3-Day Danakil Depression Tour Erta Ale and Dallol

• A transfer from the airport is not included. You can use a taxi, request your hotel to arrange a transfer or prearrange a transfer yourself.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Addis Ababa-Semera-Afdera-Erta Ale

Semera, the driver and guide will wait you at semera airport. You’ll pile into the Toyota Landcruiser that will take you into the Danakil in convoy. The roads leading out of Semera are smooth and asphalted, As you drive further out of town there are some wonderful views of the Afar landscape. As you drive further towards the Afdera Town (Salt Lake), the roads get rougher until you reach the Danakil desert. The roads are a maze of solidified lava, rock and sand with an occasional palm lined oasis. You will stop for lunch before continuing to the base camp of the Erta Ale volcano. The drive from Semera to Dodom is around 7 hours. Your cooking team will wait you prepare dinner. As the sun begins to dip behind the horizon, you begin the 1 and half-hour hike up Erta Ale. You’ll reach the crater rim around 7:00PM, where the fiery lava lake awaits and You’ll spend the sometime on the volcano and you will descend to the camp site then you will be served your dinner.

Main Destination:

Erta Ale Volcano (Danakil Depression)

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

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

Ertale-Hamed Ela-sunset(Lake Asale)

Wake up early for a morning hike to the crater, aiming to witness the volcano's activity before sunrise. After visiting the lava lake one last time, begin the 3-hour drive to Hamed Ela (Dallol), starting the descent around 6:30 AM and reaching the campsite by 8 AM for breakfast. The journey continues across the expansive salt pans of the Danakil, arriving in Hamed Ela around 1:30 PM. Explore the village, home to approximately 600 Afar people, to observe their lifestyle. Next, head to Lake Asale to witness local salt mining, where salt is shaped into rectangles and loaded onto camels for transport. Enjoy the breathtaking sunset over Lake Asale, a vast salty lake where you can swim in the natural pool while snacking. Finally, return to Hamed Ela for dinner around 7:30 PM.

Main Destination:

Danakil Depression (Highlight)

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

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

Hamed Ela (Dallol)- Mekelle

Wake up early morning drive to Dallol, one of the most stunning geological phenomena on the planet and one of the lowest hottest on the planet and with average temperature of 35 degree Celsius there are a day when temperature exceed 48 degree Celsius-and average annual rainfall of between 100 and 200m, it is rightly considered one of inhospitable places on the earth. The kaleidoscopic landscape its various acidic colors with fumaroles of greens, reds, and yellows formed by acidic springs and salt mounds create an alien landscape, watch the local Afar people mining the salt from the ground, loading on to the camel caravans and formation of salt canyon. At salt canyon you will have your breakfast around 9:am and you will drive to mekelle and end of the tours.

Main Destination:

Danakil Depression (Highlight)

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.
• A transfer back to the airport is not included. You can use a taxi, request your hotel to arrange a transfer or prearrange a transfer yourself.