PROGRAM 61 - NORTH AND SOUTH: (16 days, 15 nights)
1. Arrival Addis Ababa. Afternoon tour the National museum and Entoto mountains with views.
2. Fly Bahirdar, visit Bezait palace and view over Blue Nile falls and lake Tana. Afternoon boat trip on Tana lake to
admire 2-3 monasteries with very interesting construction and paintings, as Ura Kidane Mehret and Mahal
Zeghie Gyorgis.
3. Morning drive to admire the Blue Nile falls, back for lunch. Afternoon drive to Gondar.
4. In Gondar, visit the castles compound, King Fasil’s Bath and Debre Birhan Selassie church (Light of Trinity) with
wonderful murals, Qusuqam church, Queen Mentewab palace and more.
5. Fly Lalibela. Afternoon visit the first group of the rock churches.
6. Morning, mule excursion to Asheton Mariam, with very nice view through villages. Afternoon the second group of the
rock churches.
7. Fly to Addis and lunch there. Drive to Langano Rift Valley Lake. O/N Lodge or other.
8. Continue to Arba Minch admiring Wolayta people, their villages and very nice views. Afternoon ascend Chencha hills
for the Dorze village to see their culture, work of weaving, cultivation of false banana from which they extract
traditional bread (Kotcho), their 18ms high houses and more. Dinner and O/N hotel with spectacular views over
the Chamo lake and Abaya lakes and the Nechisar Park.
9. Morning Nechisar park, for an early morning game drive. Here you can see wild animals i.e. dominated by Zebras,
it’s also possible to see the endemic Swain’s heartbeast, greater and lesser kudus, different gazelles and more.
Afternoon boat trip over lake Chamo and encounter the huge hippo colonies and biggest crocodiles in Africa(as
some says in the world 6-7ms long). Meals and O/N hotel
10. Drive to Jinka, on the way admire Derashe, Konso, Ari, Benna and Tsemay tribes with their respective villages.
Konso are famous for the agricultural work with terracing culture. O/N Jinka local hotel or camp.
11. Drive to Mago national park and excursion at Mursi people villages. O/N Mago national park camping.
12. Cross Karo people region and visit their villages of Kortcho, with also very nice views over Omo river. Drive to Turmi
for dinner and O/N campsite and lodge. (Camp ).
13. Visit Hammer people villages, culture and possibly their dances. If possible we try to show the unique ceremonies
of marriage, with slashing of women, bull jumping, and more. If Mon or Sat visit market of Hamer, Karo and
Dassanech people here or near by Dimeka’s village.
14. Drive to Arbaminch through Erbore people village and afternoon visit Konso people village. Dinner and
O/N hotel Arbaminch.
15. Drive back to Addis Ababa to reach late afternoon.
16. Departure.
