Day 1: On arrival Addis Ababa Kasina Tours representative will meet you at Bole international Airport and you will visit the diplomatic capital of Africa, headquarters of the Africa union starting from Holy Trinity Cathedral (The church is constructed in 1955 for the 25 years anniversary of Emperor Haileselassie and painted richly with remarkable biblical and other saint’s story), National museum (home of Lucy hominid skeleton dating back to 3.2 million years) .In the afternoon after lunch you will visit Ethnological museum, which was the former palace of Haile Selassie then proceed to Mountain Entoto for panoramic view of Addis Ababa. Overnight hotel
Day 2: Early in the morning at 07:00drive to Arbaminch. Arbaminch in Amharic meaning 40 springs. Admire very interesting views and the Guraghe +Wolayta people, their villages, culture, the cultivation of the false banana tree (from which roots they extract their traditional bread, the Kotcho); overnight hotel
Day 3: Boat trip on Lake Chamo: admiring crocodiles, hippos and birds. Reach the other side of the lake and walk to the Netch Sar Park. Visit animals, as Swaynes Hartbeest, lesser kudu, zebras, birds & more. Reach the mountain top (“Yesghier dildi”, which means mountain of paradise) with spectacular view over Chamo & Abaya lakes and the Netch Sar Park. Overnight Hotel
Day 4: Drive to Chencha, to visit the Dorze people and village with their Bee-Hive like tubules and traditional weaving culture, their particular weaving works for which they are famous, strange houses, cultivation of sorghum and the false banana and more with spectacular, you will have attractive views over the Chamo and Abaya lakes. Up to the old tradition even these days, most people will go out meeting each other in the markets with the best traditional clothes and most of them specially the ladies treating their hair with butter. Butter in these tribes besides smoothening the skin and hair it tells about the social status and also it is as a signe of positive future in the new year. This day, the men will be busy slaughtering oxen. Depending on the size of the family, neighbor hoods can share an ox or they can slaughter one for a family. Since this festival is considered as the starting of New Year according to their
traditional calendar, getting ready with the necessary supplies goes all year long. So men are in charge of the meat supply and women they worry about the butter and the food cooking. This day the feast starts with the best food and drinks and at last it will be a beauty contest between ladies who treated their hair with butter a day before and who are now well fed with their favorite meals.
Around churches on a wider field there will be a big bon-fire, this tradition comes from an old Roman Empire Queen who uses torches and follow the direction of the smoke while in search for the True cross of Jesus Christ. Ethiopia still shelter in one of its monastery the left piece of the Cross.
Day 5: Early in the morning drive to Turmi; then cross the Weyto river valley and if the day you arrive is MON or SAT admire the very colorful markets of the Hamer, Karo and Dassanech tribes respectively at Turmi or Dimeka villages. These tribes are famous for their hairstyles, ornaments, scarification, culture and more. By chance we’ll try also to participate to their marriage ceremonies, with the bull jumping & more; overnight Hotel
Day 6: Drive to Murulle for visit Karo tribes and their village for their very interesting decoration and scarification all over their body and very nice views over Omo River from Kortcho village and drive Kangate visit the Nyangatom people crossing the Omo River with small boats at Kangate. Then back to Turmi for visit the Hammer people culture and their attractive villages. Depends on the time and season we’ll try to participate to their marriage ceremonies, with the bull jumping & more and also evening you will see the traditional dance of the Hammer people; overnight Hotel
Day 7: Drive to Omorate excursion Omorate and visit Dassanech (Gelab) tribe are famous for their hairstyles, ornaments, scarification, culture and more; then back to Turmi for visit the Hammer people culture and market their attractive villages and evening by chance you will see the traditional dance of the Hammer people. By chance we’ll try also to participate to their marriage ceremonies, with the bull jumping & more; overnight Hotel
Day 8: Drive to Jinka; on the way visit the very colorful market of the Tsemay & Erbore tribes at KeyAfer village. These tribes are famous for their hairstyles, ornaments, scarification, culture and more; overnight Hotel.
Day 9: Enter into the Mago National park, admiring different mammals and birds on the way; and proceed to visit the Mursi people and villages. Here for beauty women use to put round plates into their lips. Drive then to visit Konso people village, which are famous for the terracing agriculture, and have particular way of life and traditions; Overnight hotel
Day 10: Drive to Yabelo. Visit “El Sod” for Borana (Oromo people) salt extracting and at Dublock for singing wells some villages; overnight hotel
Day 11: Drive to Awassa; Lake Awassa boat excursion, Awassa Lake is the small Lake in Rift valley lakes. Lake of Awassa with its sun set since beauty on the lake visit Different birds and more; overnight Hotel
Day 12: In the morning attend the fish market at Awassa. Drive to Addis. You have day use room. Kasina Tours dinner invite you in a traditional restaurant with folkloristic dances. After dinner transfer to Airport for your departure.