Bale mountain national park (610,300 acres/ 247,100 ha) major efforts are being made to protect this tableland of alpine lakes, giant heath, bamboo forest and woodland such as the herenna forest.

Getting to Bale mountain national park.

Major attractions in Bale  mountain national park.
. The park’s mount bantu reaches an elevation of 14,130’ (4,307 m) this park is the chief protected home of the mountain nyala, an Ethiopia wolf, leopard, caracal, and menelik’s race of bushbuck. Twelve of Ethiopia’s 23 endemic bird species, including the blue-winged goose, live here. South of the city of dire dawa, isolated groups of elephants live in the babile elephant sanctuary (1,724,100 acres/ 698,000 ha). The status of such ungulates as the Beira antelope, dibatag, wild ass, and Speke’s and pelzeln’s gazelles at babile and in the Ogaden Desert to the east and south is unknown.

Accommodation options in Bale mountain national park.

Best time to visit.