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Ethiopia Tour # 001 – North by flight
Brief Description of Ethiopia Tour 001
Ethiopia Tour # 001 is a 7 day/ 7 night tour to the historical sites of Northern Ethiopia. This tour enables visitors to visit most of the historical sites by flying to each spot. Ethiopia Tour # 001 is preferable to visitors who wish to visit as many historical sites as possible with relatively lesser time.
Ethiopia Tour # 002 – North by drive
Brief
Description of Ethiopia Tour # 002
Ethiopia
Tour # 002 is a 14 days/ 14 nights tour to the northern Ethiopia by drive. This
tour is organized in such a way that driving and visiting times are well
balanced. Ethiopia Tour # 002 is ideal for visitors who would also like to
enjoy the scenery and the way of life of the people along the way.
Ethiopia
Tour # 003 – North by drive and flight
Brief
Description of Ethiopia Tour # 003
Ethiopia
tour # 003 a 10 days/10 nights tour which is recommended mainly for visitors
who wish visit the way of living of the Ethiopian people by driving through the
interesting villages of the Amhara and Tigre people, visiting the famous
historical sites of Ethiopia which are registered by UNESCO as World Heritage
Sites, and still avoiding the least interesting drives by flying from one place
of interest to the other. Ethiopia Tour #003 includes also visit of the Simien
Mountains National Park.
Ethiopia
Tour # 004 – South by flight
Brief
Description of Ethiopia Tour # 004
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Ethiopia Tour # 004 (a 7 day/7night tour) for tourists who have limited time
and are interested to visit the colorful and friendly people of the Omo Valley
who are located in the southern Ethiopia. Ethiopia Tour #004 is especially
designed for tourists who wish to have a glimpse of the nomadic people of
Ethiopia at their villages and weekly markets, with the least possible number
of days. Ethiopia Tour #004 is unique in its feature of including two flights
and making all the interesting parts of southern Ethiopia part of it. Ethiopia
Tour #004 is ideal for visitors who come to Ethiopia for other purposes –
conference tourists, transit passengers, etc, but who want to encounter with
the tribal people of Ethiopia.
Note that
this tour because of few weekly flights to Arba Minch, it is required that
visitors arrive on Monday at Addis Ababa.
Ethiopia
Tour # 005 – South by drive
Brief
Description of Ethiopia Tour # 005
Ethiopia
Tour # 005 is a 12day/12 night tour to the eastern Omo Valley to visit the
colorful and interesting people of Southern Ethiopia. Ethiopia tour #005 is
ideal in including three of the best weekly multicultural markets of the tribal
people of Ethiopia, and visits of almost all the interesting people at their
villages. Ethiopia tour #005 is a relaxed tour which is advisable for older
people.
Ethiopia
Tour # 006 – North and Harar by flight
Brief
Description of Ethiopia Tour # 006
Ethiopia
Tour a tour which strives to make the visits of Northern Ethiopia, and Harar
with the least possible time.
Ethiopia
Tour # 007 - North (flight) and Harar (drive)
Brief
Description of Ethiopia Tour # 007
Ethiopia
Tour # 007 is a combination of Ethiopia Tour 001, and a three days trip to
Harar. Ethiopia Tour # 007, in addition to visit of Harar for a full day,
offers visit of the largest Chat (mild Stimulant which is common in eastern
Ethiopia) Market in Ethiopia at Aweday, and the National Park of Awash.
Ethiopia
Tour # 008 – North (drive) and Harar (flight)
Brief Description of
Ethiopia Tour # 008
Taking Ethiopia Tour
# 008 lets visitors to visit the historical sites of Ethiopia, most of which
are registered by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites, by driving. Ethiopia tour #
008 is designed in such a way that visitors will visit the most colorful multicultural
market of the people of Amhara, Afar, and Oromo at Bati on Monday. Ethiopia
tour # 008 takes you to Harar by driving and is planned to fly back to Addis.
Ethiopia
Tour # 009 – North and Harar by drive
Brief Description of
Ethiopia Tour # 009
Ethiopia Tour #009
is slightly different from Ethiopia Tour #008 in that the way to come back from
Harar to Addis is by driving visiting the Awash National Park, and the crater
lakes of Bishoftu.
Ethiopia Tour # 010 – South and Bale Mountains
Brief
Description of Ethiopia Tour # 010
Ethiopia
Tour #010 is a 14 days/14 nights tour to the tribal people of Ethiopia and the
Rift Valley Lakes of Ethiopia. In addition to this, Ethiopia Tour # 010
includes visits of the scenic Bale Mountains, and the endemic mammals of
Ethiopia at the Bale Mountains National Park – the Ethiopian Wolf or the Simien
Fox, the Mountain Nyala, and the Menelik Bushbuck. Bale Mountains is known as
‘Land of endemism’ because of being shelter to numerous endemic mammals and
birds.
Ethiopia Tour # 011 – South, Bale Mountains, and Harar
Brief
Description of Ethiopia Tour # 011
Ethiopia
Tour #011 is a 16 day/16 nights tour including all the features of Ethiopia
Tour #010, but adds the visit of Harar also. Ethiopia Tour #011 is scheduled to
bring visitors by flight back to Addis from Dire Dawa.
Ethiopia Tour # 012 – West Omo and Gambella by flight
Brief
Description of Ethiopia Tour # 012
Ethiopia
Tour # 012 to West Omo and Gambella is significantly cultural tour to visit the
tribal people of Surma, who share the practice of inserting clay lip plates in
their lower lips with the Mursi people in the East Omo, Bench, Dizi, Nuer, and
Anuak. Ethiopia Tour # 012 is supposed to commence either on Monday, Wednesday,
Friday or Sunday – in order to match the trip with the availability of flights.
Ethiopia Tour # 013 – West Omo and Gambella by drive
Brief
Description of Ethiopia Tour # 013
Ethiopia
Tour # 013 is a 13 days/13 nights trip which is similar with Ethiopia tour #
012 except that Ethiopia Tour # 013 is fully by drive and adds more visits of
tribes like the Shoa and Wollega Oromo, and adds more scenery as part of the
trip.
Ethiopia Tour # 014 – Gambella, West Omo and South by flight and
drive
Brief
Description of Ethiopia Tour # 014
Ethiopia
Tour # 014 is an exclusively cultural tour which begins by flying to Gambella
in the Western Ethiopia, and ends with flying back to Addis from Arba Minch.
All the other part is by drive to visit almost all the interesting tribal
people of Ethiopia at their villages and at their weekly markets.
Ethiopia Tour # 015 – Gambella, West Omo and South by drive
Brief
Description of Ethiopia Tour # 015
Ethiopia
Tour #015 is a 20 days/20 nights tour. It is similar with the above tour but it
is fully by drive but it includes visits of Guder Water Falls, and additional
tribal groups such as Shoa Oromo, Wollega Oromo, and Dizi.
Ethiopia Tour # 016 – Danakil Depression – Erta’ale Volcanic Lake,
and Dallol (By drive)
Brief
Description of Ethiopia Tour # 016
Ethiopia
Tour # 016 is a 9 days/9 nights tour to the Danakil or Afar Depression. Here,
Ethiopia Tour # 016 offers visits of the Salt Lakes of Afdera, where visitors
will see how people extract salt in modern ways. Ethiopia Tour # 016 also
includes visit of the other salt lake of Asale, where visitors will see how
bars of Salt are extracted traditionally, and being made ready to transport.
The most interesting parts of this tour are Erta’ale – one of the few active
volcanic eruptions in the world, and the colorful land formation of Dallol (116
meters below sea level) – one of the lowest places on earth. Ethiopia Tour #016
provides visitors with a wonderful chance to see thousands of Camel Caravans
which transport the bars of Salt from Lake Asale to the Highlands of Tigray.
As
Ethiopia Tour # 016 includes difficult drives, and some long walks, it is
especially recommended for adventure lovers and physically fit visitors.
Ethiopia Tour # 017 – Danakil Depression and Dallol (By flight)
Brief
Description of Ethiopia Tour # 017
Ethiopia
Tour # 017 a 6 Day and 6 nights tour which is similar with Ethiopia Tour # 016
except its exclusion of Erta’ale and Lake Afdera. Ethiopia Tour # 017 is
planned to be held by flight for visitors who have a strong wish to visit
Danakil Depression and Dallol but who are incapable of doing so by physical
reasons or time limits. To make Ethiopia Tour # 017 more interesting, it
includes visit of the rock-hewn church of Wukro Cherkos (10th Century AD) and
City tour of Mekelle which includes visit of the Castle of Emperor Yohannes IV
(19th Century).
Ethiopia Tour # 18 - Trekking in the Simien Mountains
National Park
Brief
Description of Ethiopia Tour # 18
Ethiopia
Tour # 18 - is 12 days/ 12 nights trekking tour in the Simien Mountains
National Park which is the only natural site among the eight attractions of the
country which are registered by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. This tour
offers visitors to spot three of the endemic mammals of Ethiopia – the Walia
Ibex, the Simien Fox, and the Gelada Baboon. Visitors will also be rewarded
with breathtaking scenery of the Simien Mountains. Furthermore, trekkers can
hike to the highest mountain in Ethiopia(the Ras Dashen – 4,620 meters) by
taking this tour.