Cultural Tours to Omo & Rift Region



Day1: Addis Ababa- Arrive in 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, grass thatched palace of king Menilik the 2nd. Over night hotel.
Day2: Addis Ababa-Arbaminch- Drive to Arbaminch through, Melka kuntur Archeological site, Tiya cemetery field, Addadi Mariam rock hewn church, village of Guraghe people and their scenic lands covered with false banana plantation. Lunch in Sodo town. Continue driving to Chencha village to see the Dorzie people. On the way photo stops for the beautiful landscape and lake Abaya. Over night hotel or lodge.
Day3: Arbaminch- Full Day in Arbaminch. Morning games drive in Nechisar NP. Afternoon, do boat trip over lake Chamo to see Crocodiles, Hippos and other bird species. Over night hotel or lodge.
Day4: Arbaminch-Jinka– Drive to Jinka via Derashe, Konso, Tsemay, Bena and Ari villages, lunch picnic on the way at Woito village then heading to Key After Market place if Thursday where the aforementioned tribes are meet and shopping their commodities. Over night lodge.
Day5: Jinka- full day in Jinka with excursion to Mursi village living in Mago NP. Back to Jinka for lunch and visit the Ethnological museum and village of Ari people. Over night hotel or lodge.
Day6: Jinka- Turmi- Drive to Turmi village with, a stop at Dimeka where the colorful Saturday market is going on. Here the Hamer, Karo and Dassanech people are come together for buy and selling their goods. Lunch picnic in Dimeka then proceed to Turmi to attend the Bull jumping ceremony if available. Over night hotel.
Day7: Turmi- Full day in Turmi, morning drive to Koricho village to see the Karo people know for body painting and scarification, the Omo river and so on. Back to hotel for lunch then in the afternoon, walk around the villages of the Hamer people, visit their houses and attend the Evangadi dances of young girls and boys. Over night lodge.
Day8: Turmi- full day in Turmi with excursion to Omorate to visit the Dassanech people, who are living on the other side of Omo River. Cross the river using wooden boat meet the Dassenech people in a small village. Then back to Turmi for lunch and colorful market day of the Hamer, Karo and Dassanech people in Turmi if Monday. Over night lodge.
Day9: – Turmi-Konso- Proceed to Konso, on the way stops at the village of Erbore people on which women known for bead decoration. Lunch picnic in Woito village then more drive to Konso. Late in the after noon have some time in Konso village and visit their village with beautiful traditional houses and terrace works. Over night lodge.
Day10: Konso-Yabello- driving to Yabello and join the Borena Oromo people. In the afternoon, visit the singing wells at Dublock, Elsod Crater Lake locally known as Chew bet where the Borena people extract salt in the marshy lake. Over night hotel.
Day11: Yabelo – Langano- drive to Langano via the village of the Guji people then head to Awassa for lunch and more relax in the town and lake Awassa. Late in the after noon, proceed to Langano lakeside resort with wonderful sunset and acacia woodland vegetations. Over night lodge.
Day12: Langano-Addis Ababa- In the morning do some activities around the beach then head to Addis Ababa via Lake Ziway home to different species of water birds including white pelicans, Marabu-storks and so on. Lunch in Debrezeit town, late in the after noon; arrive in Addis Ababa, more sightseeing and shopping. After farewell dinner at traditional restaurants, drop off airport for departure. End of our service.
- Tour code: LETT-26
- Days: 12
- Nights: 11
- Price: 0$
