Abijatta-Shalla National Park is one of the
National Parks of
Ethiopia. Located in the
Oromia Region 200 kilometers south of
Addis Ababa to the east of the
Ziway–
Shashamane highway, it contains 887 square kilometers including the
Rift Valley lakes of
Abijatta and
Shalla. The two lakes are separated by three kilometers of hilly land. The altitude of the park ranges from 1540 to 2075 meters, the highest peak being
Mount Fike, which is situated between the two lakes. Besides the two lakes, the primary attraction of this national park are a number of hot springs on the northeast corner of Lake Abijatta, and large numbers of
flamingoes on the lake. Care must be exercised in driving vehicles out to the edge of this lake, as the thin crust of dried mud on the surface can give way without warning.