Located 400km southeast of Addis Ababa, Bale Mountains National Park contains a spectacularly diverse landscape. The high altitude, afro-montane Sanetti Plateau rises to over 4,000m and includes the highest peak in the southern Ethiopia highlands. This undulating plateau is marked by numerous glacial lakes and swamps and is surrounded by higher volcanic ridges and peaks. […]
The Suri are an agro-pastoral people and inhabit part of the West Omo zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region (SNNPR) in Ethiopia as well as parts of neighboring South Sudan. There are some 34,000 Suri in the Southwest of Ethiopia. Suri is their self-name that identity 2 groups called Tirmaga and Chai. A third group, speaking a […]
