Omo National Park
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.