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Yama Ethiopia Tours is always ready to plan and escort your trip to such diverse tourist attraction sites that will be visited within a nine-day trip from Addis Ababa to the Northern Historic Route of Ethiopia with the Danakil Depression. Explore Addis Ababa's museums, Bahir Dar's Lake Tana and Blue Nile Falls, Gondar's royal castles, the wildlife of the Simien Mountains, Lalibela's awe-inspiring rock-hewn churches, and the otherworldly landscapes of Dallol and the Erta Ale volcano.
Itinerary
| Day | Day Activities | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| Day 01 | Arrival in Addis Ababa & Sightseeing Upon arrival at Bole International Airport, you will be met by your Yama Ethiopia Tours representative and transferred to your hotel. Depending on your arrival time, enjoy a city tour of Addis Ababa, including the National Museum (home of the famous 'Lucy' fossil), St. George Cathedral, the Ethnological Museum, and Entoto Hill for a panoramic view of the city. | Ramada Addis / Best Western Hotel — Bed |
| Day 02 | Fly to Bahir Dar & Sightseeing (Lake Tana & Blue Nile Falls) Catch a morning flight to Bahir Dar and transfer to your reserved lodge/hotel. After check-in and breakfast, take a boat cruise on the beautiful highland Lake Tana and visit a thatched-roof monastery known for its distinctive colorful frescoes of religious scenes and old manuscripts. After a lunch break, take a scenic drive to the little town of Tis Abay to visit the famous Blue Nile Falls, then drive back to Bahir Dar for the night. | Avanti Blue Nile Resort / Lake Avenue Hotel — Bed & Breakfast |
| Day 03 | Drive to Gondar & Sightseeing Head to the legendary city and World Heritage Site of Gondar, known as the 'Camelot of Africa' and the 17th- and 18th-century capital city of Ethiopia. Visit the Royal Enclosure, surrounded by high stone walls (UNESCO World Heritage Site), and Debre Berhan Selassie Church — meaning 'Trinity at the Mount of Light' — with its rectangular structure, ceilings decorated with winged angels, walls depicting biblical scenes, and the Bathing Pool of King Fasilides, now used as a baptism site during Ethiopian Epiphany. | Goha Hotel / Haile Resort — Bed & Breakfast |
| Day 04 | Day Trip to Simien Mountains National Park Drive to the jagged panorama of the Simien Mountains National Park, famed for its exclusive landscape, afro-alpine vegetation, and unique wildlife, including the endemic Wallia Ibex, Gelada Baboon troops, Bushbuck, and Klipspringer. Enjoy the dramatic scenery and birdlife such as the Chestnut-naped Francolin, Mountain Thrush, Thick-billed Raven, Lammergeyer, White-collared Pigeon, and Ankober Serin. | Goha Hotel / Haile Resort — Bed & Breakfast |
| Day 05 | Fly to Lalibela & Visit the Rock-Hewn Churches Transfer to the airport in the morning and fly to Lalibela, then transfer to the hotel for an excursion to the first group of the magnificent rock-hewn churches, carved from living volcanic tuff and registered by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Highlights include Bete Medhane Alem (House of the Redeemer), the largest with 5 aisles, 72 pillars, and a vaulted dome, and Bete Maryam (House of St. Mary), the most decorated of the churches. | Maribela Hotel / Mountain View Hotel — Bed & Breakfast |
| Day 06 | Fly to Semera via Addis Ababa In the morning, visit the second group of the rock-hewn churches: Bete Emanuel, architecturally the finest, and Bete Giorgis, considered the finest of all Lalibela's churches for its extraordinary carved perfection. In the afternoon, transfer to the airport and fly to Semera via Addis Ababa, arriving in the late afternoon to prepare for the following day's desert safari. | Kuriftu Resort / Yangudi Hotel — Bed & Breakfast |
| Day 07 | Drive Semera to Hamedela Meet with the crew in the morning to start the Danakil expedition — a supporting vehicle with cook, scout, and militia is required to enter this area. Drive to the bottom of Hamedela with a picnic lunch en route at Afdera, or stop at a local restaurant for local food. Continue to the Hamedela campsite, then on to Dallol, the lowest area of the Depression at below 116 meters below sea level, to enjoy the sunset over the salty lakes before returning to Hamedela for the night. | Camping — Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner |
| Day 08 | Drive to Erta Ale via Dallol After an early breakfast, drive back to Dallol to see salt miners breaking brick salt and loading it onto camels, along with the colorful sulphur formations of the daytime landscape and, if fortunate, the long camel caravans distributing salt to the city. Continue to the Erta Ale area, where trekking begins in the evening to avoid the heat — camels transport camping materials, food, and water to the rim of this permanent lava lake volcano, spanning a 30 km base and a 1 km square caldera, for an overnight stay. | Camping — Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner |
| Day 09 | Drive Back to Semera via Afdera & Fly Back to Addis After breakfast at the Erta Ale campsite, drive back to Semera via Afdera, with the option of an unforgettable swim at Lake Afdera along the way, plus a picnic lunch at a local restaurant. Fly back to Addis Ababa in the late afternoon, then attend an evening farewell dinner at a traditional restaurant with folkloric dance before transferring to the airport for your international departure. | Departure — Breakfast, Lunch & Farewell Dinner |