Somaliland: With Addis Ababa & Eastern EthiopiaLittle known to the outside world, Somaliland has much to offer the truly intrepid traveller. This pioneering guidebook introduces one of the world's least chartered travel destinations. Author Philip Briggs covers everything from the low-key capital Hargeisa and mediaeval port of Berbera to peerless rock art sites such as Las Geel, and the scenery and wildlife of the Daallo Escarpment, towering 2,000m high above the pristine reefs of the Gulf of Aden. Somaliland's ruined cities and historical ports date back 5,000 years and have links with ancient Egypt and Axum in northern Ethiopia, as well as the Ottoman and British Empires. This guide offers background and practical information to every accessible corner of the country with the only real maps in existence of its capital and other large towns, and a section on wildlife. |
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Addis Ababa Airlines airport Amoud ancient antelope Axumite Berbera bird Borama border British Burao Café camels central century clan common country’s Daallo Forest Dahabshiil Dhagax dierent Dire Dawa Djibouti east eective endemic Erigavo Eritrea escarpment Ethiopia frankincense Ga’an Libah Geel guesthouse Gulf of Aden Harar Hargeisa Horn of Africa hyena ights Isaq Islamic Jijiga Kenya khat lark main road malaria mammals Man-soor Hotel marine Maydh Mogadishu mosque northern ocial ofthe Oromo Ottoman passport police port present-day public transport Punt Puntland range Red Sea restaurant rock art rooms ruins Sanaag sgl/dbl shared showers shared taxi Sheikh Shimbiris Siad Barre signicant Somali coast Somali region Somaliland shillings southern species SPU protection station subclans Sultanate taxi park tourists town centre trade trip upmarket visa visitors Wagar Wajaale wildlife world’s Zeila