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NOTE - Please click 'ITINERARIES' under Tours Menu to find the corresponding itineraries of the following tours.

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

Here comes 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.


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