YAMA ETHIOPIA TOURS

Addis Ababa

Arrival Addis Ababa and meet the Yama Ethiopia Tours representative. Then transfer your hotel. Depending on your arrival time make sightseeing in Addis Ababa.

Bahirdar

Take morning flight to Bahir Dar. After short break leave out the hotel for boat trip on Lake Tana to visit isolated monasteries. There is good birding in the lush forest surrounding much of the lake. Then drive to the thundering Blue Nile Falls. Along the walk to the falls, birding is excellent.

Gonder

In the morning drive to Gondar. Then city tour of Gondar including a visit to the Royal Compound, where enchanting 17th century castles stand. Also, visit Debre Berhan Selassie Church meaning Trinity at the Mount of Light.

Gonder - Simien Mountains

Morning after breakfast drive to the jagged panorama of the Simien Mountains National Park, famed for its exclusive landscape, afro-alpine vegetation and unique wildlife, where you may spot the endemic Wallia Ibex, Gelada Baboon troops, Bushbuck, Klipspringer. Then drive back to Gonder.

Gonder - Axum

Morning after breakfast transfer to airport to Axum. Explores the city of Axum to Visit the interesting museum in stelae field, the impressive Stelae Fields and also the grounds of the 16th-century Cathedral of St. Mary of Zion, home of the original Ark of the Covenant.

Lalibela

After breakfast transfer to the airport for your flight to Lalibela, famous for its rock-hewn churches dating back 800 years. This is the most important stop on the historical route and from the air the 11 churches, carved into the rugged mountainside, present an awesome spectacle. Afternoon excursion to the most spectacular churches.

More Excursions in Lalibela

Continue excursion to Yemerhane Kirstos cave church outside of Lalibela through beautiful mountainous land scape of last region. after noon visit the second group of the rock-hewn churches; Bete Emanuel (house of Emanuel) is architecturally the finest. Bete Giorgis (the house of George) is the finest of all the churches in Lalibela for which reason art historians conclude that this church is carved at the end of the cluster, after the masons have developed their skill to carve the church in such extraordinary perfection.

Addis Ababa- Hawassa

Morning after breakfast transfer to airport for flight back to Addis and transfer to Awassa to the rift valley lakes region.

Arbaminch - Dorze

After breakfast visit Awassa Fish market and drive to Arbaminch through Chencha village to visit Dorze people.

Arbaminch - Jinka

Morning after breakfast make boat trip on Lake Chamo to see the largest crocodiles in Africa which measure up to 7 Mts. Then drive to Jinka.

Jinka - Turmi

Early morning excursion to the Mursi tribes village which are well known Omo peoples. Then proceed driving to Turmi.

Omorate

Excursion to Omorate to visit the Dasenach tribes across the Omo river by wooden local boat then come back to Turmi in the afternoon to visit the nearby hammer tribe village, also possibility to see special occasion ceremonies like wedding and ritual.

Konso - Arbaminch

In the morning after breakfast drive to Arba Minch on the way visit Konso tribe village.

Konso - Tiya - Addis Ababa

After breakfast drive back to Addis and on the way visit Tiya and Melka kunture archeological site. Evening fare well dinner and transfer to airport for fly back home.

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