Omo Valley Tribal Tour with Rift Valley Lakes
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Tour name: Omo Valley Tribal Tour with Rift Valley Lakes
Tour code: CUTR-106
Destinations: Awassa, Dorze, Arba Minch, Lake Chamo, Weyto, Erbore, Turmi, Omorate, Karo, Dimeka, Key Afer, Mursi, Jinka
Duration: 11 days/10 nights
Starting point: Addis
Ending point: Addis
Day 1. Addis (Arrival)
You will be welcomed by your guide/a member of Magma Flow Team at Bole International airport Addis and transfer to your hotel.
Overnight hotel/resort in Addis
Day 2. Addis – Awassa
– Pick up from your hotel/resort and/or Bole International airport (if your arrival is early in the morning) and drive to Awassa via Butajira.
– In route, visit:
- Archeological sites of Tiya
- Archeological Melka Kunture
- Adadi Maryam rock-hewn church
Overnight hotel/lodge/resort in Awassa
Day 3. Awassa – Dorze – Arba Minch
– Morning, visit Fish market around Lake Awassa.
– Drive to Dorze.
- Visit the industrious Dorze Tribe in Dorze village.
- Attend Dorze market, if today is Monday or Thursday, or optionally Chencha market, if today is Tuesday or Saturday.
– Afterwards, drive back to Arba Minch.
Overnight hotel/lodge/resort in Arba Minch
Day 4. Arba Minch – Nech Sar National Park (Lake Chamo) – Weyto (Tsemai Tribe) – Erbore – Turmi (Hamer Tribe)
– Drive to Turmi. In route:
- Boat trip on Lake Chamo to visit Crocodile market, and local Hippos.
- Attend Weyto and Erbore markets, if today is Saturday.
– Visit:
- Hamer Tribe in Turmi Village.
- The Hamer Tribe’s Traditional Dancing (Evangadi), if available.
Overnight hotel/lodge/camping in Turmi
Day 5. Turmi – Omorate (Dassenech Tribe) – Turmi
– Morning, cross Omo River by a Local Boat to Dassenech Village and visit the Dassenech Tribe.
– Afterwards, return to Turmi.
- Attend Turmi market (biggest market in Omo Valley), if today is Monday.
- Visit the Hamer Tribe, and their Traditional Bull Jumping Ceremony (if available).
Overnight hotel/lodge in Turmi
Day 6. Turmi – Karo – Dimeka – KeyAfer – Alduba – Jinka
– Morning, drive to Karo and visit the Karo Tribe.
– Afterwards, proceed driving to Jinka. In route, attend:
- Dimeka market, if today is Tuesday or Saturday.
- KeyAfer market, if today is Thursday.
- Alduba market, if today is Tuesday.
Overnight hotel/lodge in Jinka
Day 7. Jinka – Mago National Park (Mursi Tribe) – Jinka
– Morning, Drive to Mursi through the Mago National Park and visit the Mursi Tribe.
– Afterwards, return to Jinka.
- Visit the South Omo Museum and Research Centre.
- Walk around the surroundings of Jinka to visit the Ari Tribe.
Overnight hotel/lodge in Jinka
Day 8. Jinka – Alduba – KeyAfer – Konso
– Drive to Konso.
– In route, attend:
- Alduba market, if today is Tuesday.
- KeyAfer market, if today is Thursday.
– Visit:
- Konso Tribe in Konso Village.
- Cultural Museum.
– Attend Konso market, if today is Monday or Thursday.
Overnight hotel/lodge in Konso
Day 9. Konso – Awassa
– Visit:
- Konso Tribe in Konso Village.
- Cultural Museum.
– Attend Konso market, if today is Monday or Thursday.
– Drive to Awassa.
Overnight hotel/lodge/resort in Awassa
Day 10. Awassa – Abidjatta-Shalla Lakes National Park – Lake Langano – Lake Ziway – Addis
– Drive back to Addis.
– In route, visit:
- Abidjatta-Shalla Lakes National Park: to see several Bird Species such as, lesser and greater Flamingos, African Pochard, Avocet, Gull billed Tern…
- Lake Langano: to swim (if interested), walk along the shores of the lake and/or go bird watching in the forests along the lake shores.
- Lake Ziway: to see several Bird Species such as, African Pygmy Geese, Yellow-billed Storks, Collared Pratincoles, Lesser and greater Jacanas, African Jacanas, White Pelicans, Fish Eagles, crowned and common cranes.
Overnight hotel/lodge/resort in Addis
Day 11. Addis
– City tour in Addis to visit:
- Panoramic view of the city from Entoto Mountain.
- Entoto Maryam Church & Museum
- The city’s largest market for traditional clothes.
- The ethnographical museum, with great displays of the many cultures of Ethiopia, housed in the former palace of Haile Selassie.
- National Museum, where Ethiopias oldest resident, Lucy, is housed.
- The Selassie (Trinity) church, one of the most important churches of Addis Ababa and the final resting place of Haile Selassie, to whom there is a dedicated museum on site.
- Merkato, Africas largest open-air market.
– Evening, cultural dinner invitation at a traditional restaurant with local folkloric dances.
– Transfer to Bole International airport Addis to fly back home or your hotel for overnight.