Highland and Montane Forest Trek

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Day 1:

Meet the tour at our joining hotel. First a rest - and a cup of Ethiopian coffee! - then we will have lunch before visiting the ethnological museum, which gives a thorough overview of the different cultures and peoples of Ethiopia. After a look around town we'll have an early dinner (Night at hotel).

Day 2:

Today we will ride off in the direction of Chancho. Riding this route we will become acquainted with the highland plains, peppered by small homesteads and Orthodox churches that form much of the central heart of Ethiopia (Night in camp.

Day 3:

Switching towards the west we ride down over the plateau parallel to the Muger River gorge. Long canters and views over the river systems running down into the Blue Nile Gorge (Night in camp).

Day 4:

Today we ride first up into the hills and over the ridge looking across at Wouchacha mountain (3700 meters). Very different landscapes and a slower pace (Night in camp).

Day 5:

Ride out towards Menagesha Suba Montane Forest, a forest rich in endemics (yellow fronted parrot, Menelik Bushbuck) and many other species. Great 300 year old junipers (Night in park headquarters/camp).

Day 6:

Early walk in forest for birders, or animal sighters. Easy ride up through the forest and down onto the plains of Menagesha - if time allows, visit to Maryam church (Night in camp).

Day 7:

Back onto the open plains, with a lunchtime visit to a horse market - depending on time of year, up to a couple of hundred horses present. Fast finish across the plains to our base in Solulta (evening flight back to London or night in hotel for extension to north and Lalibela).