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During this 5-day exploration of Ethiopia, you'll discover ancient history, endless landscapes, artistic riches, and delicious cuisine. Starting in Addis Ababa, you'll meet 'Lucy', one of the oldest human skeletons found on earth. Traveling further afield, explore the incredible churches at Lalibela and Gondar and you will visit lake tana the soures of blue nile . Visit Simien Mountains National Park, with some of the highest peaks in Africa. You'll soon understand why Ethiopia is nicknamed the 'Land of Origins'.
What's Included
Lunch
Dinner
Breakfast
Meeting and pickup
You can head directly to your preferred meeting point, or request pickup. Pickup points Select a pickup point Pickup details We can pick up our guests at the Airport, apartment, and any other places travelers want to be picked up... OR tThis activity ends back at the meeting point
You can head directly to your preferred meeting point, or request pickup. Pickup points Select a pickup point Pickup details We can pick up our guests at the Airport, apartment, and any other places travelers want to be picked up... OR this activity ends back at the meeting point
Itinerary
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1Addis Ababa Museum
It depends on your arrival time in Addis after you checked your hotel. You will be picked up at your hotel or preferred place you start your to at national museum, will see the National Museum, which is said to be one of the most important museums in whole Sub-Saharian Africa. 3,2 million-years old bones of our grand grand .... ancestor - Lucy, are one of the most famous exhibits of their collection. The attention of visitors is drawn by a rich collection of insignia of emperor and churches, costumes, and weapons. The oldest exhibits are rock sculptures and inscriptions from the times of Queen Saba, found near Aksum and in today's Eritrea.
2 hours • Admission ticket included -
2Ethnological Museum
After you visited national museum you will walk to The ethnographic museum, which is a next stop on our trip in Addis Abeba, is in the University. It was found and managed by Polish scientists, professor Stanisław Chojnacki. The most interesting part of the exhibition is a collection of crosses and icons. The museum should be visited by amateurs of folklore instruments, since the collection of them gathered in the museum is impressive. it will take you an hour then continue to Mount Entoto mariam where you will see Minillik 2 palace.
1 hour • Admission ticket included -
3Entoto Maryam Church
After lunch, we will climb the Entoto hill located 3200 m above the sea. There is now a new park with an observation deck offering panoramic views of Addis Ababa. Here located was the capital city of Ethiopia, before Menelik II moved it to Addis Abeba. The king's palace remained until today. The local museum exhibits crowns belonging to kings and church, costumes, and insignia. to visit this site it will take you an hour.
1 hour • Admission ticket included -
4Mercato Market
The final attraction of the day in Addis Abeba will be a trip through Merkato, which is believed to be the biggest marketplace in Africa. And the most colorful market in Africa . it depends on your interest you can stay longer if you like to stay more ,mostly it takes around an hour. then will take you one of a nice traditional restaurants where you will see traditional dancing and music with transitional instruments
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
5Lake Tana
This day you will wake up 6:00 am travel to the airport and take a short flight to Bahir Dar, the flight departure at am and arrives 8:30 am you will be picked up at Bahir Dra airport at 8:30 am from airport to the city it is only 10 minutes drive and after you checkin your hotel you will be picked up at 9:30 am then take your for a boat trip to see monastery lakes. There are 37 islands on Lake Tana, and 30 of them have churches and monasteries of considerable historical and cultural interest. You will Visit the monastery churches of the outlet of Blue Nile, Ura Kidane Mihiret and Azwa Mariam. Ura Kidane Mihiret is the best known of the monasteries and has an important collection of religious icons from the 16th to 18th centuries. Azwa Mariam is known for its paintings, and there will be time to visit the small museum. you will be in Bahir Dar around 1:00 pm and after lunch around 2:00 pm you will drive to Blue Nile falls
4 hours • Admission ticket included -
6Blue Nile Falls
After lunch at 2:00 pm you will drive to Blue Nile falls for 1 hour to reach there, Blue Nile falls , which is known locally as Tissisat (smoking water). The water plunges for 148 feet (45 m.), giving rise to steam clouds and rainbows. Climb down to the base of the falls for an up-close look, and then ascend the other side. The round-trip walk will take about one hour. Then, cross the Blue Nile by boat. around 5:00 pm you will drive back to Bahir Dar ,you will be at Bahir Dar around 6:30 pm and at 7:00 pm you will go for dinner.
4 hours • Admission ticket included -
7Fasil Ghebbi
This day you will wake up at 6 :30am and after breakfast at 7:30 am you will drive from Bahir Dar to Gondar, it takes 2 and half hours. you will reach Gondar around 12:30 pm then after rest sometime you will be picked up at 2pm to see royal fasil castle, Debre Brehane selassie churches and swimming pool etc.. You will finish your tour around 6:30 pm then after dinner will be drop at your hotel.
9 hours • Admission ticket included -
8Simien Mountains National Park
After breakfast at 7:30 am you will be picked up and drive for about 2 hours through to the Simien Mountains National Park, a UNESCO-listed area. Ethiopia’s scenic centerpiece is a mountainous central plateau that covers half of its surface area, and supports the vast majority of its population. It's the most extensive contiguous block of fertile land on the eastern side of Africa. The elevated plateau stands almost entirely at altitudes above 6500 feet (2000 m.), and includes dozens of peaks above 13,000 feet (4000 m.), including Ras Dashen, the fifth-highest mountain in Africa at 14,905 feet (4543 m.) The road to the mountains crosses areas of wild beauty, drawing close to the Simien Massif (in Amharic, Simien means north). You will almost certainly encounter troops of the endemic gelada baboons. This animal is often referred to as the bleeding heart baboon, or the lion monkey, because its coat is shaggy and resembles a lion. You will return to Gondar around 5:30m-6pm over Gondar
9 hours • Admission ticket included -
9Lalibela
At 9:am you will be transfer to Gondar airport to catch your flight to Lalibela and you will be picked up at Lalibela airport at 1:30 then directly will take you to Lalibela rock hewn churches that will take you around 5 hours to see then around 7pm will take you good restaurants . the end of the trip
6 hours • Admission ticket free
AddiS Ababa-
Fly Addis Ababa-Bahir Dar
Bahir Dar-Gondar
Gondar-Simien Mountains National Park
Fly Gondar-Lalibela
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- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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