Abijatta-Shalla Lakes National Park

Few places concentrate wild Africa like Abijatta-Shalla Lakes National Park, in Oromia Region, Ethiopia. It's a landscape managed for one thing — wildlife — which means game drives here are the real, unfenced thing: sightings unfold on the animals' terms, and that's exactly the point.

It sits within one of Africa's great travel countries — Ethiopia: The roof of Africa. Most travelers weave Abijatta-Shalla Lakes National Park into a longer route taking in Simien Mountains, Lalibela and Danakil Depression.

The operators on SafariSuite run Abijatta-Shalla Lakes National Park regularly and price it from their live rate sheets — park fees, seasonal lodge rates and transfers included — so any itinerary you see here reflects what the trip actually costs.