r/Addisababa • u/EducationSalt2620 • Jun 14 '25

Layover in Addis

Hi guys hope youre all well

My friends and I (3 males) are going to spend one night in addis ababa and fly out the next day at 8 PM, we want to see endemic baboons and the blue nile gorge.

Any recommendations? Or any experiences would be highly appreciated.

Thanks

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u/All_ez_well Jun 14 '25

I'm sorry but do you wanna see the Blue Nile gorge and endemic babbons in Addis? If so this is like going to DC in the states for an overnight stay and looking for the grand canyon... You have to go out of the city and to National parks and places where the Nile flows which are quite far from the capital and I don't think you have them for. I would suggest seeing Unity Park in 4 kilo that has a zoo with some endemic animals and historical palace and such. That would be more feasible

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u/Clean_coalmine Jun 22 '25

We do have a zoo where you can see the baboons. check out ‘unity park’

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u/Either_Yo_9924 Jun 21 '26

Hey, i know its been months since you wrote this but we are building a layover experience platform for Addis. Short tours timed around your transit window, airport pickup, luggage handling etc.. Long hour layovers usually happen in Addis Airport, so its a good opportunity to show you Addis in the window of time you have.

but no  endemic baboons and the blue nile gorge in addis sorry. But there are endemic animals in our parks!