Lake Assale, also known as Lake Karum, is located in the heart of the Danakil Desert, next to the Danakil Depression. It evaporates under the sun during the dry season and turns into a salt pit, to where camel caravans travel.

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Welcome to Ethiopia, a land like nowhere else that you will never forget. Ethiopia isn’t a country that can be described; it has to be experienced. Every traveller has their own perception by discovering historical sites, and by following in the footsteps of the Queen of Sheba and the Emperor Haile Selassie. This land has a lot to offer in the diversity of its landscapes and animals from North to South and from East to West. The kindness and the openness of the Ethiopian people will make you feel at home and enrich your life.

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Lac Assale

Situated in the heart of the Danakil desert at the border of Eritrea, this active volcano is famous for its spectacular lava lake.

Erta’ale

This volcanic furnace located at 136.8 metres above sea level, on the border with Eritrea, is a multicoloured plateau with an unearthly appearance surrounded by salt mountains. You can also visit the salt caravans and salt mine.

Dalol

One of the most famous towns in Ethiopia, known for its incredible rock cut churches.

Lalibela

 Yabelo is a small village in southern Ethiopia  in the  Omo Valley  next to the natural reserve of the same name, in Borana country.

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I really liked Yabelo as it is an authentic village, but it is clearly "off the beaten track" and the hostelry offer is very basic and limited. A stop over here is really not indispensable, but I really appreciated my visit to a Borena village. 
Just like its twin reserve, the Senkele Wildlife Sanctuary, the Yabelo sanctuary was founded to protect Swayne's hartebeest, a gazelle indigenous to the region that is becoming extinct. In the space of ten years, its population in Ethiopia has dwindled from 3 000 to 250... However, this park that is 965 ml2 is much larger than Senkele and is henceforth also a refuge for other wild animals. Here, you can see Burchell's zebras, kudus, Grant's gazelles, dik-diks and 200 species of birds.
The barren savannah landscape is typical of East Africa. You must pay an entrance fee (of 100 birrs) and be accompanied by a scout (120 birrs for the day) to enter this park with your own vehicle. You go through the necessary procedures in Yabelo.

Yabelo is a small village in southern Ethiopia in the <a href="/ethiopia/"> Omo Valley </a> next to the natural reserve of the same name, in Borana country.

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