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4 day(s)
Regular & Private
1-30 people
easy
Duration
4 day(s)
Max Group Size
1-30 people
Tour Code
GAET01
Departure Type
request
Tour Category
Culture & Historical
Guiding Method
Fully guided
Operated In
Age Requirement
0 - 0

Addis Ababa
06:00
Addis Ababa
21:00
In the morning, catch a flight to Jinka Town. Arrive in the
afternoon and first, you will visit the Ari Tribe. Live on the hills around
Jinka, the Ari people are the largest tribe in the Omo Valley and are
well-known for their pottery and distinctive scarring. You will take walk
through the village, learning about different aspects of their lives, including
blacksmithing and distillation of the local liquor, known as Areki. Then visit
the South Omo Tribes Museum (South Omo Research Center).
Start early in the morning and drive through the Mago National
Park to a local village of the Mursi tribe. Famous around the world for their
instantly recognizable 'lip plates', the Mursi is one of Ethiopia's most famous
tribal people. They are pastoralists who keep herds of cattle and goats and are
most famed for the lip-piercing custom of their women who, at the coming of
age, insert clay disks into incisions made in their lower lips. In addition,
they are the warrior tribe of the Omo Valley. Return back to Jinka and transfer
to Turmi town, home of the famous Hamar tribe and center to explore the Omo
Valley Tribes. Late in the afternoon, you will visit the Hamer Tribe. The Hamar
people are best known for their Bull-Jumping ceremony and to be the friendliest
tribe of the Omo Valley. The Hamer women, with their magnificent ochre-colored
hair braids, skirts of cowrie-decorated goatskin, and tight copper bracelets,
rank amongst the most beautiful of all South Omo ethnic groups. Finally,
transfer to your Accommodation in Turmi.
Full-day excursion from Turmi to meet the
Karo and Dassenech Tribe. Your morning is dedicated to visiting the village of
the Karo people, who are best known for their skin scarification and ornamental
painted body and face decorations. They use white chalk, black charcoal, and
red and ochre earth and are considered the masters of body painting. Return to
Turmi and drive to Omorate town to visit a village of the Dassenech tribe who
settled adjacent to the Omo River. The Dassenech live in the fertile Omo river
delta, close to Kenya and Lake Turkana where they hunt crocodiles. You will
cross the Omo River by a local boat to reach and visit their village. Because
they are semi-nomadic they live in small, lightweight huts, designed for easy
movement if the village changes location. Return to Turmi and transfer to your
Accommodation
Early in the morning, drive back to Jinka to take a return flight
to Addis Ababa. After a lunch break, you will have time for shopping. Then you
will be transferred to your hotel to prepare your luggage and get ready for
your return flight back home. In the evening, before your international flight,
farewell dinner at Ethiopian Cultural Restaurant. Finally, your driver will
take you to Bole International Airport and take your flight back home. Your
Ethiopian Adventure ends here.
All entrance fees but not photograpy fees