Tour Code: ITO-102/15
Tour name; historic route north
Duration; 11 days/10 nights
Transport; flight and surface
Day 1: Arrival at Addis Ababa Bole International Air port
Meet and greet at Bole International Airport then transfer to hotel.
Day 2: City tour in Addis Ababa
City tour of Addis Ababa including museum, mount Entoto, Church and Merkato then back to hotel
Day 3: Fly to Bahir Dar
Check in to hotel/resort then transfer Make a boat trip on Lake Tana to visit the medieval period island monasteries
Day 4: Excursion to Blue Nile Falls and in afternoon drive to Gondar
On this day after breakfast drive to Tis Isat (smoking of Fire) After having lunch drive to Gondaron the way visit the Awramba village who are famous in their hardworking habit of both women and men are working similar tasks and making beautiful traditional cloths. We stay overnight in Hotel.
Day 5: City tour in Gondar
This is the visit to Ethiopia’s old imperial capital, 17th century palaces of King Fassiladas, King Iyasu and Queen Mentewab and different other buildings. Visit also Emperor Fasiladis’s Bath. After lunch visit the rectangular Debre Brehan Selassie (Trinity at the Mount of Light), Depending on the time you can visit also Kweskwam Complex which is a royal compound built by the Empress Mentewab Overnight we stay at Hotel.
Day 6: Excursion to Debarq,
Drive 100km to visit the Simien Mountains National Park then continue to drive another 20km then make a short walk/trek. Late in the afternoon drive back to Gondar for overnight stay stay at Hotel.
Day 7: Flight to Axum
Upon arrival check in at your hotel then start to make a visit to the famous Axumite stelae, or obelisks. Visit the St. Mary of Zion church (which historically is supposed to house the Ark of the Covenant) and archeological museum, the ruins palace of the Queen of Sheba so called at Dungur., Kings Kaleb & Gebre Meskel stay overnight at Hotel.
Day 8: Drive to Mekelle.
Visit the rock-hewn churches of Tigray, such as Abraha Atsbeha, the stunning Abuna Yemata Guh (perched on the side of a cliff) and Chirkos. Then continue driving to Mekele for overnight at hotel.
Day 9: Flight to Lalibela
After check in hotel visit Lalibela and its rock-hewn churches date from the 12th and 13th centuries are entirely free from the rock, refined and concentrated in small areas. Today visit the first and the third groups of churches.
Day 10: Continue sightseeing around and in Lalibela
Make an excursion to visit Asheton Mariam by mule or drive to 45km to Yemrehan Christos church. In the afternoon continue to visit the second groups of churches.
Day 11: Flight back to Addis Ababa
After check in hotel you have enough time left for shopping in Mercarto or in the numerous souvenir shops near Churchill road, to visit art galleries. Late in the afternoon have a fare-well dinner then check in for flight back home.