Needless to say that the Dodola-destination will not satisfy as a confined tourist resort catering for prolonged leisure holidays.

We rather target budget travellers, hikers, hill-walkers, back packers, nature lovers, bird watchers, eco-tourists, ethno-explorers, fitness fans, globetrotters, mountaineers, trekking buffs or adventure travellers. 

Tourists with less basic requirements will surely like the experience but might prefer being catered for by a professional tour operator during their mountain trip (see Links). 

Visitors we received in Dodola so far were quite untypical and very varied. A common feature was that they went back highly enthusiastic about the experience. Check it out yourself. Maybe your particular profile will expand our current classification: 

·Overseas visitors (independently travelling ones or those being catered for by commercial tour operators) ‘exploring’ Ethiopia and choosing Dodola for acontrast to other parts of their program; 

·Travellers with a special interest in Ethiopia’s endemic plant and animal species;

·Residents of the expatriate community in Ethiopia (wishing to know the ‘other’ Ethiopia during long weekends or short holidays); 

·Members of development organisations or missions (for field studies, project visits, staff excursions or team building retreats); 

·Research students from local or overseas universities (for individual field studies or group excursions); 

·Pupils of local schools (for activities of environmental awareness creation); 

·Ethiopian nationals (mostly living abroad and staying in the country for a holiday). 

14 September, 2000