ARBAMINCH - CHAMO AND ABAYA LAKES
Two marvellous lakes, surrounded by savanna plains. Chamo lake is 551 square kilometre and Abaya lake is even 1160 square kilometre. The vieuw point to see all this has long been called "The bridge of Heaven". In the water you find many hippos and Nile crocodile. Also a many kinds of birds, like yellow weaver, white pelicans, storks, ibisen, hornbills and fisch eagle. On the plains of Nech Sar you find the Swayne's hartebeest, zebra and Grant's gazelle. Enough wild to see in this area. Around these lake live the Ganjule and the Guji. Both have ancient traditions for hippo hunting.
Crododillo's and pelicans