Finot Tour Ethiopia is your option for a responsible and nature friendly tour.
The Danakil Depression is one of the remotest, lowest and unique land formations of the world located in the Ethiopian Great Rift Valley system. The second overland journey will take us to the rich historical sights of Ethiopia through stunning landscape, people and villages of the Amhara, Oromo, Tigrai, Agew, Afar . . . and more. Omo Valley of Ethiopia, is home to a fascinating range of distinct tribal groups, isolated from the rest of the world.
On this day you will have a flight to Mekele. Up on arrival you will be met by the driver, camping teams and as you will be joined you will be driven to Hamedela via Berhale. The Danakil Depression can be said to ‘begin’ here. It is one of the most spectacular regions, full of eye-catching colors, as in the sulphur springs. The desert has several points lying more than 100 meters (328 ft) below sea level. You pass through a small town of Berhale where the camel caravans stop before they proceed to the northern highlands. En route you see many long caravans going to the salt mines and others coming out of the Danakil with their salt loaded camels. Read more
On this day you will start early, shortly after 06:30 breakfast, you will drive to Dodom at the base of Erta Ale. The 80 km distance may take about 6 hrs, due to the status of the road, passing through changing landscape of solidified lava, rock, sand and the occasional palm lined oasis. You pass several small hamlets scattered here and there in this desert land, before reaching Dodom. You will trek from Dodom to Erta Ale which takes about 3 hrs. Early dinner around 17:00 and trek up to Ert Ale at 20:00. Camels transport all the camping materials and some food to the rim of the volcano, where you 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 and you will spend an unforgettable night on the top of the mountain. Read more
In the very early morning you will rise with the sun with time to walk around pits and craters. You will leave at 6:00 am to head back to Dodom for breakfast. And you will drive to Mekele. You will have a picnic lunch on the way.
Leaving Mekele we drive to the world-famous town of Lalibela, home to historically significant rock-hewn churches. En route to Lalibela we travel through the rugged Ethiopian Highlands, constituting the largest high-altitude region in Africa. The highest point of the day; we will drive up Mount Abuna Yosef from Woldia and appreciating the spectacular scenery. Our scenic -9drive brings us to Lalibela, referred to as the "New Jerusalem" because of its unique religious value. Read more
After breakfast you will have a visit in rock hewn churches of Labella. Lalibela is the jewel in the crown of Ethiopia, the most famous churches and the scene of so many major religious ceremonies. The churches are carved below ground level and ringed by trenches and courtyards and are arguably Ethiopian's top most attraction. They are connected to each other by a tangled maze of tunnels and passages. Among the churches you will visit are Bete Emanuel a 36-foot-high monolith considered by art historians to be the finest and most precisely worked church in Lalibela, possibly because it was the private church of the royal family, Bete Markorios a cave church originally used for secular purposes and thought to be around 1,400 years old and Bete Giorgis the most majestic and best preserved of all Lalibela's churches. Read more
This day in the morning after breakfast you will have a flight back to Addis Ababa. Be met up on arrival and you will be transferred to the hotel for refreshment and relaxation. After lunch you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Arbaminnch. After you check in at your hotel you will have a drive of 36kms to Chencha village to visit the Dorze people's villages and get a taste of their culture. You will then visit their unique houses and traditions. You'll visit the false banana cultivations, from which they extract their traditional bread (the Kotcho), the weaving works and more. Arba Minch is the largest town in southern Ethiopia, set amongst lush green hills near Lakes Abaya and Chamo. Arba Minch is named for the abundant local springs that produce a groundwater forest; in Amharic, arba minch means “forty springs.” Read more
On this day before you start your drive to Jinka, you will enjoy a one-hour boat ride on the lake to Azo Gebeya, the so-called “crocodile market” not indeed a market at all, but a gathering place for tremendous crocs and pelican. Continue your drive to Konso where colorfully costumed dress, impressive terracing of the Land and unusually engraved wooden statues used as grave markers can be seen. Continue driving to Jinka for overnight at Jinka Resort or similar. Read more
After breakfast leave Jinka and drive to Mursi village to visit and appreciate the very attractive culture of Mursi tribe. They are renowned for the strange custom followed by their women who, on reaching maturity, have their lower lips slit and circular clay discs inserted. After lunch in Jinka, drive to Turmi through Dimeka for the visit of Hamer people and their village. Turmi is a small town, which is the base to visit the Hamer village. Hamers have remarkable hairstyles made from ochre, water, and binding resin. They rub the mixture into their hair then twist the strands repeatedly to create coppery- colored locks. This is a sign of wealth and welfare. Then drive to Dimeka Market to attend the weekly colorful market of the HAMER tribe then drive back to Turmi after afternoon break in the lodge late afternoon walk from the lodge to the village to visit the HAMER tribe with their own way of life interaction with their way of life. Read more
These day early in the morning after breakfast drive 73 km west to visit the Dassench/Geleb people; who inhabited in the bank of Omo River and we cross the Omo River by locally made boat to see the village these tribes are semi nomadic with very little agriculture on the bank of the Omo River. After Lunch, depart from Turmi to Arba Minch via Konso. En route you will visit the further along the route visit the Woito people live in the area around Woito River and Tsemay village. After the visit, proceed driving to Arba Minch Read more
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