Omo-Nationalpark

The Omo National Park is a national park located in southwestern Ethiopia on the border with Sudan and Kenya. He was recognized in 1959 as the first national park in Ethiopia.

Location

It is located in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People north of Lake Turkana on the west bank of the Omo, 870 km southwest of Addis Ababa region. The National Park covers an area of ​​approximately 4068 km ². It is located at 500 to 2000 m above sea level. In the east it borders on the 1500 km ² large Tama Reserve, which connects to the Mago National Park. The park is not easy to achieve, but recently an airstrip was set up near the National Park Authority on the river Mui.

Flora and Fauna

The vegetation consists of open grass and bush savannah and gallery forest. In the Omo National park has the largest concentration of animals in all of Ethiopia. There are buffalo, eland, giraffe, East African Oryx, Greater and Lesser kudu and lions, leopards and hyenas. The number of elephants is unknown.