17/03/2021
Gambella National Park: “A Land with Hidden Treasures”
One of the country’s largest luckily lingered wet land area, where great numbers of mammals are accustomed at; Gambella National Park. The wet land estimated to have contained 7.7 percent of country’s total water resource. Seasonally about a million white-eared Kobs migrate from Gambella to Buma National Park of South Sudan thereby make the parks where the second world’s largest wildlife migration is accustomed.
Location of the Park; Between Agniwak and Nuyer Zone.
Distance from Addis: 840 km
Year of Establishment: 1974
Area: 4,575 km2
Key features
Wildlife: Nile Lechwe, Buffalo, Elephant, White-Eared Kob, Roan Antelope, Giraffe, Topi/Tiang, Hippopotamus and Crocodile, Lion, Leopard.
Birds: Shoe-billed Strock, Black crowned Craina, Basra Reed Warbler, Egyptian Plover
Photo By: Ludwig Siege