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Lower Omo Valley

Lower Omo Valley is undoubtedly one of the most unique places on earth. It is located in the Great Rift Valley in Ethiopia and offers a wide variety of indigenous tribal people and animals that inhabit it. The region is well known and famous for its culture and diversity.The tribes that live in the Lower Omo Valley are believed to be among the most fascinating on the continent of Africa and around the world. South Expedition Africa offers off the beaten tracks and ecological camping to several towns and villages. When you visit the Lower Omo Valley you have the chance to come into contact with the following tribes: Arbore, Ari, Bena, Bodi, Bumi, Daasanech, Dorze, Hamer, Kara, Konso, Kwegu, Mursi, Tsemay, Suri and Turkana.

It is estimated that the Lower Omo Valley is home to over 200,000 tribal people. Among the ancient African tribes that live in the southern part of Ethiopia, there is a wide variety of wildlife as well. Some of the animals that you will find there are the bitis arietans (a venomous viper species), crocodiles and hippos. The two main national parks in Omo Valley are the Omo National Park and the Mago National Park which are home to the majority of the wildlife in the valley.

Share Haile Resort Shashemene

Located in Shashemenē, Haile Resort Shashemene features a restaurant, bar, garden, and free Wi-Fi throughout the property. Featuring room service, this property also provides guests with a children’s playground. The resort provides an outdoor swimming pool, fitness centre, evening entertainment and a 24-hour front desk.

At the resort, all rooms include a wardrobe. At Haile Resort Shashemene every room is fitted with a desk, a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom. Guests at the accommodation can enjoy a continental breakfast. Haile Resort Shashemene offers a spa centre. We speak your language!

Yaya Village

Yaya Village has a restaurant, outdoor swimming pool, a fitness centre and bar in Sululta. Among the various facilities are a shared lounge, a garden, as well as a tennis court. The accommodation features a 24-hour front desk, room service and currency exchange for guests.

Guests at the resort can enjoy a continental or a buffet breakfast. Yaya Village offers a children’s playground. Guests at the accommodation will be able to enjoy activities in and around Sululta, like hiking.

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Haile Resort Hawassa

Haile Resort Hawassa is an excellent choice for travelers visiting Awasa, offering a romantic environment alongside many helpful amenities designed to enhance your stay. As your “home away from home,” the hotel rooms offer a flat screen TV, a minibar, and a refrigerator, and getting online is easy, with free Wi-Fi available.

Guests have access to a concierge and room service while staying at Haile Hotel. In addition, Haile Hotel offers a pool and free breakfast, which will help make your Awasa trip additionally gratifying. And, as an added convenience, there is free parking available to guests.

Haile Resort Hawassa has a restaurant, outdoor swimming pool, and a bar and shared lounge in Āwasa. Among the facilities at this property are a kids’ club and an ATM, along with free Wi-Fi throughout the property. The accommodation features a 24-hour front desk, room service and currency exchange for guests.

The rooms are fitted with a flat-screen TV with cable channels, fridge, a kettle, a shower and a desk. At the resort rooms come with a wardrobe and a private bathroom.

Haile Resort Hawassa offers a continental or buffet breakfast.

The accommodation offers a children’s playground. The area is popular for cycling, and bike hire and car hire are available at Haile Resort Hawassa.

Musanto Hotel

Musanto Hotel has a restaurant, bar, a shared lounge and garden in Gisenyi. This 2-star hotel offers a concierge service and luggage storage space. The accommodation features a 24-hour front desk, airport transfers, room service and free WiFi throughout the property.

Guests at the hotel can enjoy a continental or a buffet breakfast. Musanto Hotel offers a terrace. Bike hire and car hire are available at the accommodation and the area is popular for cycling and fishing. Clinique medical de ‘l Arche is less than 1 km from Musanto Hotel, while Rwandan Adventures is 6 km from the property.

Paradis Malahid- Western Province

Featuring free WIFI and a sun terrace, Paradis Malahide offers pet-friendly accommodation in Gisenyi. Free private parking is available on site. Some rooms include views of the mountain or lake. Rooms have a private bathroom equipped with a bath or shower.

Guests can enjoy buffet or à la Carte meals at the on-site restaurant. Special diet menus are available on request.

You will find a 24-hour front desk and gift shop at the property. There is free evening entertainment featured at the property.

Brasserie et Limonaderie du Rwanda is 1.4 km from Paradis Malahide, while Gakoni Market is 800 m from the property.

Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 8.2 for a two-person trip.

Situated on the calm shores of Lake Kivu in Gisenyi, Paradis Malahide is a paradise unto itself. Spend time lounging on their beachfront property with a book in hand, or hit the water with boat rides and kayak trips.

The hotel interior decorations are decidedly lakeside rustic, but with certain amenities (like an included gourmet breakfast offering), the hotel is one of the best Lake Kivu has to offer.

Kilindi

Kilindi is a luxurious 15-unit piece of functional art scattered along a picturesque-perfect stretch of Northern Zanzibar.

Kilindi brings a welcome dash of pizazz to the island.

The style of the lodge is completely unique and according to the developer should be known as “Zanzibaroque, a homage to the unique synthesis of the island’s endemic social and historical culture”.

The fifteen luxurious, white-domed pavilions offer a beautiful living space with three separate sections – a bedroom, “wet-room” bathroom and “baraza” lounge. There is also a private plunge pool within each pavilion where you can cool off during the heat of the day.

The bedrooms are perfectly simple and clean in design with wonderful shutter doors that open out at the end of the bed so you can enjoy the views and cool breeze. The beds are huge with soft duvets and crisp white cotton linen, which adds to the indulgence.

The “wet room” is a few steps away in a separate domed pavilion which is very light and open to the outside elements but still discrete. There are two separate washbasins whilst from the centre of the dome hang a powerful hot “drench” shower, which is wonderful, and works off the lodges own water collection system.

Xanadu Villas

Xanadu Villas & Retreat is located on one of the finest beaches on the Southeast coast of Zanzibar. The hotel offers six unique and individually designed villas within a tropical garden and palm trees.

Each villa includes a private butler and features a sitting area, plunge pool, fridge, outside shower, bathroom(s) with his & her sinks, linen and towels, daily housekeeping and laundry service and Internet/Wi-Fi. Four of our villas feature a spacious lounge & kitchen and three of our villas have direct beach access.

All villas are exclusively available with all inclusive accommodation, all meals & drinks (soft drinks, beers, ciders, spirits, house white & red wine, except premiums) as well as a world-class chef. Guests will enjoy cuisine with local spices, vegetables and herbs grown in the hotels own garden complimented with handpicked wines from around the world.

The on-site activities manager will assist guests in arranging any activities, watersports or excursions on the island. Guided activities including sea kayaking, snorkeling and Sup boarding from Xanadu’s beach are included in the rates. In the private Kiota Spa guests can indulge in various treatments to feel completely renewed and refreshed.

Rwenzori Mountain National Park

The equatorial snow peaks include the third highest point in Africa, while the lower slopes are blanketed in moorland, bamboo and rich, moist montane forest. The national park hosts 70 mammals and 217 bird species including 19 Albertine Rift endemics, as well as some of the world’s rarest vegetation

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Queen Elizabeth of England opened Queen Elizabeth national park in 1954, and this park is located in the Southwestern part of Uganda shared by districts of Kasese, Bushenyi and Rukungiri. The headquarters of Queen Elizabeth National Park in Mweya can be reached through Fort portal to Kasese about 440 kilometers or Mbarara just about 425 kilometers and both way can be traveled between 6-7 hours. For those who want to travel by air a private charter flight can be arranged for you to Kasese airstrip where a transfer to the park can be made.

This park is considered the second national park covering about 1978sqkm and the most popular visited national park in Uganda. It’s recorded that the park is a home to over 95 mammal species the highest for any Ugandan national park. The park host the big five species such as elephants, leopard, buffaloes, hippos, the famous tree climbing lions others include the Uganda kob, the rare giant Hog and a number of antelope species, as well as chimpanzees, baboons, Black and white Colobus Monkeys among other primates.