OMO VALLEY CULTURAL ROUTE

Tour Code NTT - 019

Duration
14 Nights & 15 Days

Transport Air/Road

Highlights: Trinity Cathedral, Be’ata, Debre-Libanos Monastery, Monasteries of Lake Tana, Rock hewn churches of Lalibela and surroundings, Church of Debre Birhan Silassie, Saint Mary of Zion and Tigray churches
Day - 1 Arrive at Bole International Airport ( Addis Ababa) and transfer to the Hotel.
Day - 2
Sight seeing tour of Addis that includes: Trinity cathedral church, Be’ata Mariam church, Entoto Mariam church and St. George cathedral. O/N hotel.
Day - 3
After breakfast drive to Debre-Libanos and visit the 13th century monastery. Drive back to Addis for overnight in the hotel.
Day - 4 Transfer to the airport for your flight to Bahir Dar. In the afternoon enjoy a boat ride on Lake Tana to visit the famous ancient island monasteries of Ura-Kidanemeheret and Kibran-Gabriel.  Overnight Hotel
Day - 5
After breakfast have a boat ride on Lake Tana to visit the ancient monasteries of Narga-Silassie and Dega-Istifanos. O/N Hotel.
Day - 6
After breakfast have a boat ride on Lake Tana to visit the ancient monasteries of Tana Cherkos. O/N Hotel.
Day - 7
Transfer to the Airport for your flight to Gondar and visit the monastery of Qusquam and the icon-rich church of Debre-Berehan Silassie.  Overnight Hotel.
Day - 8
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Lalibela.   Visit the magnificent rock-hewn churches built by king Lalibela in the late 12th and early 13th century A.D.  Overnight Hotel.
Day - 9 In the morning half-day excursion by mule to Asheten Mariam to visit the Church that lies on the top of the mountain. The Church itself is similar in style to other rock churches, but the panoramic view of the surroundings is spectacular from the mountaintop. Return to the hotel for lunch. Afternoon drive to Neakuto-Leab to visit the cave church. Drive back to Lalibela for overnight Hotel.
Day - 10 Excursion to Yimrehanne Kiristos, it’s finest church out side Lalibela, it’s a built up church with Axumite style and the interior is well decorated, drive back to Lalibela for overnight
Day - 11 Transfer to the airport for your flight to Axum.  Visit the St. Mary church where the original Arc of the covenant is still housed in. Overnight Hotel.
Day - 12 After breakfast drive to Debre-Damo to visit the 6th century monastery. Proceed to Adigrat for overnight in the hotel.
Day - 13 After breakfast drive to Mekelle visiting the rock-hewn churches of Medhane-Alem Adi-Kesho, Petros & Paulos, Abraha-Atsbeha and Wukro- Cherkos. O/N hotel.
Day - 14 Transfer to Mekelle Airport to catch the flight back to Addis, After arrival will have time for shopping, overnight in a hotel
Day - 15 Will have time for visiting the city or the day can be at the leisure, in the evening you will be transferred to the airport for departure.

MUSLIM PILGRIMAGE TOURS

Tour Code NTT - 020

Duration
10 Nights & 11 Days

Transport Air/Road

Highlights: Negash Mosque, Sheik Hussein, Sof Omer and Harar the 4 th Holiest city with it’s Mosques
Day - 1 Arrive at Bole International Airport ( Addis Ababa) and transfer to the Hotel.
Day - 2
Transfer to the airport and fly to Mekelle. Up on arrival drive to Negash to visit the first mosque in Ethiopia. Drive back to Mekelle for overnight in the hotel.
Day - 3 Transfer to the airport and fly back to Addis, after sight seeing of the city we will visit the Grand Mosque located in Merkato, overnight in a hotel.
Day - 4 After breakfast drive via the rift valley region to Bale-the home of Muslim-Oromo people, overnight in a hotel.
Day - 5 After breakfast drive to Sheik Hussein-famous Islamic holiest place in Bale region. Drive back to Robe for overnight in the hotel.
Day - 6
An excursion to Sof-Omer to visit the cave-It is one of the worlds most spectacular and extensive underground systems and its famous Islamic holies place in southeast Ethiopia.  The intermittent river web, which sources from Bale mountains National park, penetrates the cave years round. Overnight Hotel.
Day - 7 After breakfast via Arsi drive to Sodere-one of the famous weekend resort center in the country, overnight in a hotel.
Day - 8 Drive through Awash National Park to the 16th century walled city of Harar, it is the 4th Islamic Holiest city in the world with more than 103 Mosques and shrines.
Day - 9 Full day sight seeing tour of Harar that includes: ancient Grand mosques, Shrines and Harari cultural house-they are Muslim. O/N Hotel.
Day - 10 Drive to Dire Dawa and transfer to the airport for fly back to Addis, with a chance of half day city tour and shopping, overnight in a hotel
Day - 11 Transfer to the Airport for Departure