Twelve days Danakil depression and Omo Valley

01 –

Flight Addis Ababa to Semera

Fly Addis-Semera with the morning flight (8:15am), meet and greet our local staff atSemera airport and drive to Afderawhere you can Swim in Lake Afdera& take a bath in hydrothermal springs. After lunch in Afdera, proceed driving to HamadEla, Visit Camel caravans heading back from the salt mining area to HamadEla& highlands (if available) sunset on Lake Asale/Karum.

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Overnight: Outside under the stars in HamadEla 

02-Danakil Depression (Dallol) – ErtaAle

Early morning second visit of Erta Ale Volcano (Lava Lake) (if interested).After breakfast, drive to Afdera.after lunch in Afder, proceed driving to Semera and transfer to Semera Airport to catch your noon (5 pm) flight back to Addis.

Meal plan: Breakfast and Lunch

Overnight Addis Ababa hotel of your choice

What to pack?  

• Light for walking in the night on Erta Ale , Small backpack/day pack ,Jacket for the night on ErtaAle, Trekking shoes, Sandals (Flip-Flops), Sunglasses, Sun protection cream , Hat  Swimming pants & Walking Stick (if you find it helpful)

Day 03 –

Flight back to Addis Ababa

Transfer out to domestic flight to ADDGDQ

You will be welcomed by one our staff outside the airport

Explore the sites of Gondar including a visit to the Royal Enclosure, also visit the Fasiledas pool which is still used for TImket celebration (Ephiphany the baptisim of Jesus Christ).

Visit the charismatic Debrebirhan Silassie Church with the most striking painted ceiling.

Overnight hotel of your choice

Entrance fees, local guide service , transportation, accommodation with breakfast are inclusive.

Transfer out to domestic flight to ADDGDQ

You will be welcomed by one our staff outside the airport

Explore the sites of Gondar including a visit to the Royal Enclosure, also visit the Fasiledas pool which is still used for TImket celebration (Ephiphany the baptisim of Jesus Christ).

Visit the charismatic Debrebirhan Silassie Church with the most striking painted ceiling.

Overnight hotel of your choice

Entrance fees, local guide service , transportation, accommodation with breakfast are inclusive.

Transfer in at Lalibela aiport welcomed by local staff

Visit the Nakutoleab Church situated around 7km from central lalibela inside, there are various artifacts believed to have belonged to Na’akutoLa’ab, including crowns, gold-painted drums, crosses, a large painted canvas depicting ancient kings and an old, illuminated Bible. Interestingly, the monastery has some ancient stone receptacles that gather the water that drips from the cave’s roof, thought to be holy water.

Visit the north-west cluster of churches

Bet MedhaneAlem, (church of Holy Savior) the largest monolithic church

Bet Maryam, (Chruch of Mary)

Bet Meskel, (Church of Cross)

Bet Danaghel, (Church of Undefiled)

Bet DebreSina (Church of Debresina it’s a place), and

Bet Golgotha.

Overnight hotel of your choice

Entrance fees, local guide service , transportation, accommodation with breakfast are inclusive

08- Lalibela

Visit the 2nd group of churches, Bet Emanuel, Bet Merquiros, Bet Abba Libanos and Bet Gabriel-Rufa’el. Bet Emanuel’s intricate exterior is much admired by art historians. Bet Giyorgis, the most remarkable and prominent last work of Lalibela. Visit the cave church of Yemrehane Christos; 40kms away from the city,   the church is constructed inside a cave, in Axumite style, similar to the church at DebreDamo, with irregular levels of wood and stone.

Overnight hotel of your choice

Entrance fees, local guide service , transportation, accommodation with breakfast are included

Transfer to Addis Ababa airport hotel of your choice

Today is leisure day.

Drive to Turmi

The Benna villages are on your way to Turmi. They are adorned with clay and an impressive headdress.

In the afternoon visit the Dassenech tribe. Here you will cross the Omo River by local boat and enter a Dassenech village to visit this pastoralist community.

Turmi is a place for the Hamer tribes. Visit the Hamer village they are a fine looking people, both men and women take great pride in their appearance, shaving and coloring their hair, oiling their bodies and decorating themselves with beads and bracelets worn around arms and legs. They are famous for their body decoration, moonlight dance (Evangedi Dance) and bull-jumping. Bull jumping marks the rite of passage from childhood to adulthood. It is not a done every day.

The Hamer villages are incredibly neat and constructed entirely from mud, wood and thatch; one of the most striking aspects of these small villages –which typically consist of a few extended families across perhaps 10-15huts –is the total absence of non –organic or western artifacts.

Overnight hotel of your choice

Depart for Jinka, via Dimeka and Key Afar. Tuesdays and Saturdays are market days in Dimeka, which is one of the most colorful markets in the area and is visited by many tribes, including Hamer, Benna and Karo. 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.

Visit the South Omo Museum & Research Center to learn more about the local tribes. Additionally, take a hike in the surrounding hills to visit a local Ari village and learn how the locals do different tasks, such as blacksmith work and distilling the local gin, known as areki.

Overnight hotel of your choice