This two-week round trip takes you through a world of religions found in multiethnic Ethiopia. Explore the erstwhile forbidden, holy Muslim city of Harar. See the amazing rock-hewn churches of Lalibela where the heart of Ethiopian Orthodox-Christians beats, and explore the monasteries on the fabled islands of Lake Tana. Visit the old, imperial city of Gonder concluding with a visit to a village of Ethiopian Falasha Jews.
Your itinerary:
Day 1: Addis Ababa – Awash National Park: hot springs
Day 2: Awash Nationalpark – Harar: Hyena-Man
Day 3: Harar: city tour
Day 4: Harar – Dire Dawa – Gewane
Day 5: Gewane – Kombolcha
Day 6: Kombolcha – on Mondays Bati Camel Market, on other days Lake Hayk with Istafanos Monastry – Lalibela
Day 7: Lalibela: rock-hewn churches
Day 8: Lalibela: cave monastry Yemrehanna Kristos, hiking tour to the Asheton Maryam monastry on Mount Abuna Yoseph
Day 9: Lalibela – Gonder
Day 10: Gonder: Royal Enclosure, the Church of Debre Birhan Selassie and Fasilidas’ Pool – Wolleka Falasha village – Gonder
Day 11: Gonder – Bahir Dar: Blue Nile Falls
Day 12: Bahir Dar: Lake Tana monastries
Day 13: Bahir Dar – Blue Nile canyon – Debre Libanos – Addis Ababa
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