18 days Cultural Tour to Ethiopia Omo Valley Tribes and Hiking Bale Mountains
Duration: 17 Nights/ 18 Days
Transportation: Flight and surface using 4WD
Accommodation: Best available lodges/hotels and/or resorts
ItineraryDay 1: Get transfer to the airport for your flight Addis Ababa to Arba Minch. On arrival in Arba Minch you will have an excursion trip to Dorza village. Hotel/ lodgeDay 2: Arba Minch (Nechisar National park), Boat Trip on Lake Chamo to visit the crocodile farm. Hotel/lodgeDay 3: Drive to Konso (Villages, Konso totems and Konso King) proceed to Jinka if there was a market you will attend to meet the surrounding tribes. Hotel/lodgeDay 4: Jinka visit the (Tsemay, Bana and Ari people and their villages) – Key Afer market if the day falls coincides with market days. Hotel/resortDay 5: Drive to Mago National Park, visits Mursi Tribes (their women are famous for Lip-plates and men for ritual fighting with stick) and their village, game drive. Camping Mago Park protected ground to hear the evening trumpeting of Elephants.Day 6: Drive to Turmi, principal town of the Hamer, up on time visit some villages if the Hammer tribes. Over Night in lodgeDay 7: Full day in Turmi, boating on the Omo River, excursion to Omorate for the Dasenech tribe and kelem. Over Night in lodgeDay 8 : Turmi: Dimeka market (if the day falls on Saturday and Tuesday)you will visit Hamer tribe and their villages, also attend tribal dance or Bull Jumping rite, occasional and optional. Over Night in lodgeDay 9: Drive to Murulle -zone of the Karo famous for body painting and Bume tribes on the Omo River, visiting tribal villages. Over Night in Murulle or back to Turmi for overnight.Day 10: Ride back Murulle to Turmi or Jinka. Drive back either Turmi or if time to Jinka for overnight stay. Just to be near for the next day drive to Yabello. Admiring the nature and birding. O/N in Turmi/Jinka at hotel or lodgeDay 11: Turmi to Yabello via Konso , Enroute you will visit (salt Lake Chew Bahir (Lake Stefanie) . Overnight in Yabello motel/hotel.Day 12: Yabello – Dubduluk (Ella Oromifa) – Attend Singing well of the Borena Peoples and Creator lake Soda if the road condition is fine.And if the time allows visit Yabello Sanctuary for endemic birds like Queen Ruspelius Turaco and for Burchele Zebras. Overnight in YabelloDay 13: Yabello – Awassa Enroute visit archeological site Tutu fela standing stones, and short stops for birding on the way. Hotel/resortDay 14: Morning drive to Goba via Dodola. Arrival on late afternoon. Free leisure time and take a rest for morning hike on the park. Overnight Goba (Robe town) basic hotels.Day 15: Full day excursion at Bale Mountains National park (Short hike to the highest point 4375 meters, mount Tulu Dimtu). Over Night either at the park camping ground or back to Goba (Robe town) for basic hotels.Day 16: you can have a short drive to Wondo Genet , Located southeast оf Shashemene іn the Sidama Zone оf the Southern Nations, Nationalities аnd Peoples’ Region, wіth а latitude аnd longitude оf аnd аn elevation оf 1723 meters.hotelMorning continue to drive to the small paradise of Wondogenet. Where a natural hot spring is found and is ideal for bird watching, bathing and swimming, until the midday heat sets in, you can enjoy magnificent views from the hotel terrace over the Rift Valley, walk in the forest for another observation of the abundant bird life and the beautiful Columbus Monkeys. Night in hotelDay 17 :Awassa- Shashemene- LanganoMorning Awassa Fish Market and proceed to Shashemene almost 25 kms and visit Rasta museum. Overnight in lodge
Day 18 : Morning relaxations with birding at Lake Ziway and drive to Meki for lunch and after lunch proceed to Addis Ababa. Early evening time for shopping / free time. Departure
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