Located on the shores of Lake Hawassa in the Great Rift Valley known for its rich fishery scenes and Sidama Bunna a city of recreation and business which hosts the Senkele Swayne’s Hartebeest Sanctuary, home to Africa’s endangered antelopes.
At 3368 meters above sea level, the mountain is home to over a 100 springs, indigenous plants, and endemic animals
The lake is found 9 km away from Butajira town, the distance from the upper water level up to the rim is 120-130 meters high, 880 meters wide.
“Men refused to call her Queen of Sidama. Instead, they called her Queen of the Women - Mentu Biilo.”
Sidama coffee is one of Ethiopia's local coffee variants & is among the coffee brands the well-known franchise, Starbacks, uses to brew coffee
Tiya is registered by UNESCO in 1980 as a World Heritage Site and is a major tourist destination in the Gurage Zone.
Gifata and Yahode are among the distinct celebrations in Southern Ethiopia which mark the beginning of a new year.
The 777 steps were built in 2019 to encourage tourist flow to the peak and the area at large
The shopping done by hundreds of consumers and sellers at the market may make someone wonder this is actually a legal trade; not contraband.
False banana, locally known as enset, is a staple diet of more than 20 million people in the country
Sumuda is designed in the image of sprouting up leaf rolls of Enset plant (false banana) from bottom to top