Day 01
Well coming to you from Addis Ababa, from Bole airport directly got to your hotel.
Day 02: Drive Addis Ababa – Langano
This morning you will drive to Lanagano. En route visit Lake Ziway the largest of the upper Rift Valley lakes with an area of 400 sq. km. Its shores are lined with reeds and water lilies, sheltering a variety of water birds. Proceed towards the Lake Langano. The lake is a place to enjoy water activities. Though its mineral content gives it a brown color, the water is actually clean and pleasant for swimming.
Day 03: Drive Langano – Chencha Village – Arba Minch
After having your breakfast you will drive to Arba Minch visiting en route the mountain village of Chencha, home of the Dorze people. They are renowned for their cotton weaving, called Shammas, and their distinctive house- towering beehive-shaped structures made from woven thatch.
Day 04: Drive Arba Minch – Konso – Jinka
Leaving Arba Minch, drive southwards to Jinka. En route visit one of the Konso villages. The Konso people live in a land of low terraced hills. They are reputed to be one of the hard-working groups in the country. Their elaborately terraced hillside grows some of the county’s best coffee. They have an articulate tradition and erect peculiar totems on the grave of their deceased. You will experience interesting cultural encounters meeting with different tribes along the way. These tribes include the Ari, Benna, and Tsemay.
Day 05: Excursion to Mago National Park
Take a day excursion to Mago National Park to visit the Mursi village. The Mursi are one of the most original ethnic groups. They live in very low huts made of straw leaves. The women like to wear terra cotta on their enormously stretched lower lips and ear lobes. The men are famous for their hairstyle. Drive back to Jinka.
Day 06: Drive Jinka – Turmi
Leaving Jinka you will drive to Hamer via Key Afer to Turmi where the Hamer people, one of the most beautiful and dignified people in the Omo basin, live. The women wear elegant leather skirts festooned with tiny pearls. Elaborate hairstyles are another form of personal adornment with the Hamer. Attain the colorful market of Key Afer, where you will have a chance to see the different ethnic groups of Ari, Benna, Tsemay, and Hamer.
Day 07: Excursion to Omorate
This day you will take an excursion to Omorate where you will have a cultural experience with the Geleb/ Dassenech people inhabitants of the lower Omo River Valley. Visit and drive back to Turmi.
Day 08: Drive Turmi – Arba Minch
After an early breakfast drive to Arba Minich. En route visit the surrounding people of Omo Valley.
Day 09: Drive Arba Minich – Addis
This day you will drive to Addis.
Day 10: Departure
As per your flight schedule, you will be transferred to the Bole international airport for your departure.
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