Bahirdar, Gondar, Lalibella Churches & Trekking in Simen Mountains NP




Day1: Arrival at 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-Bahirdar– takes early breakfast then shuttle out to airport for the flight to Bahirdar. After check in hotel drive to Blue Nile falls locally known as Tis-Abay meaning water that smokes. Afternoon, city tour of Bahirdar including local market, basketry shop and Bezait viewpoint where you could see lake Tana, Nile River and the city itself. Over night hotel.
Day3: Bahirdar-Gondar– takes breakfast then drive to Gondar with a stop at Awuramba community village. In the Afternoon, visit the royal enclosure, Debrebirhan Sillasie church, the bath of King Fasiledes and the monastery of Kuskuam. Over night hotel.
Day4: Gondar- Simen Mountains National Park- Drive to the simen Mountains NP then drive to Samkaber (136ks) via the town of Debark where the headquarter of Simien Mountains National Park is located. Before Sankaber, do hiking through the magnificent landscape and wonderful scenery of Simen Mountains NP. This is the first hiking line to meet the endemic Gelada baboons. Over night camping.
Day5: Sankaber-Geech (3,550m)- duration 5-6 hrs. Trek from Sankaber to Geech with a stop at Jinbar falls and other magnificent views of Simien Mountains. Over night Camping.
Day6: Geech-Emietgogo- Geech (3,986m)- full day in Geech with excursion to Emietgogo view point, the most stunning place in the Simen mountains and takes 6-7 hrs trekking. Over night camping.
Day7: Geech-Chenek (3,600m)- Today we trekk for about 6-7 hrs to Chenek camp site where we could see the other endemic mammals in Simen mountains NP known as Waliya Ibex. Over night camping.
Day8: Chenek-Ambiqo (4500m)- trekk for about 8 hrs to Ambiqo via Buwahit hill, the 2nd highest peak in the Simen mountains next to Ras Dashen. Over night camping.
Day9: – Ambiqo- Ras Dashen-Ambiqo (4,543m)- early in the morning, start trekking and stroll up Ras Dashen, the highest peak in Ethiopia and return to Ambiqo late in the afternoon. Over night camping.
Day10: Ambico-Chenek- today we are doing a high altitude trekking in Ethiopia to mount Dashen/Dejen 4543masl, the highest peak in the country and the 4th highest in Africa. Start your breakfast very early in the morning then strolling up mount Dashen. Have some picnic snack at the peak and back to campsite for lunch. Afternoon more trekking towards Chenek until meet the cars. Over night camping.
Day11: Chenek- Gondar– After breakfast, drive to Gondar with a stop at the Fellasha village, where Ethiopian Jewish used to live.
Day12: Gondar-Lalibella- early breakfast then transfer to airport for the flight to drive. Balance of the day visit the 1st group of churches. Such as- Bete Medihanialem (the house of the saver of the world), Bete Mariam (the house of St. Mary), Bete Meskel (the house of the cross), Bete Denagil (the house of the Virgin martyrs), Bete Golegotha-Micheal (the house of Golegotha and St. Michael and Bete Giorgis (the house of St. George). Over night hotel.
Day13: Labibella- the whole day in Lalibela with day trip to the monastry of Yimrehane kirstos or mule trekking to Asheton Mariam church. In the afternoon, more visit of the 2nd group of Lalibella churches, these are; Bete Gabriel-Raphael/ the house of St. Gabriel and Raphael; Bete Emanuel/ the house of Emanuel; Bete Merkorious/ the house of Merkorew and Bete Libanos/ the house of father Libanos. Over night hotel.
Day14: Lalibella-Addis Ababa– breakfast then flying back to Addis Ababa, do more sightseeing and personal activities, like shopping. After farewell dinner at traditional restaurant transfer to airport for departure home. End of our service.
- Tour code: LETT-23
- Days: 14
- Nights: 13
- Price: 0$
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