Bale Mountain Lodge Ethiopia Wildlife

Located in Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains National Park, the first to be built inside a national park, Bale Mountain Lodge has set a new countrywide benchmark for Ethiopian eco-luxury accommodation.
Bale Mountain Lodge is a thatch, stone and wood build situated in the Harenna Forest and includes a shared area and currently 8 guestrooms (there are plans to develop four more guestrooms). The main lodge has a lounge and dining area, and comes with a bar, fireplace, natural waterfall dip and shared terrace. Shared areas face both in and out, the cool evenings tempered into snugness by a warm fire, the daytime view maximized by multiple viewing points – the latter including the dining room’s wall-to-wall sweep of window. A ‘splash’ pool beneath a natural waterfall is a unique feature, and a sauna is planned.
The guestrooms at Bale Mountain Lodge are discreet standalone affairs. They include a double/twin bed, fireplace, seating, private terrace and en-suite bathroom. As with the main lodge, the look here is both luxurious and restrained, the furniture locally sourced and made.
The lodge is in a superb location, with very good wildlife in the immediate vicinity. It is also convenient for day trips out to the Sanetti Plateau. 60% of the remaining Ethiopian Wolves, the world’s most rare canid, are found within the Bale Mountains National Park; other species include the endemic Mountain Nyala, Menelik’s Bushbuck, various rodent species and numerous endemic amphibians and reptiles, plus lions, rare Giant Forest Hogs and significant numbers of endemic or rare bird species.