12 Days – Afar Danakil Depression

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All about the 12 Days – Afar Danakil Depression.

These are just three words which spring do mind when thinking about Afar Danakil Depression Tours, Dallol the hottest and most inhospitable places on Earth & a surreal multi-hued field of sulfurous hot springs, Erta Ale the most active volcano with a base diameter of 30 km, and a 1 km square caldera at its summit and the salt caravan trail of Berahale.

Departure & Return

Departure Point

Traveler pickup is offered
we pick up from any hotel in Addis Ababa

Airports

Bole Airport, Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Departure Time

6:30 AM

The tour package inclusions and exclusions at a glance

What is included in this tour?Items that are included in the cost of tour price.

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All breakfasts, lunches and dinners & dining
All accommodation including tea houses en route
All transportation including taxis and coaches
Flights from Heathrow if booked inc. of flight
Tour and trekking guide for entire journey

What is not included in this tour?Items that are not included in the cost of tour price.

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Travel insurance and other emergencies
Visa fees and entry clearing fees
Single room accommodations
Liquors, beeers and bootled beverages
Photography ccessories like cameras etc.

Day 1 Arrival Addis Ababa

National Museum of Ethiopia

Meet at Bole International airport and transfer to hotel. The rest of the day is exploring the town of Addis Ababa including the National Museum to view the 3.6 million-year-old remains of Lucy, whose skeletal remains were discovered in 1974.

Duration: 1-hour

Admission Ticket Included

Holy Trinity Cathedral

Besides we will also visit the Holy Trinity Cathedral and in time permitting Mount Entoto which rises up to an altitude of 3200 meters and offers the panoramic view of the metropolis and Mercato the open market.

Duration: 4 hours

Admission Ticket Included.

Accommodation: Overnight Hotel

Meals: Lunch Dinner
Day 2 Addis Ababa - Awash

Awash National Park

Drive from Addis Ababa to Awash Town, which is located in the central part of the rift valley system 250 km from Addis Ababa, the best place to familiarize with the weather and meet the Kereyu people a step into a quieter, calmer, and more natural world enjoy swimming the natural hot spring and game drive in the Awash national park.

Duration: 4 hours

Admission Ticket Free

Accommodation: Overnight Hotel

Meals: Lunch Dinner

Semera Drive to Semera, the capital city of the Afar regional state, Here we will finish some paper works- permits for the visit then we continue to a small town called Logia for An overnight stay.

Duration: 1-hour

Admission Ticket Free

Accommodation: Overnight Hotel

Meals: Lunch Dinner
Day 3 Awash – Semera

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Duration: 1 hour

Admission Ticket Free

Accommodation: Overnight Hotel

Meals: Lunch Dinner
Day 4 Semera - Afdera

Afdera We drive to Afdera via Serdo. P.M visit the manual salt mining on Lake Afedera and facilitate the permit paper from the regional tourist office. Here some more people will accompany us (local guide and scout).

Duration: 2 hours

Admission Ticket Free

Accommodation: Overnight Hotel

Meals: Lunch Dinner
Day 5 Afdera - Erta Alle

Erta Ale Drive from Afdera to Dodom. At Dodum we will start walking to Erta Alle Volcanic hills (613 meters above sea level) which is 15kms one way. We arrive at Erta Alle around midnight and walk to see the volcanic eruption. We will camp nearby the eruption considering the direction of the wind because of the volcanic acid which is not good for health, anytime anyone can see or take a picture. To get the Best pictures of the volcano will be a night shooting.

Duration: 16 hours

Admission Ticket Included

Accommodation: Overnight Camping

Meals: Lunch Dinner
Day 6 Erta Alle - Hamed Ela

We walk back 15 km from Erta Alle back to Dodum and meet the vehicles and drive to Hamed Ela.

Admission Ticket Free

Accommodation: Overnight Camping at Hamed Ela

Meals: Lunch Dinner
Day 7 Hamed Ela - Berhale

Dallol Drive to the Lake Asale, salty Lake and visit the salt workers and the merchant from the highland the salt market and the lake and proceed 17 km to Dallol and enjoy the spectacular view and small hill which is colorful by hot spring in several places. The hot spring out with the sulfurs, potash, and salt forms a spectacular formation.

Duration: 4 hours

Admission Ticket Included

Accommodation: Overnight Camping at Berhale

Meals: Lunch Dinner
Day 8 Berhale - Lalibela

Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela

On a morning fly to Lalibela, after check in to Hotel start your day tour of the remarkable rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, regarded as the eighth wonder of the world by many scholars and a UNESCO World Heritage site. This group of eleven monolithic and semi-monolithic structures was carved directly into the stone of the mountainside at least 800 years ago. This complex boasts the largest monolithic church in the world, a maze of passageways and tunnels, intricately carved reliefs, and fabulous examples of icon paintings.

Duration: 5 hours

Admission Ticket Included

Accommodation: Overnight Hotel

Meals: Lunch Dinner
Day 9 Lalibela - Gondar

Fasil Ghebbi

Fly to Gondar and explore the town of Gondar that includes the buildings that make up the Royal Enclosure and the baths of Fassilides, a UNESCO World Heritage site featuring five castles built by a succession of Ethiopian Kings beginning in the early 17th century and Debre Berhan Selassie Church, perhaps the country’s most famous Church famous for its religious art and especially its iconic ceiling depicting angels.

Duration: 4 hours

Admission Ticket Included

Accommodation: Overnight Hotel

Meals: Lunch Dinner
Day 10 Gondar - Bahir Dar

Blue Nile Falls

Drive to Bahir dar175km which takes about 4 hours with photo stops. Afternoon Drive to the Tis Isat Village and visit the Blue Nile Falls. This misty deluge produces rainbows that shimmer across the gorge as well as a small perennial rainforest of lush green vegetation, to the delight of the many monkeys and multi-colored birds that inhabit the region.

Duration: 4 hours

Admission Ticket Included

Accommodation: Overnight Hotel

Meals: Lunch Dinner
Day 11 Bahir Dar

Lake Tana

Take a boat tour on Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile, and visit ancient island monasteries over the islands such as Ura Kidanemihret and Azoa Mariam.

Duration: 5 hours

Admission Ticket Included

Accommodation: Overnight Hotel

Meals: Lunch Dinner
Day 12 Bahir Dar - Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa

Fly back to Addis Upon arrival we will have more sightseeing in Addis Ababa that includes Ethnographic Museum and St. George Cathedral. In the evening we dine a fair well dinner at in a traditional restaurant with folklore music and dances then transfer to the airport.

Duration: 4 hours

Admission Ticket Free

Accommodation: Departure

Meals: Lunch Dinner