From Addis Ababa: Menagesha Suba Forest Hike with Picnic

Escape Addis Ababa and hike through Menagesha Suba Forest. Discover hidden trails, look for wildlife, and enjoy a mountain picnic with fresh Ethiopian bread and local cheese.
Leave Addis Ababa early and drive toward Menagesha Suba Forest. Begin with a short Forest Awakening Walk. Put away your phone for the first few minutes and take in the sights, sounds, and smells of the forest.

Follow a quieter permitted forest trail, designed around discovering things that are easy to miss. Stop at unusual natural details, like trees growing around rocks, old branches, and unusual formations. Look closely for moss, lichens, fungi, tiny plants, and insects. Discover how the forest has different worlds: ground layer, shrubs, tree trunks, canopy, and sky.

Stop at several locations and spend two minutes listening. Record what you hear, including bird calls, wind, moving leaves, animal calls, insects, and trees. At the end of the day, have a personal memory of the forest based on sound, not just photographs.

Continue deeper into the forest and look for movement between trees and along the forest edge. Possible encounters may include colobus monkeys, baboons, bushbuck, small mammals, and forest birds. Learn how to observe wildlife respectfully. If an animal appears, stop, stay quiet, observe, photograph from a distance, and continue.

Begin the climb and gradually leave the deeper forest environment. Hike through dense forest, open woodland, highland vegetation, and mountain landscape. Reach an open highland viewpoint and look back at the forest you have just crossed.

Instead of eating lunch at a lodge or restaurant, have a prepared picnic at an approved scenic location. Enjoy fresh Ethiopian bread, local cheese, eggs, seasonal fruit, kolo, and coffee or tea. Share your discoveries with the group before lunch, turning the picnic into part of the experience.

Enjoy Ethiopian coffee or tea after lunch. Sit facing the mountains while the guide explains how forests have shaped Ethiopian landscapes and communities. Scan the open sky for raptors, ravens, buzzards, and soaring birds. Learn how birds use mountain slopes, wind, and rising warm air to travel across the landscape.

Para garantizar la disponibilidad de la reserva lo antes posible. Vale la pena reservar con antelación, especialmente si planeas el viaje durante la temporada alta, como los días festivos o los fines de semana.

Esta excursión se puede cancelar sin costo alguno hasta :tiempo de cancelación horas antes del inicio del viaje. Si lo cancela después de 24 horas o no se presenta en la excursión, se le cobrará el precio total de la actividad. El retraso en la recogida o en la salida se considerará como no presentarse.