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L’Ethiopie du Nord est une des zones les plus intéressantes du
pays, particulièrement sur les plans historiques et artistiques. Les villes
principales Axoum, Lalibela, Bahir, Dar et Gondar, furent le théâtre
d’antiques et puissantes civilisations, on peut aujourd’hui encore admirer
les inestimables et extraordinaires monuments qui en sont les témoignages.
A Axoum, capitale de l’antique règne axoumite, en plus de ses magnifiques
obélisques sculptés, offre au voyageur les témoignages d’un très haut niveau
de civilisation, les trésors conservés dans l’église Santa Maria de Zion sont
encore utilisés de nos jours durant les plus importantes cérémonies coptes, et
dans une ses chapelles se trouverait, d’après la tradition, l’arche
d’Alliance, apportée de Jérusalem à L’Ethiopie par la reine de Saba.
Le surprenant panorama offert par les montagnes du Simien, paradis des
trekkeurs, la culture religieuse de l’église copte, la mystérieuse atmosphère
qui se dégage des antiques monastères, permettront aux touristes de vivre une
extraordinaire expérience.
a voir :
AXOUM : les palais, les obélisques, les
temples, les forteresses qui rappellent le puissant empire axoumite.
LALIBELA : les onze églises monolithiques, creusées dans la roche il y
a plus de 800 ans, dont la beauté et l’importance architectonique et
artistique en font « la huitième merveille du monde ».
BAHIR DAR : les imposantes chutes du Nil Bleu, le lac Tana, et ses 37
îles qui recèlent d’antiques monastères coptes décorés de splendides
fresques.
GONDAR : les châteaux, mémoires d’une ère impériale, qui semblent
sortir des pages d’un livre de contes de fées, de magnifiques églises
peintes.
MEKELE : pendant des siècles, la ville fut une halte pour les
caravanes de chameaux qui transportaient du sel, provenant de la Dancalia, on
y admire ses églises creusées dans la roche et dont les plafonds et les murs
sont magistralement peints et sculptés et qui abritent encore de nos jours
des trésors de l’église (croix, couronnes, étoffes précieuses, tambours,
manuscrits enluminés d’extraordinaire miniatures).
MONTAGNES DU SIEMEN ET DU TIGRAY : cimes et vallées d’une incroyable
beauté, splendides panoramas sur hautes plaines éthiopiennes, antiques
églises creusées dans la roche et décorées de merveilleuses fresques.
ITINÉRAIRES:
Code LTT 101 HISTORIC ROUTE – 5 DAYS (Only for resident)
Day 01 Fly to Bahir Dar, boat trip on lake Tana to visit the
monasteries, city tour, O/N
Day 02 Fly to Gondar,
city tour, O/N
Day 03 Fly to Axum, city
tour, O/N
Day 04 Fly to Lalibela, visit the first group of churches, O/N
Day 05 Visit the second group of churches, fly to Addis Abeba
Code LTT 102 HISTORIC ROUTE – 8 DAYS
Day 01 Arrival in Addis Ababa, city tour, O/N
Day 02 Fly to Bahir Dar, boat trip on lake Tana to visit the monasteries,
visit Blue Nile falls, city tour, O/N
Day 03 Drive to Gondar, city tour, O/N
Day 04 Fly to Axum, city tour, O/N
Day 05 Fly to Lalibela, visit the first group of churches, O/N
Day 06 Lalibela – visit Asheten Mariam church with mule trekking, visit the
second group of churches, O/N
Day 07 Fly to Addis Ababa, visit the open-air market, traditional dinner with
Ethiopian music, in the night fly back to Italy
Day 08 Arrival in Italy
Code LTT 103 HISTORIC ROUTE – 10 DAYS
Day 01 Arrival in Addis Ababa, city tour, O/N
Day 02 Drive to Bahir Dar, along the way visit the Portuguese bridge and the
Blue Nile river canyon, O/N
Day 03 Bahir Dar – city tour, boat trip on lake Tana to visit the
monasteries, visit the Blue Nile falls, O/N
Day 04 Drive to Gondar, city tour, O/N
Day 05 Drive to Axum, city tour, O/N
Day 06 Drive to Mekele, along the way visit some churches in the Wukro
cluster, O/N
Day 07 Drive to Lalibela, visit the first group of churches,
O/N
Day 08 Lalibela – visit Asheten Mariam church with mule trekking, visit the
second group of churches, O/N
Day 09 Fly to Addis Ababa, visit the open-air market, traditional dinner with
Ethiopian music, in the night fly back to Italy
Day 10 Arrival in Italy
Code LTT 104 HISTORIC ROUTE + SIMIEN PARK – 12 DAYS
Day 01 Arrival in Addis Ababa, city tour, O/N
Day 02 Drive to Bahir Dar, along the way visit the Portuguese bridge and the
Blue Nile river canyon, O/N
Day 03 Bahir Dar – city tour, boat trip on lake Tana to visit the
monasteries, visit the Blue Nile falls, O/N
Day 04 Drive to Gondar, city tour, O/N
Day 05 Drive to Simien
Park, visit of the
park, O/N
Day 06 Trekking day in Simien
Park
Day 07 Drive to Axum, city tour, O/N
Day 08 Drive to Mekele, along the way visit some churches in the Wukro
cluster, O/N
Day 09 Drive to Lalibela, visit the first group of churches,
O/N
Day 10 Lalibela - visit Asheten Mariam church with mule trekking, visit the
second group of churches, O/N
Day 11 Fly to Addis Ababa, visit the open-air market, traditional dinner with
Ethiopian music, in the night fly back to Italy
Day 12 Arrival in Italy
Code LTT 105 HISTORIC ROUTE + TIGRAY CHURCHES – 12 DAYS
Day 01 Arrival in Addis Ababa, city tour, O/N
Day 02 Drive to Bahir Dar, along the way visit the Portuguese bridge and the
Blue Nile river canyon, O/N
Day 03 Bahir Dar – city tour, boat trip on lake Tana to visit the
monasteries, visit the Blue Nile falls, O/N
Day 04 Drive to Gondar, city tour, O/N
Day 05 Drive to Axum, city tour, O/N
Day 06 Drive to Hawzen, along the way visit of Yeha Temple of the Moon, O/N
Day 07 Hawzen - visit Gheralta cluster churches, O/N
Day 08 Drive to Mekele, visit Takatisfi cluster churches, O/N
Day 09 Drive to Lalibela, O/N
Day 10 Lalibela – visit the 11 rock-hewn churches, O/N
Day 11 Fly to Addis Ababa, visit the open-air market, traditional dinner with
Ethiopian music, in the night fly back to Italy
Day 12 Arrival in Italy
Code LTT 106 HISTORIC ROUTE + HARAR AND DIRE DAWA – 13 DAYS
Day 01 Arrival in Addis Ababa, city tour, O/N
Day 02 Fly to Bahir Dar, boat trip on lake Tana to visit the monasteries,
visit Blue Nile falls, city tour, O/N
Day 03 Drive to Gondar, city tour, O/N
Day 04 Fly to Axum, city tour, O/N
Day 05 Fly to Lalibela, visit the first group of churches, O/N
Day 06 Lalibela – visit Asheten Mariam church with mule trekking, visit the
second group of churches, O/N
Day 07 Fly to Addis Ababa, drive to Awash N.P., O/N
Day 08 Awash N.P. – visit Awash River falls and Afar village, proceed to
Harar, O/N
Day 09 Harar – city tour, hyena performance, O/N
Day 10 Drive to Sof Omar Caves, drive back to Harar, O/N
Day 11 Drive to Awash N.P., visit the Palm Hot springs,
proceed to Nazreth, O/N
Day 12 Drive to Addis Ababa, traditional dinner with Ethiopian music, in the
night fly back to Italy
Day 13 Arrival in Italy
Code LTT 107 MONASTERIES, CHURCHES, CASTLES IN NORTHERN ETHIOPIA – 14 DAYS
Day 01 Arrival in Addis Ababa, visit Trinity Cathedral, Saint George and
Entoto Mariam, O/N
Day 02 Drive to Bahir Dar, via Debre Libanos monastery, O/N
Day 03 Boat trip to Gorgora, on the way visit the monasteries: Ura Kidane
Meheret, Beta Mariam, Beta Giorgis, Nerga Selassie, Debre Sina; proceed to
Gondar, O/N
Day 04 Gondar – city tour, O/N
Day 05 Drive to Lalibela, visit Nakutoleab church, O/N
Day 06 Lalibela – visit the 11 rock-hewn churches, O/N
Day 07 Lalibela – visit Yimrahane Christos and Asheten Mariam monasteries,
O/N
Day 08 Drive to Hawzen, O/N
Day 09 Hawzen – visit the churches of the Wukro and Atsbi Clusters, O/N
Day 10 Hawzen – visit Gheralta Cluster churches, O/N
Day 11 Drive to Axum, on the way visit Debre Damo monastery and Yeha Temple
of the Moon, O/N
Day 12 Axum – city Tour, O/N
Day 13 Fly to Addis Ababa,
traditional dinner with Ethiopian music, in the night fly back to Italy
Day 14 Arrival in Italy
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