Lake Tana Tour - Places & Itineraries Ethiopia

EXSTENSIONS - ETHIOPIA AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES

Although Ethiopia has natural and historical wonders enough to offer visitors with completely different and equally marvelous tour packages year after year, its neighboring countries also abound in beautiful sites. For travelers who are interested in expanding their horizons beyond the Ethiopian boarders and personally formulating an extended tour that combines their visit with either Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti, or even Yemen, there are any number of a variety of possible travel solutions. Ethiopian Airways offers an “extended ticket” which provides, with the additional of a nominal sum to the standard airfare rate, the possibility to make a stop over of any duration in any one of the above mentioned countries.

ETHIOPIA-KENYA

BY CAR

Code LTT 801 OMO RIVER + KENYA (21DAYS)

Day01 Arrival in Addis Ababa, city tour, overnight Ghion Hotel
Day02 Drive to Abjiata-Shalla National Park and Langano lake, overnight hotel
Day03 Drive to Arba Minch via Chencha and Dorze Village, overnight Swaynes’ hotel.
Day04 Arba Minch visit Nechisar National Park and boat excursion on Lake Chamo overnight Swaynes’ hotel.
Day05 Drive to Jinka, visit Tsemay, Ari and Benna people, overnight camping.
Day06 Drive to Mago National Park and visit Mursi villages, overnight camping.
Day07 Drive to Hanna Mursi and Omo Mursi villages, and reach Mago National Park Headquarter to camp
Day08 Drive to Murulle, visit Karo and Dus villages, overnight camping.
Day09 Drive to Omorate (Lake Turkana), overnight camping.
Day10 Drive to Turmi, visit Hamer tribes, overnight camping
Day11 Drive to Dimeka, visit Hamer market, overnight camping.
Day12 Drive to Konso, via Arbore and Weyto villages, overnight camping.
Day13 Konso visit Gesergio village and Konso market, overnight camping.
Day14 Drive to Yabello, visit in El Sod the “singing wells”, overnight hotel.
Day15 Drive to Moyale at the border between Ethiopia and Kenya) overnight camping.
Day16 Drive to Mersabit, National Park, overnight camping.
Day17 Drive to Samburu,National Park, overnight lodge.
Day18 Game Drive in Samburu,National Park, overnight lodge.
Day19 Drive to Mount Kenya, overnight lodge.
Day20 Drive to Nairobi, city tour, overnight hotel.
Day21 Departure.

ETHIOPIA-YEMEN

BY AIR AND CAR

Code LTT 802 HISTORIC ROUTE + YEMEN (16 DAYS)

Day01 Arrival in Addis Ababa, city tour, overnight Ghion hotel.
Day02 Drive to Dejen, along the way visit Debre Libanos monastery, the Portuguese bridge and the Blue Nile River, overnight Alem hotel.
Day03 Drive to Bahir Dar, city tour, overnight Tana hotel.
Day04 Bahir Dar, excursion on Lake Tana visiting the monasteries then Blue Nile Falls, overnight Tana hotel.
Day05 Drive to Gondar, city tour, overnight Goha hotel.
Day06 Drive to Axum, overnight Yeha hotel.
Day07 Full day visit Axum, overnight Yeha hotel.
Day08 Drive to Mekele, on the way visit some churches in the Wukro cluster, overnight Hilltop hotel.
Day09 Drive to Lalibela, on the way visit some other rock.hewn churches, overnight Roha hotel.
Day10 Full day visit Lalibela the 11 monolithic churches, overnight Roha hotel.
Day11 Flight Lalibela-Addis Ababa, overnight Ghion hotel.
Day12 Flight Addis Ababa-Sana’a, overnight hotel
Day13 Excursion to Wadi Dhahar, Thula, Shibam, Kawkaban, Zakati, Bukur, overnight hotel.
Day14 Excursion to Manaka, Al Hajarah, Husn Al Haimi, Juma, Bait Al Amir, overnight hotel.
Day15 Sana’a sightseeing, visit market and the old city of Sana’a, overnight hotel.
Day16 Departure.

ETHIOPIA-SUDAN

BY CAR

Code LTT 803 HISTORIC ROUTE + SUDAN (21 DAYS)

Day01 Arrival in Addis Ababa, city tour, overnight Ghion hotel.
Day02 Drive to Dejen, along the way visit Debre Libanos monastery, the Portuguese bridge and the Blue Nile River, overnight Alem hotel.
Day03 Drive to Bahir Dar, city tour, overnight Tana hotel.
Day04 Bahir Dar, excursion on Lake Tana visiting the monasteries, then Blue Nile Falls, overnight Tana hotel.
Day05 Drive to Lalibela, overnight Roha hotel.
Day06 Full day Lalibela, visit the 11 monolithic churches. overnight Roha hotel.
Day07 Drive to Mekele. overnight Hilltop hotel.
Day08 Drive to Axum, on the way visit Wukro Cherkos and Yeha Temple of the Moon, overnight Yeha hotel.
Day09 Full day visit Axum, overnight Yeha hotel.
Day10 Drive to Gondar, overnight Goha hotel.
Day11 Full day visit Gondar, overnight Goha hotel.
Day12 Drive to Metema, cross Sudanese border and proceed to Gedarf, overnight hotel.
Day13 Drive to Kartoum, overnight hotel.
Day14 Drive to Karima, overnight hotel.
Day15 Visit the Necropolis of El Kurru and Jebel Barkal, overnight hotel.
Day16 Excursion to Nubian Desert and the Fourth Cataract, overnight hotel.
Day17 Drive to Meroe, overnight camping.
Day18 Meroe. Visit the Necropolis and the Royal City of Meroe, overnight camping.
Day19 Excursion to Naga and Musawarat temple, overnight camping.
Day20 Drive to Kartoum, overnight hotel.
Day21 Departure.