Aregash Lodge -Yirga Alem

Aregash Lodge is set in 11 acres of gardens and indigenous forest in the hills above Yirga Alem. Apart from pleasant walks in the forest (wildlife in the area includes rich birdlife, hyena, bushbuck, baboons and colobus monkeys), you can visit a coffee plantation and the local Sidama villages. The kitchen makes use of the fruit trees and salad plots in the gardens and the forest is full of bird-life.
Aregash Lodge has ten traditional well finished Sidama tukuls constructed from meshed bamboo. All tukuls are en-suite with very good bathrooms by Ethiopian standards and a large lounge. There are twin, double and quadruple rooms with electricity and hot water. Each has a large separate lounge. The only draw-back is the lack of veranda or private outside space, which would be ideal given views over the forested valley below.