Dates |
Activities |
Drive Distance |
Drive Length |
Activities level |
Day 01 |
⇒ Arrive in Addis Ababa meet and greet, get assisted for transfer. Hotel |
Less than 10km to HTL |
Variable |
Very simple |
Day 02 |
⇒ City tour of Addis Ababa ⇒ Briefing about the tour. Hotel |
Variable |
Variable |
Very simple |
Day 03 |
⇒ Drive to Arbaminch via Hosaena ⇒ Tiya stelae field UNESCO world heritage site ⇒ Adadi Mariam, the only southerly rock hewn church ⇒ Gurage and Oromo people and their villages. Hotel |
432km the longest in the route |
8:00 am to 6:00pm with the activities |
Busy day with long drive and activities, Sandal shoes is good for the drive and sightseeing |
Day 04 |
⇒ Full day in Arbaminch ⇒ Nech Sar National Park game drive ⇒ Boat trip on Lake Chamo, birding and spotting hippos and crocs. Hotel |
70 –80 km round trip to the park. 12 km to the lake in the afternoon |
8:00am to 12:30pm for the park.
30 minuets to Lake Chamo
|
Tough driving to the Park with moderate walking. walking shoes is preferable |
Day 05 |
⇒ Drive to Jinka ⇒ Tsemay, Bana and Ari people and their villages ⇒ Markets if this day coincides with market days. Hotel |
245km |
6hours |
Tough driving with simple walk, Sandal shoes is good for the drive and sightseeing |
Day 06 |
⇒ Drive to Mago National Park
⇒ Mursi Tribe, their women are famous for Lip plates and men for ritual fighting with stick
⇒ Game drive. Camping |
60 – 80 km |
4 hours |
Tough driving with simple walk. High temperature and humidity. Sandal shoes is OK |
Day 07 |
⇒ Drive to Turmi, principal town of the Hamer ⇒ On the way Moguji and Karo People. camping |
120km |
5 hours |
Tough drive through the bush, warmer route sandal shoes is ok |
Day 08 |
⇒ Full day in Turmi
⇒ Excursion to Omorate for the Dasenech tribe
⇒ Turmi market (Thursday)
⇒ Boating on the Omo River
⇒ Hamer tribe and their villages
⇒ Tribal dance or Bull Jumping rite, occasional and optional. Camping |
70km to Omorate
38 km to Dimeka market
|
2 hours to Omorate and 1 hour to Dimeka market |
Moderate walking within the market and to the villages. Walking shoes required |
Day 09 |
⇒ Drive to Yabello via Konso
⇒ Visiting on the way Erbore and Konso tribes. Hotel |
295km |
6 hours drive |
Moderate, walking shoes is better |
Day 10 |
⇒ Singing Well, age old technique of watering cattle by the Borena tribe
⇒ Afterwards drive to Aregash Eco Lodge at Yirgalem. Hotel |
256 – 305 km |
5 - 6 hours drive |
Simple, sandal shoes is Ok |
Day 11 |
⇒ Drive to Bale via Awassa
⇒ Stop for fish Market at Awassa and for birding
⇒ continue to Bale
⇒ Dinsho, head quarter Bale Mountains National Park
⇒ Walk in the forest and watch endemic mammals and birds from close distance. Hotel |
269km |
6 to 7 hours. Rough gravel road |
Moderate drive with no lengthy walk. Walking shoes is required. |
Day 12 |
⇒ Drive to Sanetti Plateau, alpine moorland
⇒ Game drive, specially endemic and rarest species of Ethiopian Wolf and many endemic birds and plants.
⇒ Hiking in the park. Hotel |
70 – 120 km round drive |
3 – 5 hours |
Tough driving within the park. The Walk is based on interest from simple to more physical type hiking |
Day 13 |
⇒ Drive to Sof Omer cave, one of the most spectacular and extensive underground caverns in the world.
⇒ Drive to Lake Langano for overnight stop. Hotel |
343 km |
7 hours |
Tough driving to the cave. The Walk in the cave is based on interest from moderate to more adventurous hiking. |
Day 14 |
⇒ Walk around the lake and in the nearby forest
⇒ Abyata-Shalla National park
⇒Afterwards drive back to Addis Ababa
⇒ Retire the remaining day
⇒ Moreover in the evening Ethiopian traditional night with tribal dance and music show. Hotel |
240km |
5 hours |
Simple, sandal shoes is ok |