Omo Valley Cultural Tours 7 Days From Addis Ababa

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Addis Ababa
1 stop
1
Mercato Market
You will be met upon arrival and transferred to your hotel. Refresh and begin your sightseeing of Addis with a drive up to mount Entoto for a panoramic view of Addis. Descend down and drive to National museum where you will have a chance to spot the oldest hominids of ‘Lucy’ fossil. Visit and proceed to the Holy Trinity built during the WWII. Then proceed to Ethnographic museum, which use to be the palace of Emperor Hailesellase. To wrap up you drive to merkato, the biggest market in East Africa.
6 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Drive Addis Ababa to Hawassa
1 stop
2
Awasa
After breakfast we will drive to Hawassa. On the way you have a chance to visit Abijatta-Shalla National Park It contains 887 square kilometers including Abijatta and Shalla two alkaline lakes. The habitat of Abijatta-Shalla National Park contains open grasslands, dry savannas, arid shrub lands and that were dominated by Acacia trees, which include umbrella thorn acacias, red acacias and gum acacias. You will see Grant’s gazelles, Common Warthogs, the park is also home to 300 species of birds that are listed as endemics, residents, and migratory. Common Ostriches and Somali Ostriches are mostly common for their breeding.
8 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Drive Hawassa to Arba Minch
1 stop
3
Arba Minch
After breakfast you will visit Hawassa Lake, 16 km long and 9 km wide, with a surface area of 129 square kilometers. It has a maximum depth of 10 meters and is located at an elevation of 1,708 meters. The local Fish Market and different kinds of bird watching at Amora Gedele After lunch you will drive to Dorze people who are expert in weaving called Shammas Weaving are a primary profession for a number of Dorze people. The shape of their house looks Elephant, in order to remember the existence of these animals around the area many years ago. They are known for their traditional weaving of huts made out of local bamboo. Enset “fake banana” is the stable food for these peoples.
6 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 4
Drive Arba Minch - Konso - Turmi
1 stop
4
Konso
you will take a boat cruise on Lake Chamo, the third biggest Lake in Ethiopia you will have a boat trip to see the crocodiles, hippos & aquatic bird species. The northern shores of Lake Chamo are famous for its large crocodiles, which can be seen in numbers lounging in the heat. The lake is about 32km long and provides a lush wetland habitat for many species of flora and fauna. Visit and proceed to Konso village, one of the UNESCO site in Ethiopia know by their terracing in order to protect against soil erosion from the sporadic and often heavy rainfall in the region. The villages are encircled by one to six concentric rings of stone walls, mainly consisting of basalt boulders. The age of each town is classified by a generation pole and each family lives in compounds that are accessible only through gateways that require the visitor to enter on all fours thereby rendering any potential attackers vulnerable. One of the best types of coffee for the country is also from this village.
7 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Drive Turmi -Kangaten (Nyangatom tribe) — Karo tribe - Turmi
1 stop
5
Turmi
After breakfast visit Kangaten (Nyangatom tribe) Karo people and Hammer people, distinguished by the fact that their women wear leather skirts decorated with shells, wear several copper bracelets on their hands and heavy iron necklaces around their necks, symbolizing their social status, and their hair is colored with ocher and animal fat. Men, in case of victory over the enemy or a dangerous beast, fix the hairstyle with clay and decorate with ostrich feathers. This hairstyle is carefully guarded the Hamar sleep with a special borkotos chair under their neck. they are also known for their unique custom of "bull jumping," which initiates a boy into manhood, practice of body adornment and wearing a multitude of colorful beads.
6 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 6
Drive Turmi - Omorate - Turmi - Jinka
1 stop
6
Omorate
After breakfast you will drive to Omorate crosses the Omo River to visit the Dassanech tribe later drive to Jinka to visit Ari Tribes.
6 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 7
Drive Jinka - Mago Park - Jinka and fly to Addis Ababa
1 stop
7
Jinka
Mursi village, the Mursi women, like their Surma cousins, live on the other bank of the Omo River, are famous for their large round (and not only) lip plates worn by women. There are several theories of the wearing of lip plates: disfiguring to prevent enslavement by Arabs in antiquity; protection against the penetration of evil spirits into the body through the mouth; determination of social status, showing the amount of cattle that the groom must pay as a dowry for the bride owning the plate. Mursi are unsurpassed masters of scarification. The scars on their bodies symbolize social status and past merits. The scars are created by using a razor blade and camel thorn. To achieve a bulge, an ash or a fly larva is planted in the wound, which, among other things, eliminates all possible infections. later drive to Jinka airport for your flight back to Addis Ababa End of Service
6 hours • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Service animals allowed
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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