Sodere

Sodere is a spa town in Ethiopia that has hot springs. It is one of the weekend get away places that people from the capital city Addis Ababa frequently go to. It has a natural hot spring. The resort campus has two swimming pools filled with warm water. The large one is open at weeekends, the medium sized one mid week. This is to enable them to be refilled weekly with the beautiful thermally heated water. The large pool has no shallow end, but does have a small non-swimmers area at the side.

It is only 25 km from the city of Adama. You can take the blue and white minibuses from Adama. Rental cars are also available in Adama and Addis-Ababa. NTO, a tour company organizes a bus tour to Sodere from Addis.

Sodere is a small town. If you rent a car, you can drive around the town. You also can walk or ride one of the horse drawn carts.

• It is a spa town. The mineral water is refreshing, and there are some good masseuses that give you a massage for a reasonable price.

• Camp-fire. The hotels organize campfire events twice a week. It's a good way to meet with other tourists from different parts of the world.

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• Sodere Resort Hotel

• Though the accommodations in Sodere try to maintain a high standard, they are somewhat overpriced. If you can, drive back to Adama, there is a good choice of hotels. Nazareth Safari Lodge is one of the best hotels outside Addis. Most rooms are suites. It has a clean but cool pool.