11 days/10 nights Historic Route Tour

Day 1. Addis

You will be welcomed by your guide/a member of Magma Flow Team at Bole International airport Addis and transfer to your hotel. If arrival time is in the morning, after check-in your hotel and quick refreshment, you will have Addis city tour or short excursion to sites around Addis which includes Tiya Archeological Site, Adadi Maryam Church…

Overnight hotel in Addis

Day 2. Addis – Bahir Dar

– Morning, fly to Bahir Dar, pick up from airport and check-in your hotel/lodge.

– Take a boat trip on Lake Tana.

Visit:

• ZegePenninsula
• AzuwaMaryam
• UraKidaneMehret
• DebreMaryam

– Afternoon, visit Blue Nile Falls & walk around to enjoy the beautiful views of the area.

– Sunset on the best viewpoint of the Lake.

Overnight hotel/lodge in Bahir Dar

Day 3. Bahir Dar – Gondar

– Morning, drive to Gondar.

– Afternoon, visit sites in Gondar:

• The Royal Enclosure
• Fasilidass Pool, still used for Timket celebrations
• Ras Gimb Palace Museum
• Debre Birhan Selassie church

Overnight hotel/lodge in Gondar

Day 4. Gondar – Wolleka – Simien Mountains (Buyit Ras – Sankaber)

– Morning, drive to Debark in route, visit Wolleka (Falasha Village).

– Trek (total 3-4 hours) from Buyit Ras to Sankaber in route, visit:

• The wonderful scenario of the landscapes
• Endemic Gelada Baboons

Overnight camping in Sankaber

Day 5. Simien Mountains [Sankaber – Jinbar Waterfall (Geech Abyss) – Geech]

– Trek (total 5-6 hours) from Sankaber to Geech in route, visit:

• The place where the Jinbar Waterfall plunges into Geech Abyss.
• Jinbar Waterfall & its adorable landscape.
• Endemic Gelada Baboons 

Overnight camping in Geech

Day 6. Simien Mountains (Geech – Imet Gogo – Ennatiye – Chennek)

– Trek (total 5 hours) from Geech to Chennek in route, ascend to:

• Imet Gogo (3,926m): To see the spectacular views over the Valleys.
• Ennatiye (4,070m): The perfect place to witness the beauty of the landscapes of the Simien Mountains. 

– Afterwards, descend to Chennek passing through Korbete Matia a solid rock wall on the way, spotting Lammergeiers (the long-winged bearded Vultures).

Overnight camping in Chennek 

Day 7. Simien Mountains (Chennek – Ras Bwahit – Chennek) – Debark

– Trek (total 4-5 hours) from Chennek to Ras Bwahit and back to Chennek.

Ascend to: 

– Ras Bwahit peak (4,430m): To see the excellent views of the Simien Mountains and endemic animals [Walia Ibex, Ethiopian Wolf (Red Fox), Gelada Baboon (Red/Bleeding-Chested Baboon)…]

– Car picks us up from Chennek and drive to Debark.

Overnight hotel/lodge in Debark

Day 8. Debark – Axum

– Morning, drive to Axum.

– Afternoon, visit sites in Axum:

• The famous Obelisks
• Archeological museum
• Queen of Shebas Bath
• Ezanas enscription
• King Kalebs tomb
• King Bazens tomb
• Queen of Shebas Palace
• Mary of Zion church, where the Ark of the Covenant is kept.

Overnight hotel in Axum

Day 9. Axum – Lalibela

– Morning, fly to Lalibela, pick up from airport and check-in your hotel/lodge.

– Afternoon, visit Yemrahanna Kristos Church or Monastery of Ashton Maryam.

Overnight hotel/lodge in Lalibela

Day 10. Lalibela

– Morning, visit half of the 11 rock-hewn churches (Northwest cluster):

• BetMedhaneAlem
• BetMaryam
• BetMeskel
• BetDanaghel
• BetMikael
• BetGolgotha (entry not permitted for women).

Afternoon, visit the rest half (Southeast cluster):

• BetGabriel-Rufael
• BetMerkorios
• BetAmanual
• BetAbbaLibanos
• BetGiyorgis until the sunset (the most famous of all)

Overnight hotel/lodge in Lalibela

Day 11. Lalibela – Addis

– Morning, fly to Addis, pick up from airport and check-in your hotel.

– Afternoon, 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.