6 Days Visiting Omo Valley Tribes

4.0 (4 reviews) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Duration6 days
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LanguagesEnglish
Group sizeUp to 15 travelers
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Overview

Omo valley divers culture, this itinerary does its best, taking you fly down to Arba Minch to help you cut out one full day drive to get in there and going down to the Omo Valley peoples with the 4 WD car, passing through the magnificent Konso tribes and the colorful Kay Afer market, and proceed further down to the Mago national Park to see the Mursi tribes and on the same day arrive to Turmi for the spectacular cultural insights of the Hamer tribes.
After your immediate excursion in the early morning to the Karo tribes you drive came back to Arba Minch to get the next day flight to setoff to Addis. If you are thinking to have less than a week Holiday here in the south Omo Valley of Ethiopia, this trip will be realized your dream vacation to have a highlighted cultural experience to the cultural peoples.

What's included

  • English Speaking Guide
  • All Fees and Taxes
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Accommodation
  • Domestic Flight Ticket
  • Meals

What to expect

Day 1: 6 Days Visiting Omo Valley Tribes
  1. Addis Ababa
    7h
    You will be met upon arrival and transferred to your hotel. Refresh and begin your sightseeing of Addis with a drive up to mount Entoto for a panoramic view of Addis. Descend down and drive to National museum where you will have a chance to spot the oldest hominids of ‘Lucy’ fossil. Visit and proceed to the Holy Trinity built during the WWII. T To wrap up you drive to merkato, the biggest market in East Africa.
Day 2: Addis Ababa – Tiya-Arba Minch
  1. Tiya World Heritage Site
    10h · Admission ticket included
    After having your early breakfast driving to the southern parts of Ethiopia on the way we will see the Tiya, classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, where we can see the northernmost example of a peculiar type of engraved, standing stelae which stretch across parts of southern Ethiopia.We will continue our driving to the town of Welayta for lunch stop then after lunch we will be driving to Arba Minch for overnight stay. Overnight Arba Minch
Day 3: Arba Minch- Chencha Dorze Villages
  1. Dorze Village
    7h · Admission ticket included
    After breakfast you will take a boat trip in Lake Lake Chamo, to visit the crocodile market, it is a local name for a place in Lake chamo that the crocodiles went out of the lake and chill, there is no buying or selling, also you will see hippos and different kinds of birds later driving to the Dorzy village, This people set high up in the Gughe Mountains where we see the traditional Dorze beehive shaped huts recognized as one of the visually attractive structural houses by the UNESCO and later we will be back to Arba Minch for lunch then we will be driving to the town of Konso.
Day 4: Konso – Turmi
  1. Konso Cultural Centre
    8h · Admission ticket included
    After having your breakfast you will have a chance of seeing the Konso village, one of the UNESCO site in Ethiopia know by their terracing. One of the best types of coffee for the country is also from this village. Proceed to the Bana village. The men often have their hair dressed up with a colorful clay cap that is decorated with feathers. Then proceed to the Turmi where the Hamer people lives.
Day 5: Turmi- Omorate
  1. 6h
    (75kms 2hrs drive) After having your breakfast, you will have an excursion to Omorate to visit the Dassanech people ‘people of the Delta’, who lives on the northern shore of Lake Turkana. Visit and drive back to Turmi for lunch then drive to Jinka.
Day 6: Drive Jinka – Mago – Jinka – Addis Ababa
  1. Mago National Park
    5h · Admission ticket included
    Take a day excursion to Mago National Park to visit the Mursi village. The Mursi are one of the exotic ethnic groups in Ethiopia. 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. Drive back to Jinka for lunch. After lunch we will drop you to Jinka Airport to fly back to Addis Ababa.
  2. Addis Ababa
    Pass by
    After your flight from Jink to Addis Ababa. Our Driver will pick you up from Bole Airport and transfer to your hotel.
    End of The Trip

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Our representative Guide and Driver's will be welcoming you at the airport and transferred to the reserved hotel. According to the convenient time, you will be departing for a visit.

Additional information

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • 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.

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