1: Addis Ababa
Arrive Addis Ababa
2: Rift Valley lakes – ArbaMinch
Drive to Arba Minch, crossing the Rift Valley lakes and Wolayta people. O/N Arba Minch Swaynes Hotel (or other).
3: Chamo Lake
M drive to Chencha for Dorze people. PM boat trip on Chamo Lake. O/N Arba Minch
4: Jinka
Drive to Jinka, by admiring Konso, Derase, Ari, Benna and Tsemay people. O/N camp or local hotel Jinka town.
5: Mago park
Visit the Mursi people and villages. O/N Mago park camp.
6: Karo people (Omo River)
Enter into the Karo people region and visit their village of Kortcho and Duss; with beautiful view over the Omo River too. O/N camp Murulle or Duss.
7: Hammer people (Turmi)
Continue for the Hammer people region & O/N Turmi at the Evangadi campsite & lodge. (Camp or fixed tents).
8: Turmi
Turmi, for villages, dance, possibly market & marriage ceremonies.
9: Omorate (Dassanech people) – Turmi
Excursion to Omorate, at the banks of Omo River, for Dassanech tribes & villages. Back for O/N Turmi.
10: Tsemay – Erbore people – Konso
Drive through Tsemay and Erbore people to the Konso villages. O/N Konso local hotel or camp.
11: Borena people region – Yabelo
Enter into Borena people region and afternoon visit ElSOD crater (where down the crater Borena men extract salt for their cattle), Borena villages and more. O/N Yabelo local htl or camping.
12: Guji people – Awasa
Crossing Guji people region and very nice views drive to the Rift Valley lake of Awasa. O/N Pina htl.
13: Addis Ababa
Morning visit the fish market, and then drive back to Addis Ababa, by admiring the Rift Valley lakes of Shala, Abyata and Langano, Afternoon free in Addis.
14: Kombolcha
Drive north to Kombolcha, admiring Afar and Oromo people.
15: Lalibela
Drive Lalibela.
16: Lalibela
Full day visit of the 11 rock-hewn churches in Lalibela.
17: Axum
Fly Axum. Afternoon tour of steles, churches, archeological sites.
18: Gondar
Drive to Gondar, crossing the spectacular Semien mountains.
19: Gondar – BahirDar
Morning tour of Gondar’s castles and churches. Afternoon drive Bahirdar.
20: Blue Nile falls
AM Blue Nile falls. PM boat on Tana lake, to admire two monasteries, as Ura Kidane Mehret and Mahal Zeghie Gyorgis
21: Addis Ababa
Fly back Addis Ababa. Afternoon free.
