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flynboxes Says: For me half the fun was getting here. It's about a 3-4 hour drive depending on traffic. Heading back to Addis at night can take a bit longer and after seeing all the traffic accidents on my way down there I was not all that interested in being on the road at night.So...
flynboxes Says: Boats can be rented cheap here and as with my hippo tip the more people you have the cheaper it is. Driver/skipper sits in the back and you can fit about 6 others on them.
flynboxes Says: Hard to miss this place at the end of the highway in Awasa
flynboxes Says: The Shoreline Trail runs about 3.4 km around the lake. You can either hike/walk or bike it.While I saw the eagle from a boat you could see it and others from the trail, it's a great way to see the lake and it's free.
flynboxes Says: For about 200 bir (try to haggle with them to get it lower) and they will take you out to see the hippos on the Northern shore of the lake (if you don't see hippos you don't pay). The boat is a flat bottomed dory that leaked a bit..nothing to worry about just be prepared to...
eli034 Says: its a fishmarket with the Lake Awasa. You have to go in the morning. Take a horse taxi from town. Look at the horse, some of them are soooo skinny!! try to pick one who have had food lately. In the fishmarket they fry the fish, its fresh and tasty and cheap. No problem to...
Circle of life hotel: place to stay
zuzana.fajkusova Says: Quite cheap, not very nice, but acceptable for staying through night. Water flowing sometimes, toilets working usually, electricity working mostly. The small bakery by the main entrance provides very good cakes, the best eaten in Ethiopia.
flynboxes Says: I thought for a minute that I ate at the Pinna Restaurant but did not write it down and am less certain now. Anyway there are plenty of places to eat on the main highway the ends at the lake. Good/Cheap. I had the Ethiopian version of Chorizo with injera and plenty of local...
zuzana.fajkusova Says: Good shop with many gifts for bringing home, but it is necessary to bargain! The prices are usually more than 2fold! Traditional goods everything
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Hard to miss this place at the end of the highway in Awasa
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Awasa is a small town south of Addis Ababa. The city itself is nothing, but if you go to lake Awasa, its soooo nice!
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While I did not have time to head into the true South ie: Arba Minch etc.. I did take a day trip down here. I guess they call Awasa the capital of the Southern Nations? half of the fun for me was just...
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