Situated in the Oromia region of southern Ethiopia, Yabello is a quiet rural town surrounded by vast desert plains, dotted with unusually shaped and impressive termite mounds. The friendly people here welcome visitors, making this a good place for getting to know the local culture. The ‘singing wells’ are an incredible man-made feat to see: deep wells in the hard dirt dug by the local people by hand, which require the men to stand on top of each other along the steep edges in a tower up to 17-people-long to retrieve the water. Don’t miss a visit to the scenic Yabelo Wildlife Sanctuary, home to Burchell's and Grevy's zebras, endemic Ethiopian bush crow, Abyssinian hornbill and white-tailed swallow. The spectacular crater at El Sod is also worth a visit, where you can see people extracting black salt.