Awash National Park

Awash National Park is in Ethiopia. The Lower Valley of the Awash, a site where some of the earliest human remains have been found, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1980.

Flora and fauna
Awash is one of the best areas in Africa to observe hyenas.

By car
Awash National Park is 200 km by road from Addis Ababa, 3 hours drive using the Addis Ababa–Adama Expressway. It's 105 km north-east from Adama (Nazreth), national highway 4.

The is located in between two towns: Metehara (14 km west) and Awash (16 km east).

Get around
Large areas of the park need a good 4×4 with high chassis, particularly to visit the northern part including the Hot Springs, where the dirt road is damaged. A standard car can access the southern area south of national highway number 4.

Go next

 * Sodere - a 1-hour detour on the way back to Addis Ababa, to see the natural hot springs and the spa, near Awash River. 25 km south of Adama on national highway 8.