Tour Code: ITO-406/15
Tour name; Combination Tour
Duration; 15 days/14 nights
Transport; surface
Day 01. Arrive Addis Ababa check in hotel then relax. Afternoon visit Entoto mountains with views over the capital, the National museum, St George church.
Day 02. Fly to DireDawa. Meet your vehicles and proceed to Harar check in to hotel/GH. En route visit the chat market at Awedae. Afternoon visit of Harar: the mosques, city walls, the basket production, the markets, French poet Rimbaud house, and more. Evening visit a man feeding wild hyenas.
Day 03. Drive to the Awash National Park, visiting Afar people on the way. At the park admire a very nice flora & fauna (Oryx, lesser kudu, dik-dik, crocodiles, hippos, many birds & more), the Awash river falls check in tothe lodge in the park or hotel in Awash town.
Day 04. Breakfast & game drive. Proceed then to the Afar people and reach Semera, where we take the permits for the Danakil. overnight hotel/camping
Day 05. Visit Afar people extracting salt from lake Afrera. Proceed to the hot springs, where we’ll camp (next to the springs) overnight camping
Day 06. Drive till Dodom. Then organize the camels for the materials and trek from around 1500 hrs till early evening to the volcano. Here are fantastic views, with the lava and the volcano rim. camping on the volcano.
Day 07. Full day at the Ertale volcano. Can walk all around the rim.
Day 08. Walk back to Dodom, to meet the vehicles. Drive then to an Afar people village (Emegubi village) for some very interesting experiences, admiring their culture & way of life. Overnight camping in the village.
Day 09. Proceed to Ahmedale. O/N camp.
Day 10. Another special day: drive to Dalol, to see the Afar men extracting salt. Are spectacular colors of nature, unique in the world, camping AhmedAle
Day 11. Follow up camels caravans and walk with the Afar people. You’ll see how they prepare their traditional bread, how they travel, communicate & more. Is another unique experience. Overnight camping at bank of the dry river.
Day 12. Continue walking with the Afar people, following the camels caravans. Reach then Berhale, where you’ll meet the vehicles. Drive to Gheralta, in the Hawsen region. In ones from 120 mts below sea level we go to the Ethiopian highlands. On the way visit Micael Imba church. overnight at Gheralta lodge Hawsen
Day 13. Full day to visit these special churches: we suggest Abreha We Atsbeha, Degum Selassie & Wikro Cherkos. Overnight Gheralta lodge or hotel in Mekele.
Day 14. Crossing highland lakes Ashangi, and lake Hayk, visit Debre Estifanos monastery, over an island of the lake. Drive to Kombolcha check in to hotel
Day 15. Crossing fantastic views, reach Addis Ababa. Ones in Addis, short visit of the Mercato, biggest open air market in Africa. Dinner at traditional restaurant with folkloristic dances. Then transfer airport for departure.