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Address: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Tour 1
(Historic circuit: Bahir Dar, Gondar, Semien Mountains, Axum,
Tigray, Lalibela)
Day1: Arrival at Addis Ababa and transfer to hotel. City tour (depends on flight schedule).
Day2: Drive to Debre Libanos Monastery and Blue Nile Gorge
Day3: Drive to Bahir Dar
Day4: Full day
Bahir Dar. In the morning a boat trip at Lake Tana to visit ancient churches and in the afternoon a visit to the beautiful Blue Nile falls
Day5: Drive to Gondar. In the afternoon a visit to Gondar castles and churches.
Day6: Drive to and explore Semien Mountains
Day7: Drive to Axum through Semien Mountains
Day8: Full day in Axum to visit this world famous city
Day9: Drive to Adigrat, visit Yeha temple and Debre Damo monastery
Day10: Drive to Mekele. Visit on the way the Tigray rock-hewn churches and Negash
Day11: Drive to Lalibela
Day12: Full day Lalibela to visiting world famous rock-hewn churches
Day13: Drive to Kombolcha. Visit on the way the Hayk monastery and Genete Maryam semi-monolithic churches
Day14: Drive back to Addis Ababa (if time we may visit Bati market)
Day15: Departure
This tour can be adjusted in several ways:
i) domestic flights can be used to shorten the tour, for example Addis Ababa - Bahir Dar or Lalibela - Addis Ababa.
ii) additional time can be spent in
the Tigray region to visit churches, like Michael Imba, Michael Debre Selam, Michael Barka, Abreha we Alsbeha, Dugum Sellasie, Wikro Cherkos.
iii) additional time can be spent in the Semien mountains for trekking: Debark to
Ras Dashen trek, Buyit ras To Geech Camp via Sankaber, geech Camp to Chenek via Imet Gogo, and many other possibilities. Please contact us for further details.
Tour 2 (Danakil depression - Afar
region, Erta 'Ale and Dallol volcanoes, salt camel caravans)
Day1: Arrival at Addis Ababa and transfer to hotel. City tour (depends on flight schedule).
Day2: Drive to Drive to Kombolcha (if time we may visit Bati
market)
Day3: Drive to Mekele
Day4: Drive to and visit Tigray rock-hewn churches
Day5: Drive to Berahile (entering Afar region of Danakil Depression)
Day6: Drive to Amedila (small Afar village in the heart of the Danakil Depression). On the way we will see camel caravans carrying salt (many thousands!) from lake Afera. The biggest chance to see this spectacular event is
in December/January when the temperature is lowest.
Day7: Morning visit to the Dallol volcano and afternoon visit to the salt diggers at lake Afera.
Day8: Drive to Erta ’Ale volcano. At night we will make a trekking (~3-4
hours) to visit the continuously erupting volcano with its spectacular permanent lava lake. In the morning we walk back to our campsite.
Day9: Drive to Afera
Day10: Drive to Semera. Morning visit to salt lake of Afera
Day11: Drive to Awash
Day12: Drive to Addis Ababa. Visit on the way the Awash national park
Day13: Departure
Best time to visit the Danakil depression is December-March. December and Januari are considered as the collest month.
Tour 3 (combination of historic circuit
and the Danakil depression)
Day 1: Arrival at Addis Ababa and transfer to hotel. City tour (depends on flight schedule).
Day2: Drive to Debre Libanos Monastery and Blue Nile Gorge
Day3: Drive to Bahir Dar
Day4:
Full day Bahir Dar. In the morning a boat trip at Lake Tana to visit ancient churches and in the afternoon a visit to the beautiful Blue Nile falls
Day5: Drive to Gondar. In the afternoon a visit to Gondar castles and churches.
Day6: Drive to Lalibella
Day7: Full day Lalibella to visiting world famous rock-hewn churches
Day8: Drive to Mekele
Day9: Drive to and visit Tigray rock-hewn churches
Day10: Drive to Berahile (entering Afar region of Danakil Depression)
Day11: Drive to Amedila (small Afar village in the Danakil Depression near Dallol volcano and salt lakes). On the way we will see camel caravans carrying salt (many thousands!) from lake Afera. The highest chance to see this
spectacular event is in December/January when the temperature is lowest.
Day12: Morning visit to the Dallol volcano and afternoon visit to the salt diggers at lake Afera.
Day13: Drive to Erta ’Ale volcano. At night we will
make a trekking (~3-4 hours) to visit the continuously erupting volcano with its spectacular permanent lava lake. In the morning we walk back to our campsite.
Day14: Drive to Afera
Day15: Drive to Semera. Morning visit
to salt lake of Afera
Day16: Drive to Awash
Day17: Drive to Addis Ababa. Visit on the way the Awash national park
Day18: Departure
Please notice that alternative routes are possible to combine the historic sites with the Danakil Depression. Please inform us about the sites you want to visit and we create an optimal tour.