Special Offer: Northern Route by airplane and Southern Route by 4WD
Day
1
Route
Addis Ababa
Monday
Excursions
Flight to Addis Ababa. Arrival to Addis Ababa with
evening or night flight. Meeting with company’s
representative at the airport. Transfer to hotel.
Hotel
Jupiter or Kaleb
Remarks
Photos
Addis Ababa, Ethnographic
Museum
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Addis Ababa
– Bahr Dar
Tuesday
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Bahr Dar
Wednesday
4
Bahr Dar Gondar
Thursday
In the morning short city tour in Addis Ababa
visiting National Museum, with its prize possession
– remains of Lucy, 3.5 million year hominid
Australopithecus Afarensis. Also included excursion
to Entoto, where in 1881 King Menelik tried to
build a capital city. Most interesting places to see at
Entoto are a church museum near the church of St.
Mary and the old house of King Menelik. In the
evening flight to Bahr Dar. Transfer to Hotel.
In the morning boat ride on Lake Tana visiting
churches of Ura Kidane Mihiret and Azwa Mariam.
Also guests will be able to see outlet of the Blue
Nile. Lunch in Bahr Dar. In the afternoon rest in the
hotel and walk in Bahr Dar, near the lake. In the
evening it is possible to visit a local “night club”
with real traditional dances and songs of Gojam
province.
In the morning travel by a minibus from Bahr Dar to
Gondar (185 km). Check into Hotel. City tour of
Gondar will include visiting the Royal enclosure
with famous palace of King Fasil, also swimming
pool of king Fasil, and early 18th c. church of Debre
Berhan Selassie.
Abbay Minch or
Summerland
Flight 140, 20:15 –
21:15
Lake Tana
Abbay Minch or
Summerland
Flight 122, 08:55 –
10:40
Blue Nile waterfall, Tiss Abbay
Taye or Florida
Castle of King Fasil, Gondar
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Gondar Axum
Friday
Transfer to airport and flight to Axum. Check into
hotel and city tour of Axum. This tour includes
visiting all historic and archaeological sites of Axum,
including the stele field. Also it is possible to visit
the church of St. Mary, where the original Ark of
the Covenant is being kept. In the evening walk in
the center of Axum and dinner in one of the local
restaurants (Ethiopian food)
Yeha or Branna
Flight 122, 08:55 –
10:40
Blue sky of Axum
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Axum Lalibela
Saturday
Flight to Lalibela in the morning. Our Lalibela tour
includes visiting all 12 rock-hewn churches of
Lalibela: 7 churches of the north complex ibefore
lunch, 4 churches of the southern group and the
church of St. George in the afternoon. In the
evening it is possible to visit the local pub, where
tej is served. (Tej is a local wine made from honey,
special produce of Lalibela and surrounds)
Mountain View
or Lal
Flight 123, 11:10 –
11:55
Lallibela, church of St. George
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Lalibela –
Addis Ababa
Sunday
In the morning flight from Lalibela to Addis Ababa.
Check into hotel. Souvenir shopping in the
afternoon. Dinner in the traditional Ethiopian
restaurant in the evening.
Jupiter or Kaleb
Flight 123, 12:15 –
14:30
Ethiopian farming in the 21st
century
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Addis Ababa –
Arba Minch
Monday
Drive from Addis Ababa to Arba Minch by 4WD. On
the way we stop to visit Tiya Stele of the 8th c., one of
many UNESCO World Heritage sites in Ethiopia. Lunch
stop in Sodo, Wellayta. Arrival to Arba Minch late in
the afternoon.
Swaynes
or Ezana
475 km, 6 – 7 hrs
Tiya Stele
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Arba Minch
Tuesday
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Arba Minch Turmi
Wednesday
In the morning boat ride on Lake Chamo, part of the
Nech Sar Park. Here you can observe the real huge
crocodiles and hippos in the wild, and a lot of water
birds, pelicans and others. Lunch in Arba Minch. After
lunch excursion to Chencha, village of Dorze people.
The highlight of this excursion is a visit to a traditional
Dorze house where you can observe how bread is
made from false banana and drink locally made
vodka. Return to Arba Minch in the evening.
Swaynes
or Ezana
Drive from Arba Minch to Turmi via Karat Konso,
Weito, and Erbore. Stop at Erbore to take photos of
the Erbore people. Arrival to Turmi. If you are lucky
and on that day there is a bull-jumping ceremony in a
Hamer village near Turmi, it is possible to attend such
ceremony. Rest at the lodge in the evening.
Buska or
Turmi
To the boat – 20 km, 3
– 4 hrs
To Chencha – 70 km, 3
– 4 hrs
Lake Chamo
285 km, 7 – 8 hrs
(rough road)
Weaving in Ethiopia is men’s job
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Turmi - Jinka
Thursday
Drive from Turmi to Jinka. On the way we make a
stop-over at Key Afar, where every Thursday there is
a local market. This market attracts Hamer, Benna,
Konso, Ari, and many other people of the South Omo.
Arrival to Jinka late in the afternoon and rest at the
hotel.
Orit or
Goh or
Eyob
120 km, 6 – 7 hrs
including Key Afar
Hamer girls
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Jinka – Karat
Konso
Friday
In the morning excursion to the Mago Park. In this
park lives Mursi tribe. It is probably best known in the
South Omo Valley, because women of this tribe slit
their lower lip and insert a clay or wooden plate, and
men fight donga (a stick fight which determines the
most eligible bachelors ready to get married). Return
to Jinka at lunch time, then drive to Karat Konso.
Kanta
320 km, 8 - 9 hrs
Mursi
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Karat Konso Langano
Saturday
Drive from Karat Konso to Langano early in the
morning. Langano, one of the lakes of the Rift Valley,
is famous because it is one of a few lakes in Ethiopia
with beautiful beaches and clean safe water, where
you can swim.
Sabana
385 km, 6 – 8 hrs
Birds near Lake Langano: superb
starling
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Langano – Addis
Ababa
Sunday
In the afternoon drive to Addis Ababa. Shirt rest at
the hotel. In the evening transfer to the airport and
flight home.
Jupiter
200 km, 3 hrs