20 degrees C. The best time to explore the park is from December to February. It is located 870km southwest of Addis Abeba, on the west bank of the Omo River in the South Omo Valley. Visiting the various ethnic groups, wildlife viewing, and whitewater rafting can make any visit very adventurous. Mursi, Surma, Bodi, and Dizi live adjacent to the park. The park conserves one of the most diverse populations of mammalian species in Ethiopia el hife includes waterbucks, bushbucks, elands, beisaryxes, Burchell’s zebrasphants. The tebeests, buffalos, tiangs (topises), Birates, hippos, kudus, lions and eleptyres. diViba Hot Springs, located in the male of the park, offer the opportunity to see diverse wildlife as they come to drink during the early mornings and evenings. Ready to Travel With Real Adventure Check Availability

Lower Omo Valley Home Lower Omo Valley The Lower Omo Valley is one of the most ethnically diverse parts of Africa. It is a land of warriors, hunters and nomads whose distinct age-old lifestyles are being changed by the outside world. Still, they are people whose daily existence and ways of life are ruled by traditions. South Omo possesses various natural and historical resources and attractions such as tunnels, waterfalls, wide and large forests and historical sites. However, the day-to-day life of the South Omo ethnic groups is truly the heart and soul of the valley. Special ritual ceremonies include ukuli or cattle jumping by Hamar and Banna men as a rite of passage ceremony, keal which is the Bodi fatness competition and donga, the Mursi stick fight competition. The South Omo zone is home to more than 16 ethnic groups whose populations number between 1,000 and 300,000 people each. The natural customs and environments of all these inhabitants are varied. The South Omo ethnic groups include: Ari, Arbore, Bacha, Banna, Bodi, Brile (Ongota), Dassanech, Dime, Hamar, Kara, Kwegu, Maale, Murle, Mursi, Nyangatom, and Tsemay. Each group has their own language belonging to one of the three language families: Nilotic languages are spoken by Bodi, Kwegu, Murle, Mursi and Nyangatom. Omotic languages are spoken by Ari, Banna, Bashada, Dime, Hamar, Kara and Maale. Cushitic languages are spoken by Arbore, Brile, Dassanech and Tsemay. Ready to Travel With Real Adventure Check Availability

Konso Home Konso The Konso people live in an isolated region within the Omo River Valley. Since the Konso people live within a hardship area, their villages are fortified by a stone wall used as a defensive barrier. The Konso people live within groups of communities whereby each community has a main hut. A Konso community has to be through a main gate and into a maze of al-leyways. The alleyways are incorporated into the overall design of the communal village set up as a security measure that makes it difficult for enemy warriors to gain access into the village. The Konso people are mixed agriculturists. They are known to grow crops even though the lands in which they live in are dry and infertile. They use animal dung from their cattle to fertilize the grounds on which they mainly grow sorghum. They use the sorghum as a flour for their meals and to also brew local beer. They also grow grains such as beans and maize. According to Konso tradition, they have erect stone walls and poles around their communal villages in a traditional ceremony that is marked every 18 years. This is the ceremony that also marks the start of a new generation within their tribal community. By counting the number of generation poles in any Konso village, one is able to determine the age of the said village. The erection of stones and poles is part of the Konso tradition. The Konso mark their graves by placing carved wooden statues on top of the grave. They call these wooden markers Waka. Ready to Travel With Real Adventure Check Availability

Omo National Park Home Omo National Park Enter the cultural and natural hotspot of Omo National Park and Omo Valley for the experience of a lifetime. It boasts one of the best wildlife concentrations in the country, established in 1966. Elevation, on average is around 500m above sea level, but Mountain Maji reaches a height of 1,541m. Rainfall is close to 810mm per annum, and the main wet season is from March to November. Maximum temperature records can go as high as 40 degrees C in December and minimum temperatures from April to June are around 20 degrees C. The best time to explore the park is from December to February. It is located 870km southwest of Addis Abeba, on the west bank of the Omo River in the South Omo Valley. Visiting the various ethnic groups, wildlife viewing, and whitewater rafting can make any visit very adventurous. Mursi, Surma, Bodi, and Dizi live adjacent to the park. The park conserves one of the most diverse populations of mammalian species in Ethiopia el hife includes waterbucks, bushbucks, elands, beisaryxes, Burchell’s zebrasphants. The tebeests, buffalos, tiangs (topises), Birates, hippos, kudus, lions and eleptyres. diViba Hot Springs, located in the male of the park, offer the opportunity to see diverse wildlife as they come to drink during the early mornings and evenings. Ready to Travel With Real Adventure Check Availability