Abidjatta-Shalla National Park

The first thing that catches the visitors attention of the Lake Shala is its hot springs. Indeed they are real hot springs in which many visitors want to take a relaxing and comforting "Turkish bath". But you have to be very careful, because sometimes the water is so hot that if you don't take the proper precautions you will scald alive. The Lake Shala is encased in a huge crater and has a really complicated access which certainly makes it an ideal place to host pairing waterfowls. Whereas the Abyata lake, separated from the former lake by a narrow tongue of land, is elongated and shallow at any point not exceeding more than 14 meters.

We left direction south of Addis Ababa via Debre Zyet. During our journey we paused at the National Park Abiata-Shala Lake. They are very salty lakes which brings together a multitude of flamingos, unfortunately the day of our visit it was far too windy and there weren't any flamingoes. We took a little tour and we could see a few antelopes and ostriches, although it was very hot. It is not a park that I would recommend to visit but once the park rangers were very good.