Western Ethiopia
Asosa and Bambasi on the Sudan border: Berta music, bamboo hills and the Blue Nile.
Overview
In Asosa the Berta play the waza, long trumpets of gourd and bamboo, each sounding one note that joins the next in a moving chord. Muslim sheikhdoms once ruled from Asosa and Bambasi, and traders crossed with gold and salt.
Further down, the Blue Nile fills the reservoir of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, inaugurated in September 2025, and Gumuz villages farm the hot lowlands.
Highlights
Plan your visit
October to April
Flights from Addis Ababa to Asosa.
By 4x4 with a local guide; carry your passport for checkpoints.
Gallery
Photos: Unsplash
Journeys
Length 04 days
Benishangul
Bamboo hills, mango groves and Berta music on the Sudan border, then down to the Blue Nile and Africa’s largest dam.
Keep exploring
Western
Hot lowlands on the Baro River and a vast dry-season migration of white-eared kob.
Central
Ethiopia’s capital: museums, markets and the birthplace of many a coffee ceremony.
Northern
Eleven medieval churches carved down into solid rock, and still in use today.
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