Tour Description
- TOUR Category: Tour Program Southern Ethiopia and Tribes of Omo Valley
- Attractions: Scenery, Wildlife/Wilderness, Tribal Culture
- Transportation: Surface drive & Boat ride
- Tour Duration: 8 days AND 7 nights
Day 01: Drive to Langano, it’s about 210km /3 hrs from Addis. Relax by Langano’s fresh breath taking atmosphere overnight at wyni lodge.
Day 02: Drive to Arba Minch, about 305km / 5hrs, en route visit the Dorze people, known for their bamboo, bee-hive shaped houses and their fine quality cotton “shamma” overnight in tourist hotel.
Day 03: Drive to Jinka via Konso, Weyto and Key Afer, about 265kms / 4hrs
Morning boat trip over Lake Chamo and make a drive through the Konso village; whose people are known for their intricately terraced hillsides, fine woven materials and the carved totems with which they decorate their graves overnight jinka resort.
Day 04: Drive to Mago National park / Mursi, about 160kms / 4hrs for round trip
Drive to visit the Mursi villages on the way you will explore one of the national park which has elephants ; muris people they go in for body scarification and (among the women) the wearing of lip plates after this derive to muris overnight in buska lodge.
Day 05: Drive to Omorate to visit the Dhasanech villages, about 158kms / 4hrs drive for the round trip. Overnight turmi or beska loage
Day 06: Drive back to Arba Minch en route visit the Arbore village, about 285km / 6hrs drive over night arbamich at paradis loage or tourist hotel.
Day 07: Drive back to Addis Ababa via Butajira and Hosaina, on the way visit tiya stale park this is one of the eight wonders which is register as one of the world heritage site about 465km / 9hrs overnight caravan hotel .
Day 08: you will have an early breakfast and your first visit in Addis Ababa will be the National Museum. It houses numerous antiquarian relics and archaeological artifacts (most famous exhibit is the 3.5 million year old skeleton of Lucy). Then you will continue to visit Mount Entoto (3,200 above sea level, The Church of St Mary (1885) and Emperor Menelik II Palace. The Entoto Museum, with its historical exhibits is well worth a visit Lunch at Restaurant.
After lunch you will visit Trinity Cathedral. It was constructed by Emperor Haile Selassie in 1947 (ornamented with carvings and mosaic and other artistic works such as paintings of saints and the apostles on the stained glass) and visit Merkato, the largest open market in Africa.
