8-Day Ethiopia Semien Mountain Trekking Tour

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

Arrive In Ethiopia | Transfer To Hotel | City Tour

On arrival in Ethiopia, you will be welcomed and picked by our Kubwa Five Safaris guide who will be holding an A4 paper with your name printed on it at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa and be transferred to your hotel, check in and have your lunch.

Later that evening you will do a city tour and visit the National Museum, Grand open market Merkato and also drive on the main tourist route of the city.

Dinner and overnight at Azzeman Hotel.

Main Destination:

Addis Ababa (City)

Accommodation:

Azzeman Hotel

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

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Fly To Gondar | Visit Churches | Travel To Semien Mountains National Park

After breakfast, you will be driven to the airport and you fly to Gondar. On arrival, our guide will welcome and transfer you to the city center for a quick visit of Gondar that includes: Castles of Gondar- included in the World Heritage List, the royal Fasiledes Bath and the Church of Debre Berhan Selassie with its unique murals.
Sankaber(3200masl).

Drive to Debark town (104 Kms ), where the head quarter of Semien Mountains National Park is found. Then we continue driving to Sankaber (31 Kms) the first campsite of the National Park.

On this drive you will gain your first impression of the scale and beauty of this highland region, the extraordinary scenery, enjoying the endemic Gelada Baboons and the bone breaker giant bird Lammergeyer roaring around. O/N Camping at Sankaber all meals included. - ( 3 to 4 hrs of walking).

Dinner and overnight camping at Sankaber.

Main Destination:

Gondar (City)

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

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

Walk To Enjinbara Falls

After breakfast, you will walk/ trek to Enjinbara Falls. This is The Most Arduous day’s Trek, taking you through cultivated areas and then into the Afro-Alpine Zone proper where Giant Lobelias trees stand like sentinels presiding over their unworldly landscape.

You should encounter troops of the Endemic Gelada Baboon the males have shaggy, leonine Manes and Bleeding Heart patches on their chests. Rueppell’s Griffons, choughs and Lammergeyers are often seen.

Dinner and overnight camping at Geech.

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:

Budget camping

• Near Simien Mountains NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Walk To Chenek

After breakfast, we trek to Chenek via Imet go which is one of the most beautiful parts of the mountain, we will be walking through the Giant lobelia trees and under these trees African field Rats are common. After picnic lunch we walk on the edge of Enatye escarpments (4070m. above sea level), which is another breathtaking view in the national park.

Finally we descend to Chenek. Chenek is the best place to see the endemic Waliya Ibex and more Gelada Baboon. It takes 6 - 7 hours walk.

Dinner and overnight camping at Chenek.

Main Destination:

Simien Mountains National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Near Simien Mountains NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Walk To Ambiquo

After breakfast, we will walk to Ambiquo climbing Buwhit (14530ft/4430m) Mountain the 2nd highest peak next to Ras Dashen in Semien Mountain ranges, giving excellent views over the whole area. After, refreshment at the summit, we will descend towards Chero Laba crossing the Mesheha River, we will reach to Ambiquo.

Dinner and overnight camping at Ambiquo.

Main Destination:

Simien Mountains National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Near Simien Mountains NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Walk To Mount Ras Dashen

Very early morning after breakfast, start walking toward mount Ras Dashen. You will get up in the pre dawn and go for what will be the most challenging day of your trekking safari. Reach the summit can take up to 6 hrs. You will head to the valley to the small village of Mizma, from where you will climb steeply up wards, eventually reaching an impressive amphitheater made up of three major buttresses of expanded rock, one of which is your goal, Ras Dashen.

It is then an easy scramble to the summit, Ras Dashen, which is the highest peak of the country (14901ft/4543m).

After taking in the impressive views descend back to Ambiquo.

Dinner and overnight camping at Ambiquo.

Main Destination:

Simien Mountains National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Near Simien Mountains NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Walk Back To Chenek

After having your breakfast at the camp, you will walk back to Chenek passing through the side of the Bohit Mountain. Chenek is one of the top walks in Ethiopia and one of the world's best walk, treks, hikes and climbs.

Dinner and overnight camping at Chenek.

Main Destination:

Simien Mountains National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Near Simien Mountains NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Last Day With Us | Travel To Gondar | Fly Back Home

After breakfast, you can walk around Chenek camp until the car comes to drive you back to Gondar. We will be in Gondar around 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Drop off at the airport to take your flight back home

Domestic flight from Addis Ababa-Gondor- Addis is USD 140 for those using Ethiopian airlines on the international. (note that the airlines might change the cost with no prior notice or if not purchased timely).

Main Destination:

Addis Ababa (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

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

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