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Complete Ethiopia 21 Days/ 20 Nights
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Tour
code:-ETNS003
Tour Type: Historic, Nature, and Culture
Duration: 21 Days and 20 Nights
Transport: - Flight & surface
Tour Type: Historic, Nature, and Culture
Duration: 21 Days and 20 Nights
Transport: - Flight & surface
►▼Highlight Information
- Addis Ababa city sightseeing
Tour to the Danakil Depression, North & South Ethiopia Visiting the Blue Nile Falls and Lake Tanna Monasteries. Exploring Gondar and the Semien mountains Discovering Axum and visiting the Tigray churches and Mekelle. Lalibela- Rock-Hewn Churches. Explore with a boat cruise in Lake Chamo. Visiting the Dorze village, Konso, Ari village and Mursi and other tribs. Wittiness the colorful weekly markets of Omo Valley. Visit the Hamers peoples and the Karos. Abijata-Shalla National Park Lake Langano
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http://www.sapphireaddishotel.com
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Hawzen
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Gheralta Lodge
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Lodge
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https://gheraltalodgetigrai.com/ | |
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AXUM
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Yared Zema
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3 Star
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1 Night
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http://yaredzemainternationalhotelaxum.com/
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Semien National Park |
Semien lodge
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lodge
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2 Night
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http://www.simiens.com/ |
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Gondar
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Goha Hotel
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3Star
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1 Night
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http://gohahotel.com/ |
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Bahir Dar
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Avanti Blue Nile
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5 Star
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1 Night
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http://www.bluenileresorthotels.com/
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Lalibella
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Maribela
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4 Star
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2Night
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https://hotelmaribela.com/ |
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Arba Minch
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Haile Resort
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Resort
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3 Night
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http://www.hailehotelsandresorts.com/arbaminch-resort
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Turmi
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Paradise lodge
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Lodge
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2 Night
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www.paradiselodgeethiopia.com
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Jinka
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Eco Omo
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Lodge
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2 Night
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https://www.eco-omo.com/ |
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Langano
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Savanna |
Beach resort
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1 Night
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http://www.sabanalangano.com/ |
Itinerary
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Day 1: Addis Ababa
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Day 2: Fly to - Mekelle - Hamed Ela (Drive to
Hamed Ela via Berhale)
In the morning fly to Mekelle and car waiting
at the airport and drive to Hamed Ela passing through a small town “Berhale”
where the camel caravans stop before they proceed to the northern highlands or
salt mining. We stop for lunch and reach to Hamed Ela
Overnight Camp Hamed Ela
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Day 3: Hamed Ela - Dodom - Erta Ale - Hamed Ela - Dallol - Dodum
We start early after an early breakfast, at 06:30. Drive to
Dodom (at the base of Erta Ale). The 80 km distance may take about 6 hrs
passing through the landscape of solidified lava, rock, sand and occasional
palm lined oasis. After we pass several small hamlets scattered here and there
in this desert. Erta Ale is about 17km far from base camp (Dodom), and it takes
about 3 hrs trekking. Early dinner around 17:00 and trek up to Erta Ale at 20:00
hours. Camels transport all the camping materials and some food (sleeping
materials like light mattresses and mat and water) to the rim of the volcano,
where we spend the night watching the dramatic action of the boiling lava. Erta
Ale ranks one of the most alluring and physically challenging natural attractions
anywhere in Ethiopia. It is a shield volcano with a base diameter of 30 km and
1km square caldera at its summit. Erta Ale contains the world’s only permanent
lava lake.
Lunch and dinner by cook
Overnight on the top of Erta Ale
Lunch and dinner by cook
Overnight on the top of Erta Ale
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Day 4: Erta Ale - Dodom - Hamed Ela
Leave back to Dodom after an early breakfast, if possible at
07:00am. We will reach the latest at 10:30 am at the camp base (DODOM), time to
relax. After lunch drive to Hamed Ela, a better village with a total population of about 500 people.
Overnight camping at Hamed Ela
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Day 5: Hamed Ela - Asebo - Dallol - Lake
Assal - Mekelle
Morning drive to a place called Ragad (Asebo), the place
where the localities are mining salt. Look at the activity of breaking the salt
from the ground, cutting in to rectangular pieces and loading on camels. We drive
ahead to Dallol and visit the difference landscape formed by volcanic activity,
Dallol + Lake Assal + In route we see many long camel caravans coming to the
salt mine and others going out from Dallol with their salt loaded camels camel
caravans. Dallol (116 meters below sea level, one of the lowest places in the
world) colorful salts mining follow up camel caravans and walk with the Afar
people. Drive back to Hamed Ela and proceed to Mekelle.
Overnight Mekelle Planet Hotel or similar standard
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Day 6: Mekelle - Hawzien - Gheralta
Morning drive to Hawzien to visit the rock churches of Gheralta
cluster, on the way, visit Abreha weAtsbeha and then proceed to Mariam
Korkor. We will have time to have lunch in the Gheralta Lodge. After lunch,
drive 10km to Abune Yemeata around one hour walking then turn to climb by foothold and handhold chipped into the sandstone rock, after few minute climbing visit
Abune Yemeata church.
Overnight: Gheralta Lodge in Hawzien or similar
standard
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Day 7: Hawzien - Debre Damo - Yeha Temple - Axum
After having breakfast, drive to Axum. On this day, we will
pass the 6th-century monastery of Debre Damo which is perched at the top of a remote
plateau. The monastery is only accessible using a rope and the monks will help
pull visitors up the 20 - 25-meter cliff.
However, we only recommend this for physically fit individuals. Women are not allowed on the grounds of the monastery, and therefore, it is not part of our regular tour itinerary and visits Yeha Temple.
After lunch, our visit proceeds to Axum and visit the stelae and St.
Mary church and the grave of queen Sheba Visit other tombs and archeological
sites as time permits.
Overnight: Hotel in Yared Zema Hotel or similar
standard
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Day 8: Axum - Debark - Semien National park
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Day 9: Sankaber - Geech
Our first trekking will be from Sankaber to Geech. The
driver will drop you at a point and then we will have 4-6 hrs walk. Along the
way, you will experience the beautiful landscapes of the Semien Mountains, enjoy
a packed lunch at one of the best viewpoints and most likely run into the
endemic Gelada baboon. These red-chested baboons are pretty sociable so you
will be able to get quite close to them.
Overnight: Camp at Geech
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Day 10: Geech - Sankaber - Gondar (the Royal Enclosure)
Overnight: Goha Hotel Gondar or similar standard
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Day 11: Gondar - Bahir Dar (185km)
Today after breakfast we will be driving to Bahir Dar. After
check in to the hotel, we will have a boat tour on Lake Tana to explore the hidden
monasteries on the islands and shores of this sacred lake. We will visit the
monasteries of Azuwa Maryam and Ura Kidane Mihret on the Zege Peninsula and before
the tour ends we will have time at the out late of the Blue Nile River.
Lunch at hotel dinner at a cultural
restaurant
Overnight: Hotel in Bahir Dar Avanti hotel or similar standard
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Day 12: Bahir Dar - Lalibela
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Day 13: Lalibela - Yimrehane Kristos
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Day 14: Lalibela - Addis Ababa - Arba Minch (Omo valley)
We will take the morning flight from Lalibela to Addis and
on arrival, we will be picked from the domestic terminal and proceed driving to
Arba Minch. In the route, we will have stops first at Lake Ziway and spot some of the
aquatic birds in the area and continue driving to Arbaminch enjoying the
housing system and lifestyle of the local people on each side of the road on the
way to Arba Minch.
Overnight: Haile Resort - Arba Minch or similar
standard
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Day 15: Arba Minch - Turmi
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Day 16: Turmi - Omorate - Turmi (140 km)
This morning, take a day trip to Omorate village to visit
the Dassenech tribe. They are very famous for hunting the dangerous predator Crocodile.
To visit these people we will cross the Omo River by local boat and enter a
Dassenech village. Afterward, return to
Turmi (Monday is a market day) for a visit to a local Hamer village. If there is Bulls jumping of the traditional ceremony
of the Hamer people for the coming-of-age will be visited (which is optional).
Overnight: Paradise lodge Turmi or similar
standard
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Day 17: Turmi - Jinka
Today morning (if it is not market day) we will have an
excursion to the Karo people known for their body painting. Then after we will
be back to Turmi for lunch and depart from Turmi to Jinka, via Dimeka and KeyAfer. (If it is a market day) Tuesdays and Saturdays, in the morning we will drive
directly to Jinka having the market visit at Dimeka on market days, which is
one of the most colorful markets in the area and is visited by many tribes,
including Hamer, Benna, and Karo.
Afterward, continue to Jinka.
Overnight: Eco Omo Lodge Jinka or similar
standard
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Day 18: Jinka - Mago National Park (Mursi)
In the morning we will have a game drive through the Mago National
Park to a local village of the Mursi tribe.
The Mursi are known for their lower lip and earlobe plates. In the afternoon, after returning to Jinka,
we can visit the South Omo Museum & Research Center to learn more about the
local tribes. Alternatively, take a hike
in the surrounding hills to visit a local Ari village.
Overnight: Eco Omo Lodge Jinka or similar
standard
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Day 19: Jinka - Arba Minch (through KeyAfer
Market and Konso village, 240 km)
Awhile after breakfast, depart from Jinka to Arba Minch via
KeyAfer and Konso. Thursday is market
day in KeyAfer, where we will see the Benna and Tsemai tribes trading
goods. This is another very popular
market in the region. After the visit,
proceed to Konso (market days are Mondays and Thursdays). The Konso people are known for their wooden
statues, known as wakas, which are erected in honor of dead heroes as well as
their innovative agricultural terracing.
This day we will have a brief opportunity to visit a local village and
the cultural museum displaying many waka statues and then proceed to Arba Minch.
Overnight: Haile Resort Arba Minch or similar
standard
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Day 20: Arba Minch - Langano
This morning we will drive to Langano. We will visit Dorze
people in Dorze village who are famous for their skill of weaving. Then after we
will stop to visit the national park named after the two brother lakes Abijata-Shala
National Park and spot flamingos. Lake
Shala, with its deep blue waters and the small enclosure of Ostrich farm, hosts
a group of ostriches with some Grant’s Gazelles. Lake Abijata is a soda lake at
which thousands of flamingos can be seen at various times of the year.
Overnight in Langano African vacation club or savanna resort.
Overnight in Langano African vacation club or savanna resort.
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Day 21: Langano - Addis Ababa
This morning if you are interested to swim in the lake you
may for some time after breakfast. Then depart north to Addis Ababa. In rout
we will visit a UNESCO World Heritage site Tiya - ancient stelae field and if
the time allows we will have a stop at Melka Kunture (pre-historic tool-making
site)
Overnight: Hotel in Addis or fly back to home.
- Ethiopian Airlines
Passengers – Discounted Rate: $ 255 Per Person (Subjected to change)
- Other Airlines Passengers - Regular Rate: $ 520 Per Person
(Subjected to change)
Additional Information
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Cost Inclusions:
- Meet and greetings at the Airport and assistance for Hotel transfer.
Hotel Accommodations with on Double /Twin Room sharing with on selected hotel lists. Meals include Breakfasts, (Lunch and Dinner) if the full board needed Two Bottled water per person per day in the car. Comprehensive touring program including entrance fees where applicable according to the itinerary. Local guides fees. Professional English Speaking National Guide with you throughout the trip. Transfers and all ground transportations based on A/C equipped Mini Bus as per the itinerary with all fuel expenses. Boat trip on Lake Tana to visit monasteries and churches on the islands and on Lake Chamo All necessary Government taxes. Coffee ceremony and Honey wine drinks
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Cost Exclusions:
- International Flight
Incidental meals, snacks, and drinks Travel Insurance Video filming and photography fees. Personal nature expenses, alcoholic drinks, laundry expenses, Telephone calls, tips for the tour staff, etc... Any other expenses except those listed on the inclusion parts.
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Remark:
This itinerary is flexible, and will likely changed in order
to coordinate visits with market days in the south, which is a great
opportunity to mingle with the people, Traditional farewell Dinner in Addis
Ababa
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