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Group sizeUp to 15 travelers
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Overview
Lower Valley Omo: Famous for its unique and fascinating tribes. Adefa Tours will help share the real experience to these tribes. Traveling to the Omo valley will give you a chance to encounter an evidently different from your own. The trip this impressive tribes such as Mursi, Karo, Hamer, and Dasenche tribes waiting to get you inside their culture and traditions, watching Hamer Young man performing a jumping of the Bulls ceremony, seeing Mursi’s mind-blowing lip-plating and karo tribe some excelling specifically in body and face painting. Your trip to the Omo Valley will stick with you for lifetime.
What's included
Bottle of water every day
Entrance fees as per the itinerary
New model car with air conditioned
Domestic flights as per the itinerary
All Fees and Taxes
Breakfast
Tea and/or coffee
Seasonal fruit/ Banana, Or orange
Escort Military for the Mago National Park
Local Guide
Professional Escort Guide throughout the tour
What to expect
Day 1: Fly from Addis Ababa to Arbaminch
8h · Admission ticket included
On this day: fly from Addis Ababa to Arbaminch; you will arrive in Arbaminch airport and you drive to the hotel for check-in. have a lunch in the hotel, after lunch Ascend into the Gughe Mountains to visit the Dorze people, who are known for their tall beehive-like houses and their fine cotton weaving.
After, drive back to Arba Minch for overnight in ArbaMinch
Day 2: Drive from Arbaminch to Jinka
Konso Cultural Centre
8h · Admission ticket included
On this day in the morning, take a boat trip on Lake Chamo to visit the crocodile market and hippo pods after the boat trip, continue driving to Jinka via Konso. Stop in Konso for a visit with the Konso people, who are known for their totems erected in honor of the dead and their intricate agricultural terracing techniques. Afterwards, continue to Jinka.
Day 3: Visit Mursi Tribe
Mago National Park
8h · Admission ticket included
After breakfast drive to Mago National Park to visit the Mursi tribe, who are known for their lower lip- plates. Afterwards, return to Jinka and drive to Ari. This Ari people are well-known with their hard working. You will discover their unique lifestyle. The Ari tribes are famous with their traditional house and agriculture.
After short visit of Ari drive to Turmi: to the homes of Hammer tribes. The Hammer tribes are well-known with their traditional night dancing of Evangadi, and jumping of the Bulls traditional-wedding ceremony. It will be visited the same day if there is one.
Day 4: Omorate,and Karo
Dasenech Village
8h · Admission ticket included
On this day in the morning after breakfast, Drive to Omorate and cross the Omo River by local boat to visit the Dasennech tribe (also known as Galeb tribe). Return to Turmi for lunch and have lunch. Afterwards continue drive to Karo tribe. Karo tribes are the smallest group in Omo Valley. This people are living along the east banks of the Omo River.
The Karo people differentiate themselves from many of the neighboring tribes by excelling specifically in body and face painting. Drive back from Karo to Turmi, and Visit the Hammer tribes. You will experrince how the people lives, in an arrangements of area that consist of several related families. The families live in a circle with their cattle. After having plaent time with the Hamar tribes back to the Hotel.
Day 5: Fly from Jinka to Addis Ababa
8m · Admission ticket included
On this day drive from Turmi to Jank to catch the flight to Addis Ababa. En route you will visit local market in Dimeka: after visiting the market, continue to drive to Jinka Airports. In the Afternoon you will arrive in Addis Ababa airport and drive to Merkato, Africa’s largest market of its kind, and do shopping. Finally, you will take Ethiopian coffee at TOMOCA coffee shop. After the coffee place/farewell party, with cultural foods and drinks meanwhile you will see traditional live music.
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Meeting and pickup
Pickup details
We pick up from any hotels
Additional information
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
