Omo National Park is situated in the lower Omo Valley of southwestern Ethiopia at about 900 kilometers from Addis Ababa. With an area of 4,068 square kilometers, the Park, an awesome site of true wilderness, Omo National Park has remarkable features which include part of the Omo River with its bounty wildlife species and possibilities for white-water rafting, and the Maji Mountains (1,541 m.a.s.l), as well as Sharum, Sai and Illbai plains.

The banks of Omo River are lined with tall trees, while as one goes away from the River, open grassland interspersed with woodland and bush land becomes common.Omo National Park is home to over 80 species of mammals which include herbivores such as African cape buffalo, eland, greater and lesser kudu, bushbuck, waterbuck, hartebeest, Oryx, Burchell’s zebra, African elephant, giraffe.