Bale Mountains

Things to see in Ethiopia: Bale Mountains

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These mountains form an area of high altitude plateau broken by numerous spectacular volcanic plugs and peaks, with lovely alpine lakes and rushing streams that descend through deep rocky gorges on their way to the lowlands. The Sanetti Plateau is home to the world's rarest canid, the Ethiopian wolf. Nearby Harenna Forest is the place to find bushpig, giant forest hog, grey duiker and occasionally lion and leopard. Menelik's bushbuck, mountain nyala and giant mole-rat, all endemic to the Bale Mountains, can also be seen.

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