Sink into the culture and Nature of Ethiopia tour. Discover the unique highlights of Ethiopia culture and nature in 12 days visiting the extra ordinary Mursi People, The Hamer Peope and Erbore Peoles, as well as Rift Valley lakes, Nechsar National park, Mago National Park ….
| TOUR CODE | EMTT – 0007/04 |
| DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION | Addis Ababa, Wolayita-Sodo |
| DURATION | 11 Nights & 12 Days |
| TRANSPORT | Drive |
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Day 1: Departure
Arrive in Addis Ababa; meet your guide and transfer to hotel. An overview of the program and itineraries will be given. Overnight Addis Ababa
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Day 2: capital city tour
Full day tour of the capital. Visit the Entoto Mountains, with its view over the capital, the National Museum and Trinity Church. In the afternoon you will visit Merkato; the biggest open-air market in Africa and shopping. Overnight Addis Ababa
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Day 3: Rift valley lakes tour
Leave Addis , traveling via the rift valley lakes of Shala, Abyata and Langano, admiring wonderful views, many birds, pelicans, flamingos, hot springs and more. Available activities here are trekking, bird watching, horse riding, boat excursions, cycling, team-building activities, and mini-soccer and beach volley ball. Overnight Langano
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Day 4: Drive to Arba Minch
Early start for a scenic Drive to Arba Minch which means “forty springs” in Amharic) on the way admiring the Wolayta people and their villages admiring spectacular green hills on the way, climbing Chencha, the mountainous villages of the Dorze people. Visit the Dorze people, renowned for cotton weavers whose tall beehive-shaped dwelling are among the most distinctive traditional structures to be seen anywhere in Africa. The unique Dorze houses also make Chencha worth a visit. These remarkable extended domes measure up to 6m tall and are constructed entirely from organic material Villages of the Dorze people. Overnight Arbaminch
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Day5: Nechsar National park
Morning we enter the Nechsar National park; which is an ideal homeland especially for the endemic Swayne’s hartebeest and Burchels zebra and other more mammals, birds and plant life. Nicely situated at the adjacent lands of Abaya and Chamo lakes, the landscape is quite scenic. After rest at 2:00pm you will drive to Lake Chamo for a boat ride, which will take you an hour and half on the lake. You will see the biggest crocodiles in Africa, huge hippopotamus and offshore birds as Pelicans, storks, ibis etc. NB: currently the road to Netch Sar Park is less accessible and even difficult for the 4 wheel drive vehicle. We will update you when the road construction finalized. Overnight Arbaminch
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Day 6: Jinka
Early morning drive to Jinka on the way visit the Tsemay, Bena and Ari tribes. They are pleasant and differ on their hairstyles and way of dressing. After having lunch Proceed to Jinka with shortstop for the peoples of Tsemay, Bena and Ari tribes, if the day is Thursday, you will be seeing the fabulous and fascinating market at keyafer. Continue to Jinka for Overnight. Overnight Jinka
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Day 7: Mago National Park
After comforting cup of hot coffee at sunrise Enter Mago National Park to visit the Mursi people and their villages. Here beauty women insert round clay plates in their lips. The men practice scarification on their face based on the number of enemies or wild animals they have killed in battle. Then drive back to Mago National Park, is closest thing in Ethiopia to the renowned Savannah reserves of east Africa. It is dominated by dense acacia woodland, which is interspersed with small areas of open Savannah, the pristine riparian forest that lays the Mago River and the extensive Neri swamp. Overnight Jinka
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Day8: Turmi
You sip your early morning coffee as you leave on your early morning game drive to Turmi, and if it is Saturday you can see the colorful Hamer, Karo and Dassanech people at the market in Dimeka. Proceed to the Hamer villages and Overnight tented bungalows at Lodge before the sunset where we’ll freshen up in our en suit Bungalows. Overnight in Turmi
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Day 9: Karo people
Drive to Murulle to visit the Karo people, with their interesting body decorations and scarification all over the body; besides admire the view of the Omo River from Kortcho village. Then drive on to Kangate and cross the Omo River by small boat to admire the Bume people and their villages. Overnight in Turmi
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Day 10: Omo River
Morning excursion to Omorate, on the banks of the Omo River, to visit the Dassanech people. Then back to Turmi for the colorful Monday market of the Hamer, Karo and Dassanech people. Witness Hamer dances (Evangadi) and seasonal marriage ceremonies with bull-jumping. Hamar people called “Evangadi “exercised in the late afternoon around six, this can be with the interest of the clients so that your guide can arrange everything including negotiating the fare (amount of Money they charge). Moreover if you are very lucky you will see how the Hamar conduct “the Bull jumping” program held in order to confirm the youth are old enough to propose their future wife. Overnight in Turmi
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Day 11: Arbaminch
Drive back to Arbaminch via Erbore, here you will have a visit of the Erbore tribes and see their style of House, admire of their way of living and enjoy the dressing style of the people , then proceed to Woito for lunch , after luch proceed to Arba minch via konso it is worth visiting of the Konso people village , here you will see the terracing Agricultural system that made well known and also the place called New York, then keep on driving back to Arba minch. Overnight Arbaminch
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Day 12: Drive back Addis Ababa
Drive back Addis Ababa via Wolayita-Sodo road, on the way visit Tiya, Tiya is one of World heritage site in Ethiopia. Here you will see the erected obelisk supposed grave yard area and keep on driving to Addis. On the homeward leg of your journey there are exciting stopovers and places of interests to visit. In the evening, there will be traditional dinner and live cultural dance show. At the end of the farewell dinner, transfer to Addis Ababa airport for the flight back. End of tour.
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