Introducing Berbera
The name alone sounds impossibly exotic, conjuring images of tropical ports, spices and palm oil. If the reality is a little more prosaic, it’s nonetheless a great place to chill for a while. It’s hard to believe when you see it, but Berbera was once an active port town. Today this shady town consists mostly of crumbling buildings and mud-and-thatch houses.
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Berbera’s potential is immense, though. It’s a nice little earner for Somaliland thanks to land-locked Ethiopia’s need for a cheap, friendly port.
The journey from Hargeisa to here is beautiful and there are some majestic sea cliffs along the coast. Berbera is also bounded by blissful beaches, about 4km from the centre, including Baathela Beach. It also has a huge runway, built in the early 1980s as an emergency landing strip for the NASA space shuttle!
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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