Ethiopia 2026
Abyssinian Catbird
Female White-winged Cliff-Chat
White-winged Black Tern
White-throated Bee-eater
White-crested Helmetshrike
Wattled Ibis
Thekla Lark
Swainson's Sparrow
Superb Starling
Streaky Seedeater
Spotted Palm Thrush
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
Male Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Male Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Male Red-headed Weaver
Female Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Purple Heron
Northern Fiscal Shrike
Moorland Francolin
Moorland Chat
Marabou Stork
Little Sparrowhawk
Mating Little Bee-eaters
Pair of Little Bee-eaters
Portrait of Hooded Vulture
Hooded Vulture
Hadada Ibis
Grey-hooded Gull
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Foxy Cisticola
Common Hoopoe
Ethiopian Thrush
Ethiopian Bee-eater
Dusky Turtle Dove
Common Greenshank
Cinnamon Bracken Warbler
Chestnut-naped Spurfowl
Blue-winged Goose
Black-winged Lapwing
Immature African Sacred Ibis
African Hawk-Eagle
Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher
Abyssinian Ground-Thrush
Female Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
Swayne's Hartebeest with foal
Swayne's Hartebeest
Female Oribi
Male Oribi
Olive Baboon with baby
Male Mountain Nyala
Female Mountain Nyala
Mantled Guereza
Hippo
Hippo
Grivet Monkey
Giant Root Rat
Giant Root Rat
Ethiopian Wolf
Ethiopian Wolf
Female Bush Duiker
Blick's Grass Rat
African Elephants with baby
Grasshopper
Male Stout Pintail
Picasso Bug
Milkweed Locust
Male Lucia Widow
Female Julia Skimmer
Potter Wasp
Grasshopper
Male Broad Scarlet
Male Benoue Agama
Female Benoue Agama
White-barred Acraea butterfly
Water Geranium Bronze
Sotik Acraea butterfly
Soldier Pansy
Plain Tiger butterfly
Narrow Green-banded Swallowtail
Mocker Swallowtail
Little Pansy
Guineafowl butterfly
Grass Jewel
Ghost Mimic Amber butterfly
Ghost Mimic Amber butterfly
Forest Mother-of-Pearl
Eastern Dotted Border
African Clover Blue
Dark Blue Pansy
Dancing Amber
Common Bush Brown
Citrus Swallowtail
Citrus Swallowtail
Citrus Swallowtail
Chief butterfly
Boisduval's Tree Nymph
Boisduval's Tree Nymph
Angled Grass Yellow
African Wood White
African Grass Blue
African Clouded Yellow
This trip to Ethiopia was arranged by the travel company Wildlife Worldwide for ourselves and friends Mike and Colleen. It was too dangerous to travel in the north of the country so we concentrated on sites in the south, started and ending the trip in Addis Ababa where we visited the Gullele Botanical Garden. We then spent a few days in Chebera-Churchura National Park. Travelling east, we visited Lake Awassa and the Senkelle Hartebeest Sanctuary and spent a couple of days at Aregash Lodge, a peaceful, family owned lodge near Yirga Alem before moving on to the Bale Mountains National Park. Here we visited the high altitude Sanetti Plateau, Harenna Forest and the Gaysay Valley.
