THE WILD SOUTH & THE BALE MOUNTAINS, 10 Riding Days
Addis Ababa Motorcycle rental, Ethiopia Motorcycle tours.
Ethiopia motorcycle tour over 10 days to visit the beautiful Southern part of Ethiopia and the Bale mountains.
The Ethiopia motorcycle tour starts from Addis Ababa and ends in Addis Ababa. This is an exciting adventure motorcycle tour of Ethiopia that goes to some of the most exciting and scenic parts of Ethiopia. The motorcycle tour is guided by professional motorcycle tour guides who know Ethiopia extremely well and have been guiding Ethiopia motorcycle tours for the past 15 years.
The motorcycle tour takes you to Arba Minch, Nech Sar National Park, Lake Chamo, Turmi the land of the Hamer tribe. We ride to the village of Dimeka, ride to Konso and Yiga Alem. The motorcycle tour then takes to Bale Mountains with very scenic drives to mountain Nyala and Bale Goba. While in Bale Goba the tour on motorbikes will take us to the Sanetti plateau and then Harenna Forest from where the motorcycle tour takes us to the beautiful Lake Langano before the ride back to Addis where the motorbike tour ends.
Day 1: Departure to Arba Minch (Forty Springs) , which takes its name, from thebubbling streams springing up and is right in the Rift Valley making it the perfect base to explore the region.
(460 km paved)
Overnight in Arba Minch
Day 2: Visit the Nech Sar National Park and ride through beautiful tracks, fantastic for bird watching and wildlife spotting. In the afternoon take a boat trip in Lake Chamo, one of the biggest in the region, and be amazed by one of the most impressive displays of big crocodiles and hippos in Africa.
(110 Km off-road)
Overnight in Arba Minch
Day 3: Departure to Turmi, the land of the “Hamer” tribe. On the way, you can see different kind of tribes (Konso, Tsemay, Erbore and Banna).
(290 km of which 59% paved & 41% off-road) Camping in Turmi
Day 4 : Visit the village of Dimeka, which is particularly nice during the market day, and if suitable one of the villages of the Hamer tribe and the bull jumping celebration if lucky. Otherwise we can visit the Karo village which has also a bit of nice off road riding.
(150 km off-road)
Camping in Turmi
Day 5 : Departure to Konso on the same way that we came. If we arrive on time we will visit a typical village.
(200 km of which 40% paved & 60% off-road) Overnight in Konso
Day 6 : Departure to Yirga Alem going through a good gravel road , which is not much used by tourists. As always the landscape is diverse.
(270 km of which 71% off-road & 29% paved) Overnight at Aregash Lodge
Day 7 : After a good breakfast we will be leaving to the Bale Mountain, which is the second highest peak in Ethiopia and is also a National Park, that can be visited by motorcycle. There you will see the mountain Nyala, an antelope endemic to Ethiopia, but also other kind of wild life (this part will have to be done by walking). After the visit we will continue to Bale Goba where we will overnight.
(275 km paved)
Overnight in Bale Goba
Day 8 : On this day we will ride up to the highest routable point in Africa, at an altitude of 4370 Mt. above see level. The Sanetti Plateau where you will see the most interesting Flora, which is found only at this altitude and If lucky we will also encounter the Red Fox also called Ethiopian wolf, which is also endemic to Ethiopia. Then we will continue to the Harenna Forest and have lunch at a nice Lodge located within the forest. In the afternoon we will return to Bale Goba.
(120 km off-road)
Overnight at Bale Goba
Day 9 : Departure to Lake Langano. We will ride back on the same way we came for half the distance and then we will take an inside road which will be unpaved and fun to ride with nice views of the lake.
(350 km of which 70% paved & 30% off-road) Overnight in Lake Langano
Day 10 : After a relaxed morning we depart to Addis. The last day it’s probably the worse traffic wise and therefore keeps the tour quite alive!!
(220 km paved)
Overnight in Addis
Skil l level : 2/3
Tota l Km : +/ - 2445
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