The Bale Mountain National Park is an important biodiversity hotspot and water tower. It stores the rains that fall in the wet season and releases the water slowly during the dry season, providing water for some 30M people downstream in Ethiopia, northern Kenya and Somalia.

From its highest point on Tulu Dimtu is 4,389m, the road drops steeply, from the afroalpine plateau, through the giant erica belt, bamboo and down to the Harenna forest.

It is home to the endangered and enigmatic Ethiopian wolf on the plateau and to lions, leopards and the elusive Bale monkey in the forest – not to mention the raptors that can be seen at close quarters and the many endemic species that can be found in all the habitats.

There are challenges however, overgrazing and population increase threaten the interdependant ecosystems of the park and there are few provisions for tourists. Nevertheless, it is a spectacular place to visit, especially now, while so few people know about it.

As the official website says – One Park Many Worlds

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Sunset on the Sanetti Plateau at 4000m.Bale Mountain National Park.One Park, Many Worlds

The enigmatic and endangered Ethiopian wolf. Easy to see in the Bale Mountains.One Park, Many Worlds

Dusk in the Bale Mountain National Park. Clouds rising up from the Harenna forest.One Park, Many Worlds

Bale Mountain National Park, Ethiopia. Biodiversity hot spot and home to the Ethiopian wolf.One of the highest roads in Africa.One Park, Many Worlds.

Bale Mountain National Park, Ethiopia. Biodiversity hot spot. One of the highest roads in Africa. One Park, Many Worlds.

Huge, ever changing skies in the Bale Mountain national Park.One Park, Many Worlds

Giant lobelia on the Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains. One Park, Many Worlds

Early morning blue skies in the Bale Mountains. One Park, Many Worlds

Mountain Nyala on the Sanetti plateau. Bale Mountain National Park.One Park, Many Worlds

Waterfall in the Bale Mountain National Park. One Park, Many Worlds

Vew from Tulu Dimtu at 4,389m. Clouds rising up from the Harenna forest in the early afternoon.Bale Mountain National Park. One Park, Many Worlds

View from Tulu Dimtu at 4.389m. Clouds rising up from the Harenna forest. Bale Mountain National Park. One Park, Many Worlds

Clouds rising up from the Harenna forest. Bale Mountain National Park. One Park, Many Worlds

Clouds rising up from the Harenna forest. Bale Mountain National Park. One Park, Many Worlds

Bale Mountain National Park, Ethiopia. Clouds rising up from the Harenna forest. One Park, Many Worlds.

Clouds rising up from the Harenna forest. Bale Mountain National Park. One Park, Many Worlds

Bushbuck in the headquarters of the Bale Mountain National Park. One Park, Many Worlds

Warthogs in the Bale Mountains. One Park, many Worlds

Camouflaged Mountain Nyala in The Bale Mountains. One Park, Many Worlds

Endemicc Wattled Ibis in the Bale Mountains. One Park, Many Worlds

Clouds rising up from the Harenna forest. Bale Mountain National Park. One Park, Many Worlds

Harenna forest, home to lions, leopards and many endemic birds. Bale Montains. One Park, many Worlds

Pink house in the forest. Area producing coffee and honey. Bale Montain National Park. One Park Many Worlds

Palm trees in Ethiopia

Long, hot roads in Ethiopia on the way to Bale Mountain National Park. One Park, Many Worlds

As far as the eye can see, long roads in Ethiopia.

Long roads and big skies on the way to the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia. One Park Many Worlds

You’re never far from an intrepid a Tuk Tuk or Bajaj. Ethiopia