COUNTRIES VISITED: ETHIOPIA
DAY 1/2 Addis Ababa to Arba Minch
It’s an early start as we leave Addis Ababa and begin the adventure in the Omo Valley in 4x4 vehicles. We pass by the Rift Valley lakes before arriving into Arba Minch. The next morning we take a relaxing boat trip on Lake Chamo, populated by a substantial number of crocodiles and hippos. Later in the afternoon we visit the Nechisar NP.
DAY 3 Arba Minch to Turmi and Omorate
The road continues through savannah, running along the “Mountains of Men”, the road then rises up the Karkerte Mountains until it reaches the soft, terraced hills of Konso where we visit a village. Nothing in Ethiopia or Africa prepares you for South Omo. This area is filled with extraordinary cultural intensity. Here we’ll encounter the Galeb people.
DAY 4 TURMI to OMORATE to TURMI
Today the tour drives through the savannah along tracks that are barely visible, passing through a vast meadowland with
shrubs and umbel lifers ("umbrella" acacia trees). As we pass over the Omo River nothing in Ethiopia or modern Africa prepares
you for South Omo. This area is filled with extraordinary cultural integrity, where the people weren’t even aware that such a
thing as Ethiopia existed until 50yrs ago. Omorate lies on the eastern bank of the Omo River and is almost totally isolated from
the rest of Ethiopia.
The main attraction is the Dasanech Villages on the out skirts of the town. The Dasanech are also known as Galeb or Reshiat
they were forced out of there homeland in a region called Nyupe, to the west of Turkana, by the expansionist wars of Turkana
in the 18th century. They now cover a large territory of the western banks of the Omo all the way south to Lake Turkana. Here
we’ll encounter the Galeb people in the countryside, and go into the villages, after which we head back to Omorate to look at
the local wild life on the banks of the river. The tour then returns to Turmi for the evening to rest before tomorrow’s adventure.
DAY 5 Turmi to Mago National Park
Today the tour continues up to Murulle, where we visit the Karo tribes of Kolcho and Dus. We continue to Mago NP and there is some rough road before we arrive at camp. Tonight we sleep in tents.
DAY 6/7 Mago NP to Arba Minch and Awassa
We will have a very brief stopover in Jinka and then continue towards Key Afer, here we will visit the Ari and Bana tribes and you can have lunch in one of the local hotels or restaurants. All kinds of fruit and goods are sold along the roadside. On the way to Awassa we stop off in Chencha to visit a Dorze village. The Dorze people are renowned cotton weavers, and their tall beehiveshaped huts are the most distinctive in Africa.
DAY 8/9 Awassa to Dinsho
The tour now heads out east towards Dinsho, the route taken passes through immense fields of wheat, barley and high-altitude meadows. Dinsho is the gateway to the Bale Mountains NP. The park encompasses Mt Tullo Deemtu, the second highest peak in Ethiopia.
Day 10 Dinsho to Addis Ababa
The tour heads back up north for the drive to Addis Ababa and end of the service!












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