Nech Sar National Park — Attraction in South Ethiopia Regional State

Nech Sar, The True Natural Forest Park This park is the most accessible of the parks, with impressive or beautiful natural scenery, at an hour flight distance from Addis Ababa. The area is reputed for its abundant local springs, lakes, groundwater, and thick natural forest. Here you will find amazing kinds of insects, birds and wild animals that dwell in this forest: from cutest to the monstrous; from commonest to the rarest; from rollers to the dancers; from tunnelers to the hungers.

Science has never been so wrong in differentiating a tree from a vine. Would you like to assert this? See the picture.

If you want to see real-time drama of prey and predator or the chasing and the fleeing, this is the place. I once saw two 'police monkeys', armed with sticks, escorting a convicted monkey off their territory.

The poop-hoarding insects, Dung Beetles, have an amazingly advanced internal GPS that allows them to navigate while rolling poop balls heavier than them. Here is the job description of a Dung beetle in this forest: find a poop, pack it, roll it, chill on it, eat it, or store it for the offspring.

The dance of death by a praying mantis: the male praying mantises perform a seductive dance to attract a mate, who will later bite their heads off. When a male praying mantis starts the dance, they do it well because it is always...

Part of this national park is shared with indigenous peoples, therefore there is a conflict with humans and animals. For that reason don't expect to see the big 5 here. Most of the animals one will see are game with the occasional leopard. The park is interesting allocate the whole day, make sure you have picnic food and refreshments. Once we left the main gate that was the last we saw of others. During our visit we were the only tourists in the park. Make sure you have a 400 mm lens to capture game or to take...

I highly recommend Mr Kureman (+251984666623) as a guide for Nechisar National Park Park, for Arba Minch and for any other place in the area! He was honestly the best guide I have ever encountered, we fixed a very reasonable price in the beginning and then there was no further negotiation, no addons and we could relax and be friends. He is extremely knowledgeable and honest, nothing was an issue. I will trust him with all my travel needs whenever I'm back...