Only 450 Ethiopian wolves survive today. Some 220 live around Bale's bleak  Sanetti Plateau in southern Ethiopia,  Despite their rarity, spotting them along the roadside through the National Park is almost easy.

They look like foxes too, with deep russet coats and black-tipped tails, but they're sleeker, taller, and incredibly handsome.  You would never see this scene outside Ethiopia – both the wolf and giant mole-rats are endemic to the country. 

On the Dinsho Trail, one can walked along tracks on undulating hillsides with massive juniper trees sheltering mountain nyala and Menelik's bushbuck, both antelopes unique to Ethiopia. The impressive twisted horns of the male Mountain Nyala poking from the top of a bush .The smaller Menelik's bushbuck, almost black with a fluffy coat and shorter horns, was more skittish, dashing into undergrowth on hearing us approach. Thi place is also amazing with many highland endemic bird species.

The Southern Region of Ethiopia is rich in cultural diversity. Its diversity is emphasized in its more than 60 different ethnic groups and languages spoken there. The wildlife protected areas of Mago and Omo National Parks including different communities with their local and cultural celebrations like Donga fighting by Surma and Mursi tribes, and weeding ceremony in each community, such as Bodi, Kaugu, Mursi, Mugji, Nyangatom, Karo, Hamer, Dasenech, Ari, Meant, Bena and Surma. This cultural ceremony (weeding celebrations and other irregular ceremonies) by each community can be arranged depending on its seasonality. Beside of this Large herds of Common eland, buffalo, Topi, hartebeest, gazelles, waterbucks, Lesser Kudus, variety of birds and the hot spring can be seen in Omo National Park with undisturbed environment.

Visit to the Addis Ababa National Museum where Lucy, believed to be the oldest ancestor of human being is kept, Ethnographic Museum, where the traditions and cultures of more than 80 ethnic groups of Ethiopia is expressed at great lengths. Then proceed to the Entoto Hills, with a spectacular view of Addis, and then visit Entoto Mariam Church, where Emperor Menelik II was crowned in 1882. Here one can see religious items dating back to the Emperors’ reign.

Awash National Park lies 225 kilometers east of the capital, Addis Ababa and is believed to be the oldest and most developed wildlife reserve in Ethiopia. The park covers 827 square kilometers featuring Fantalle Volcano (1,800 meter), extensive mineral hot-springs and other extraordinary volcanic formations. The park is crossed by the deep cutting path of the River Awash, a river with neither source nor outlet. The wildlife consists mainly of East African plain animals including Minilik’s Bushbuck, Hippopotamus, Beisa Oryx, bat-eared fox, klipspringer, caracal, leopard, aardvark, colobus and green monkeys, Anubis and Hamadryas baboons, Soemmering's gazelle, cheetah, lion and kudu. In addition, the park is a habitat for about 462 species of birds of these, six are endemic namely Banded Barbet, Goldon-Nacked Woodpecker, White-Winged Cliff Chat, White-Tailed Starling, thick-billed raven and Wattle Ibis.

Lalibela is one of Ethiopia's holiest places, dating back to the 12th century. Lalibela town, named after one of Ethiopian ruler, King Lalibela (1181-1221), a member of the Zagwe dynasty. Lalibela is known by the amazing eleven rock hewn churches. Built in the twelfth century, they are still standing in excellent condition. Most consider them as the eighth wonder of the world, and is one of the world heritage sites listed by UNESCO. The famous Lalibela churches carved out from the rock on which they stand. Some lie almost completely hidden in deep trenches, while others stand in open quarried caves. A complex and amazing labyrinth of tunnels and narrow passage ways connects them all. Seeing all of the Lalibela churches are well worth it - particularly during the colourful Ethiopian Christian holidays: Genna, (Ethiopian Christmas) and Timkat (Epiphany).