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Includes  Why Go? ...... 179 Most of eastern Ethiopia is a stark landscape of dust-stained Awash acacia scrub and forgettable towns. But scattered around National Park . . . . 181 this cloak of the commonplace are gems of genuine ad- Road . . . . 184 venture. Undoubtedly, the east’s pièce de résistance is the ...... 186 walled city of . There’s still a patina of myth about this ancient town, handed down from the days when its markets ...... 187 served as the Horn’s commercial hub and attracted powerful Harar ...... 191 merchants and Islamic scholars. The colonial-rural melange ...... 201 that is the modern city of Dire Dawa delights in its own odd way, while nature lovers can get their kicks at Babille Ele- phant Sanctuary and Awash National Park, where the vol- canic landscape takes top billing over the wildlife. The truly intrepid can follow the seemingly endless ribbon of asphalt Best Places to Eat north to the desolate southern Danakil Desert, territory that ¨¨Paradiso Restaurant remains virtually unexplored since legendary adventurer (p189) Wilfred Thesiger first thrilled the world with tales of the ¨¨Al-Hashimi Sweets proud Afar. (p189) ¨¨Asham Africa (p181) ¨¨Fresh Touch Restaurant When to Go (p199) Harar ¨¨Hirut Restaurant (p198) °C/°F Te mp Rainfall inches/mm 30/86 6/150 ¨¨Awash Falls Lodge (p183) 20/68 4/100

10/50 Best Places to 2/50 Sleep 0/32 ¨¨Doho Lodge (p183) -10/14 0 J FDM A M J J A S O N ¨¨Asham Africa (p180) ¨¨African Village (p188) May–Sep Rainy Sep–Oct The Nov–Feb Driest and hot season seemingly barren months; best time ¨¨Rawda Waber Harari sends lowland Asaita road is to see elephants Cultural Guesthouse (p197) temperatures up painted yellow by at Babille, the ¨¨Grand Gato (p198) to 45°C. the meskel flower. lakes near Asaita and Harar. S O M A L I L A N D N A L I L A M O S I Red Sea CITY 100 km a Jijiga Valley of Marvels Togo- 50 miles Loyaada Tog Wajaale Wuchale DJIBOUT Ali Sabieh Boram Babille D J I B O U T I Gelille Harar (p186) E R I T R E A Alemaya Sanctuary Galafi Babille Elephant 0 0 ilfred Thesiger Thesiger around ilfred Dawa Dire Harar Lake Market Babille Asaita formal UN demarcation. W Lake Koremi Gumare The international boundaries Lake Following in the footsteps in the footsteps Following of blessed lakes salt several beauty. with stark 5 6 (p200) Dreaming of of Dreaming (p200) ship own your purchasing at a lively the desert of market. livestock Kulubi Gara Harla Gargori The Ethiopia–Eritrea border awaits

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8 Simien Mountains National Park (p181) Taking a tour of of a tour Taking (p181) for known this popular park and birdlife outstanding its landscapes. of variety (p193) E (p193) alleyways of jumble magical and town, walled the old of the famous witnessing after the hyenas of feeding nightfall. 2 Eastern Ethiopia Highlights 1 ou can enter eastern E eastern enter can ou

Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian 8 flies from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa and Jijiga, and also between DireDawa and Djibouti. Y Djibouti Cityby bus and, by train as of 2017,

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