Jinka, Mursi & Afdera

🗓️ Itinerary

• Day 1 Arrival and Addis Ababa City Tour
  Visit Trinity Cathedral, resting place of Emperor Haile Selassie. Tour the Museum, a great introduction to ethiopian culture and history. Make a short drive to Entoto hills for a view of the city and visit Maryam church. En-route, stop at Sheromeda Traditional cloth market. Visit the mercato or the sholla market, two of addis ababa’s main markets.
  Overnight hotel in Addis Ababa
• Day 2: Fly From Addis To Jinka
  The driver waiting you at the airport then drive to Jinka for lunch after lunche Turmi on the way we stop to sea Dimeka market and Hammar village. The Hammar people who are the beautiful tribe in omo valley the tribe principally pastoralist breeding cattle goat and sheep. They have a similar veneration for cattle as their close neighbors. Who is using clay to make a shape their hairstyles. within two nights in Turmi you have a chance to visit the unique practice of “bull-jumping” every young man must accomplish prior to marriage and to become a man.
  Overnight Hotel
• Day 3: Turmi – Dassanech – Turmi
  In the morning after breakfast we drive to omorate village to visit the Dassanech tribe.You will be led towards a village which is located in a remote area of the omo valley by the bank of omo river noticing the very hot weather in this area you will understand the lifestyle of the Dassenech.The Dassenech have adapted themselves to nature and the different weather conditions at the right time of the year they will go out hunting for crocodiles which are easy to find in this area.After taking enough time with the Dasenech tribe we will reach back to Turmi.
  Overnight Hotel
• Day 4: Turmi – Karo – Jinka
  In the morning after breakfast we will drive to Kara tribe lives from the omo River.They are closely related to Hammer tribe, but do have their own culture and language.They are famous for their body painting . After Kara tribe we will drive back to Turmi for having lunch then we will keep drive to Jinka on the way we stop to visit different villages Benna and the Keyafar market is the best colorful market in omo valley the drive to jinka.
  Overnight Camping
• Day 5: Jinka – jinka – Mursi
  In the morning after breakfast will peak you from the hotel and we will drive mursi Village though Mago national Park. The Mursi women wear circular clay plate on their lower lip as well ear lobes the men are known for the stick fighting bake to jinka.
  Overnight Hotel
• Day 6: Jinka – Addis Abeba
  Morning drive to Ari villages you will visit to the nearby village and museum visit after bake to Addis Abeba

Overnight Hotel
• Day 7: Addis Ababa – Semer – Afdera – Volcano
  On this day, the driver picks you up from Semera airport, then drives to Danakil depression. We start an early drive to lake Afdera(a salt lake that is located in the heart of Danakil Depressions. You will see the natural hot springs, and swimming is also possible if you are interested. We will take you to Dodom (at the base of Erta Ale). Leave after lunch, possibly at 13:30. We pass several small hamlets scatteredinthe desert. Dodom is about 9.5km from Ertaale and takes about an hour of trekking. We will have an early dinner, around 17:00. Using the Camel’s back; we transport all the camping materials like food, a sleeping mattress and a mat to the volcano’s rim, where we spend the night watching the dramatic action of the boiling lava. Danak il Depression (dallol and Erta Ale) ranks as one of Ethiopia’s most alluring and physically challenging natural attractions. It is a shield volcano with a base diameter of 30 km by a km square caldera at its summit. Ertaale contains the world’s only permanent lava lake. Ertaale is 613 meters, with a lava lake, one of only five in the world, at the summit. It is notable for being the longest existing lava lake, present since the early years of the twentieth century.
  Overnight Camping
• Day 8: ErtaAle – HamadEla – Dallol
  This day after an early breakfast, we will drive to HamadEla. You will see lots of camel caravans, and you will have the sunset look from the very shallow salt lake Assale. Morning tour Drive to Ragad (Asebo), the place where the localities are mining salt; 1,200 km2 (460 sq mi), the Afar Depression is covered by salt, and you will look at the activity of breaking the salt from the ground, local people are cutting into rectangular pieces and loading on camels. You drive ahead to Dallol and visit the different landscapes formed by volcanic activity; Dallol + Lake Assale + salt canon, camel caravans, follow up camel caravans, follow up camel caravans and drives to HamadEla.
  Overnight Camping
• Day 9: HamadEla – Semera – Addis Ababa – Departure/strong>
  On this day, you may have another chance to see the beauty of sunrise, and then after breakfast, we will drive to the town of Semera and fly to Addis Ababa.