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6 day(s)
Regular & Private
1-15 people
easy
Immerse yourself in the rich culture and traditions of the Omo Valley tribes with this 6-day program Explore traditional markets, tribal rituals, and daily authentic life activities with a local guide
Duration
6 day(s)
Max Group Size
1-15 people
Tour Code
NJS002
Departure Type
request
Tour Category
City Sightseeing
Guiding Method
Fully guided
Operated In
Age Requirement
0 - 0
Bole Addis Ababa International Airport
02:49
Addis Ababa
02:55
You will be met upon arrival and transferred to your hotel. Refresh and begin your sightseeing of Addis with a drive up to mount Entoto for a panoramic view of Addis.
Descend down and drive to National museum where you will have a chance to spot the oldest hominids of ‘Lucy’ fossil.
Visit and proceed to the Holy Trinity built during the WWII.
Then proceed to Ethnographic museum, which use to be the palace of Emperor Hailesellase. To wrap up you drive to merkato, the biggest market in East Africa. Overnight in Addis.
After having your early breakfast driving to the southern parts of Ethiopia on the way we will see the Tiya, classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, where we can see the northernmost example of a peculiar type of engraved, standing stelae which stretch across parts of southern Ethiopia.
We will continue our driving to the town of Welayta for lunch stop then after lunch we will be driving to Arba Minch for overnight stay.
Overnight Arba Minch
After breakfast you will take a boat trip in Lake Chamo, to visit the crocodile market, it is a local name for a place in Lake chamo that the crocodiles went out of the lake and chill, there is no buying or selling, also you will see hippos and different kinds of birds later driving to the Dorzy village.
Overnight Konso
After having your breakfast you will have a chance of seeing the Konso village, one of the UNESCO site in Ethiopia know by their terracing.
One of the best types of coffee for the country is also from this village.
Proceed to the Bana village. The Bana who are indigenous pastoral and semi-nomadic people living in the harsh environment of lower Omo Valley.
The men often have their hair dressed up with a colorful clay cap that is decorated with feathers. Then proceed to the Turmi where the Hamer people lives. Overnight in Turmi
After having your breakfast, you will have an excursion to Omorate to visit the Dassanech people ‘people of the Delta’, who lives on the northern shore of Lake Turkana.
Visit and drive back to Turmi for lunch then drive to Jinka. Overnight in Jinka.
Take a day excursion to Mago National Park to visit the Mursi village.
The Mursi are one of the exotic ethnic groups in Ethiopia. They live in very low huts made of straw leaves. The women like to wear terra cotta on their enormously stretched lower lips and ear lobes. Drive back to Jinka for lunch.
Drive to the Ari people, the largest population in the lower omo valley. The women wear skirts from the banana like tree, called Enset are expert in pottery later you will be transfered to the Jinka Airport for your flight to Addis Ababa. The traditional coffee ceremony will also be served.
Later you will be transferred to the airport for your departure.
All meals