Leaving Addis Ababa early in the morning for Bishangari Eco-Lodge some 235 km south of the capital on the eastern bank of Lake Langano. We stop en route at Lake Ziway which has many bird species including Lesser Jacana, gulls, kingfishers, African Pygmy Duck, Black Heron, Marsh Harrier, Temminck’s and Little Stints, Masked Shrike and Common Snipe, and other species. Overnight, stay at Bishangari eco- lodge

A day birding in the fabulous Munessa forest where we expect a great number of birds. Among many species: Broad-billed Roller, Narina Trogon, Red-shouldered and Emerald Cuckoos, Blue-spotted and Tambourine Doves, different woodpeckers, Sharpe’s Starling, Double-toothed Barbet, African Hawk-eagle and Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird. It is home to a few mammals including the Bushbuck, Vervet and Black Colobus Monkeys, Olive Baboon and Golden-backed Jackal. Overnight stay at Bishangari Eco-Lodge

Drives to Lake Awassa. This smallest and Shallowest lake supplies a number of species including the beautiful Painted Snipe, Purple Swamphen, Lesser Gallinule, Red-breasted Wryneck, Grey Kestrel, different kingfishers, Violet-back Starlings, African White-backed Duck, Lesser Swamp Warbler and Banded Snake-eagle. Lake Awassa is also a place where one can easily see hippopotamus a short distance away. Overnight stay Awassa