Discover Jinka
Jinka is home to the German-funded South-Omo Museum and Research Center and an airstrip (IATA code BCO). Postal service is provided by the main branch; electricity and telephone service are also available. Its market day is Saturday. The Mago National Park, 40 kilometers south by unpaved road, is a nearby attraction.
The local clinic was reported in 1996 to be in the process of upgrading to hospital status, which would become the first in the Zone. According to the SNNPR’s Bureau of Finance and Economic Development, as of 2003 Jinka’s amenities include digital telephone access, postal service, electricity provided by a diesel generator, a bank and a hospital. Jinka increased its electrical service from 16 to 24 hours a day in May 2009 when the town obtained additional generators.
Attractions
Jinka is the biggest town in the Omo region and sometimes dubbed as ‘Paris of the south’. It is said because of the presence of some streetlights. Don’t expect to much though, the best Jinka has to offer is the big Saturday market and the excellent museum of the South Omo Research Center. Jinka is the base to visit the Mursi and Ari people.
The best place to stay is the recently opened Eco Omo Lodge, just outside Jinka. In town there is the Jinka Resort and some budget hotels.
