点评:The Bale mountains are a bucket list experience for anyone interested in geology, birds, mammals, plants, rivers, crazy weather. It's a long drive from Shashamene and Hawasa (closest airport), but every hour is worth it. The drive to Robe itself is an extended immersion in rural Ethiopia life, with more goats and cows than cars on the road in most places. Bale National Park contains 5 life zones within it's borders - one morning in a combination of driving and hiking, we went from the shrubland of Robe, through Juniper/Heath forest, subalpine shrubland covered with red hot pokers and giant lobelia, to AfroAlpine paramo, and finally to 11,000 feet alpine environment. And then, in the afternoon, we descended into the tropical Harenna rain forest. We spent 2 nights in Robe, which made the roads and distance tolerable. Don't pass up the chance to see this jewel national park.
翻译:对于那些对地质学、鸟类、哺乳动物、植物、河流以及极端天气感兴趣的人来说,巴莱山脉绝对是一生必去的地方。虽然从沙沙梅内和哈瓦萨(最近的机场)出发需要长途驾车,但每一小时的车程都物有所值。前往罗贝的途中,人们能充分领略埃塞俄比亚的乡村生活——在大多数地方,路上的山羊和奶牛的数量甚至超过了汽车。巴莱国家公园境内涵盖了5种不同的生态带;只需一个上午的时间,通过驾车与徒步相结合的方式,便能领略到这些独特的自然景观。我们从罗贝地区的灌丛地带出发,依次穿越杜松/石南林、遍布红色火炬花和巨型半边莲的亚高山灌丛带,接着抵达非洲高山草原地带,最终到达海拔11,000英尺的高山环境。下午,我们又下行至热带的哈雷纳雨林。我们在罗贝停留了两晚,这让我们能够轻松应对漫长的路程与崎岖的道路。千万别错过这个如宝石般璀璨的国家公园。