Omo & Rift Valley Tours



Day1: Arrival Addis Ababa– arrives Addis Ababa, meet our staff member and transfer to hotel. Balance of the day site seeing in the capital and visit mount Entoto with a commanding view over to the town, church of St Mary, Entoto museum with a collection of royal objects and the grass thatched roof palace of king Menilk the 2nd. Over night hotel.
Day2: Addis Ababa-Awassa – Drive to Awassa via Melka Kunture, Adadi Mariam semi monolithic church and Tiya cemetery field. After lunch in Butajira town, more drive to one of the rift valley lakes of Ziway, which is home to different species of aquatic birds then head to Abijata-Sahalla lakes NP to see Gazelles and other mammals. Over night hotel.
Day3: Awassa-Yabello- Drive Awassa to Yabello through wonderful landscape crossing the Borena Oromo tribes. On the way visit Tutu Fella cemetery field and coffee farmlands. Over night hotel.
Day4: Yabello-Konsso- Early morning, drive to the small village of Chew bet/house of the salt then walk down to a 1000 deep crator where people mining salt and carry it to the nearby villages for sell. Do more activities in the surrounding like singing wheel or Diblok, which is a mass, labor work of the local community taking out water form a deep wheel to drink their cattle. Then back to Yabello for lunch. In the afternoon proceed to Konso village to see the village of the Konso people. Over night lodge.
Day5: Konsso-Jinka- Morning, more time in Konso with the visit of their beautiful villages and traditional grass thatched houses then proceed to Jinka crossing Woito valley home to the Konso and Tsemay people. After lunch, drive to Key After market (if Thursday) where the Bena, Tsemay and Ari people are shopping their good together air. Over night hotel.
Day6: Jinka-Mago NP-Jinka- the wohle day in Mago national park to visit the Mursi & Bodi people and their villages. If August, September & October attend the stick fighting ceremony of the Mursi tribe known as Donga and the Kael ceremony of the Bodi tribe. Late afternoon, back to Jinka and visit the Ari village. Over night hotel.
Day7: Jinka- Turmi- after breakfast drive to Turmi with a stop at any available market places. In the afternoon, visit the Hamer village and if available see the Bull jumping ceremony before heading to village tour. Over night lodge.
Day8: Turmi- all day in Turmi village, in the morning day trip to Karo/Kara village that are living nearby Omo River. Back to Turmi for lunch the excursion to Omorate to visit the Dassenech people living the other side of Omo River. If Monday, drive to Dimeka village to see the colorful market where the Hamer, Karo & Dassanech people are meeting to sell and but their goods. Over night lodge.
Day9: – Turmi-Arbaminch- after an early breakfast start driving to Arbaminch. On the way, have stop at Erbore village to visit the Erbore people. Lunch picnic at woito village and proceed to Arbaminch via Konso village. Over night Arbaminch.
Day10: Arbaminch– in the Morning game drive in Nechi-Sar NP to see Zebras’ and other wildlife. Back to hotel for lunch then in the afternoon boat trip over lake Chamo for African Crocodiles, Hippos and birds of different species. Over night lodge.
Day11: Arbaminch- after breakfast drives to Chencha village to see the Dorze people and their villages with typical houses constructions. Lunch in the town of Sodo then proceed to Addis Ababa. After farewell dinner in one of the traditional restaurants, be transferred to airport for your departure home. End of the tour.
- Tour code: LETT-25
- Days: 11
- Nights: 10
- Price: 0$