15-Day South and North Ethiopia Safari

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Addis Ababa

Fly to adis, our guides and drivers will pick you from the air and transfer to the hotel. Upon arrival you will check in the hotel then make an excursion to visit part of the sightseeing of Addis Ababa including Merkato the biggest open market in Africa and the hill of Addis Ababa Entoto mountains.

Main Destination:

Addis Ababa (City)

Accommodation:

Blue Birds International Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located in Addis Ababa (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Addis Ababa - Danakil

Morning fly adis to mekele and start the 3 days danakil tour Mekelle Volcano We drive from Mekelle to Dodom. We start early drive to Dodom (at the base of Erta Ale). Leave after an early breakfast, possible at 07:30. This is may be one of the worst roads in the world. The 70 km distance may take about 5 hrs passing through changing landscape of solidified lava, rock, sand and occasional palm lined oasi. Early dinner around 17:00 and trek up to ErtaAle at 20:00 hours. Camels transport all the camping materials and some food (sleeping materials like light mattresses and mat and water) to the rim of the volcano, where we spend the night watching the dramatic action of the boiling lava. It is a shield volcano with a base diameter of 30 km and 1km square caldera at its summit. ErtaAle contains the world’s only permanent lava lake. ErtaAle is 613 meters, with a lavalake, one of only five in the world, at the summit.

Main Destination:

Danakil Depression (Highlight)

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Erta Ale - Hamad Ela

Waking up early ErtaAle –Dodom Leave back to Dodom you will reach latest
at 8.00 am at the camp, after breakfast time to relax. Then drive to
HamadEla 100km, picnic lunch on the way on shed of palm tree, reach
HamadEla 04:30, better village with a total population about 500 people.
You will see lots of camel caravans and you will have the sun set look
from the very shallow salt lake Assale.

Main Destination:

Hamad Ela (Village)

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Hamad Ela – Dallol - Hawzen Tigray

Morning tour Drive to Ragad (Asebo), the place where the localities are mining salt. 1,200 km2 (460 sq mi) the Afar Depression is covered by salt, and you will Look the activity of breaking the salt from the ground, local people are cutting in to rectangular pieces and loading on camels. You drive ahead to Dallol and visit the difference landscape formed by volcanic activity; Dallol + Lake Assale + salt canon, camel caravans, follow up camel caravans and　Drive back to Hamad Ela for lunch and proceed Gheralta.

Main Destination:

Hawzen (Town)

Accommodation:

Gheralta Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located in Tigray

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Mekelle - Rock Hewn Churches of Tygrays

Drive and Trek to Abune Yemata. Abune Yemata is 4 kms drive from Megab and a further 30 minutes' walk will bring you to the foot of the perpendicular rock mountains of Guh. The scenery is breath-taking and the mountains resemble pillars reaching to the sky. The challenging and the only way to the church is footholds and handgrips in the rock face. Just before the entrance to the church there is a narrow ledge carved in the cliff from which one can view a sheer drop of approximately 250m to 300m. Afternoon you will visit Mariam Korkoer and Daniel Koror churches and drive to Mekele for over night.

Main Destination:

Gheralta Mountains (Mountain Range)

Accommodation:

Axum Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located in Addis Ababa (City)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Mekelle - Lalibela

Morning after breakfast fly to Lalibela at 10 am before the flight you will visit Axum for 2 hours to see the obelisks, then fly to Labella, After arrival start your tour of the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, visiting the Northwestern Cluster of churches - Bet Medhane Alem, Bet Maryam, Bet Meskel, Bet Danaghel, Bet Mikael & Bet Golgotha (entry not permitted for women). After lunch, continue with the Southeastern Cluster of churches – Bet Gabriel-Rufael, Bet Merkorios, Bet Amanual, and Bet Abba Libanos. Finally, you will visit the most famous of all the churches – Bet Giyorgis, constructed in honor of the patron saint of Ethiopia – Saint George.

Main Destination:

Lalibela (Town)

Accommodation:

Cliff Edge Hotel

• Budget hotel located in Lalibela (Town)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Lalibela - Gondar

After briefly settling in your hotel, explore the sites of Gondar, including a visit to the Royal Enclosure, with six castles and several other buildings. Additionally, visit Fasilidas’s Pool, still used for Timket celebrations today, Ras Gimb Palace Museum and the Debre Birhan Selassie church, with the most famous ceiling in Ethiopia.

Main Destination:

Gondar (City)

Accommodation:

Gondar Plaza Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located in Gondar (City)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Gondar - Siemen Mountains

After morning breakfast you drive to the Simien national parks Spending one day in the Simien Mountains allows you to witness amazing views of the landscape, and potentially the opportunity to view the endemic Geleada Baboons or the "bleeding heart baboon". From Gondar you will take a drive into Debark, pay park entry fees and head straight into the park. The car will drop you off in Sankaber where you will take an easy kike to see Geech Abyss. Here you will find a spectacular waterfall, Jinbar Waterfall. After lunch you will drive back to Gondar.

Main Destination:

Simien Mountains National Park

Best Time To Visit September to December (Beautiful scenery)

High Season October to April (Lodges are busy)

Best Weather October to April

Wildlife in Simien Mountains NP

Gelada monkey Abundant

Walia ibex Occasional

Ethiopian wolf Rare

Klipspringer Rare

Bushbuck Rare

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Golden jackal Rare

Hyena Rare

Accommodation:

Gondar Plaza Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located 1-2hr drive from Simien Mountains NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Bahir Dar - Lake Tana

After breakfast you drive Gondar to Baheradr which is around 2 hours’ drive After arrival Take a boat trip on Lake Tana to visit a selection of the monasteries hidden on the islands and shores of this sacred lake. Visit the Zege Penninsula and the monasteries of Azuwa Maryam and Ura Kidane Mehret and the island monastery of Debre Maryam near the outlet of the Blue Nile River. In the afternoon, drive out to the Blue Nile Falls for a short hike in the area. Finish the day with the sunset over the lake.

Main Destination:

Bahir Dar (City)

Accommodation:

Delano Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located in Bahir Dar (City)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Bahir Dar - Addis Ababa - Arbaminch

After morning breakfast you fly to Addis and afternoon fly to Arba Minch to start the Omo valley tour. Upon your arrival, you will be picked up from airport and check-in to the hotel. Then start driving to the dorze village. We drive from the fertile soils, across the dry plains until reaching Abra Minch known for its Ensete (false) bananas Arba Minch, meaning Forty Springs, it is a fertile fruit producing valley. Drive into the Chencha mountains tovisit a Dorze village. Noted for their fine weaving in wool and cot-ton (great shopping).

Main Destination:

Arba Minch (City)

Accommodation:

Paradise Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located in Arba Minch (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Arba Minch - Turmi

In the morning depart from Arba Minch to Turmi. On the way you will pass through the village of Weyto (market day Saturday), which is home to the Tsemai community. Finally, proceed to Turmi, home of the Hamer community afternoon visist the hamer village, if there is at night you can see the traditional night dancing of the Hamer community, known as evangelic.

Main Destination:

Turmi (Omo Valley)

Accommodation:

Emerald Resort Arbaminch

• Mid-range resort located in Arba Minch (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Turmi - Hamer Village

This day we travel out to the dasanech people crossing the Omo River to visit the dasanch trip. This evening we visit a Hamer Village near to our accommodation. The Hamer are fine looking people taking great pride in their appearance Driving across dry sandy plains to Key Afar then into more fertile rolling hills to the small town of Jinka. We visit a small museum which gives valuable insight into some cultural customs then take an optional walk down to the town meeting the people on the way, before driving out to our accommodation.

Main Destination:

Jinka (Omo Valley)

Accommodation:

Eco Omo Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located in Jinka (Omo Valley)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Jinka - Mago National Park - Mursi

In the morning, drive through the Mago National Park to a local village of the Mursi community. The Mursi are known for their lower lip and earlobe plates. In the afternoon, after returning to Jinka, you can visit the South Omo Museum & Research Center to learn more about the local communities. Alternatively, take a hike in the surrounding hills to visit a local Ari village.

Main Destination:

Jinka (Omo Valley)

Accommodation:

Eco Omo Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located in Jinka (Omo Valley)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Jinka - Konso Culture - Arba Minch

After breakfast, depart from Jinka to Arba Minch via Key Afar and Konso. Thursday is market day in Key Afar, where you will see the Benna and Tsemai tribes trading goods. This is another very popular market in the region. After the visit, proceed to Konso (market days are Mondays and Thursdays). The Konso people are known for their wooden statues, known as wakas, which are erected in honor of dead heroes as well as their innovative agricultural terracing. Today you will have a brief opportunity to visit a local village and the cultural museum displaying many waka statues. After the visit, proceed driving to Arba Minch.

Main Destination:

Arba Minch (City)

Accommodation:

Paradise Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located in Arba Minch (City)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Konso Culture - Lake Chamo - Addis Ababa

Morning take a boat trip to Lake Chamo to visit the crocodiles and hippos, Lake Chamo is a lake in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of southern Ethiopia. Located in the Main Ethiopian Rift, it is at an elevation of 1,110 meters. The Chamo Lake is just to the south of Lake Abaya and the city of Arba Minch, east of the Guge Mountains, and west of the Amaro Mountains. After lunch you will be transferred at the airport and for a flight back to Addis Ababa.

Main Destination:

Addis Ababa (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.