Historic with East Ethiopia Route
HISTORIC WITH EAST ETHIOPIA ROUTE
Tour Information
Arrival Addis Ababa, meet your guide with Green Land Tours sign board and transfer hotel. Afternoon tour of the capital. Visit Entoto Mountains, with very nice view over the capital, the National museum, StGeorge church and the Merkato, biggest open air market in Africa and shops. Meals free, O/N chosen hotel.
Fly to Bahirdar, and transfer hotel for check-in. If time permits, go to visit Bezait palace, with very nice view over Tana lake and Blue Nile. Afternoon boat trip on lake Tana to admire the beautiful monasteries over the lake's islands, as Ura Kidane Mehret and Mahal Zeghie Gyorgis. Lunch back to Bahirdar
Morning drive to admire the Blue Nile falls. Lunch back to Bahirdar. Afternoon drive to Gondar, city of castles and churches. Dinner and ON Gondar.
Full day visit of castles and churches in Gondar : visit the castle's compound, the Debre Birhan Selassie church (light of Trinity) with wonderful murals, the King Fassiladas bath, the old Qusquam monastery. Emperor Mentewab palace and more. O/N Gondar.
Excursion to visit the Semien mountains. Very enjoyable walks, admiring these spectacular views, spot some endemic mammals (as the gelada baboons), birds, very nice flora, and visit some Amhara people villages. O/N Debark or Simien lodge
Excursions and then proceed your drive to Axum through spectacular views. O/N htl
Visit the steles, different archeological sites, the bath and the palace of Queen of Sheba ; churches, among which is the church of Saint Mary of Tsion (where legend says the Ark of Covenant), brought here from Israel by King Menelik the first and kept here). O/N in Axum.
Drive to the Yeha pre-Christian temple and the DebreDamo monastery, the first Ethiopian monastery, with only males entrance. O/N Gheralta lodge or Mekele.
Excursion for the Gheralta grp of the Tigray rock churches: visit Mariam Korkor, Daniel Korkor and Abune Yemata, the most spectacular of the Tigray churches (being Abune Yemata a bit difficult to reach by climbing, for those that are not able to do it, we'll visit so Abreha Wie Atsebeha. O/N Gheralta lodge or Mekele.
Visit churches of the Atsbi grp: Micael Imba, Micael Barka and Micael DebreSelam. O/N Gheralta lodge or Mekele.
Drive to Lalibela. O/N hotel
Visit the 11 rock-hewn churches in Lalibela, defined as the 8 th wonder. Afternoon a coffee ceremony in a atraditional house. Dinner with Amhara and Wollo region people folkloristic dances at the htl
Morning visit the spectacular Yemrehenna Kristos church. Afternoon Genete Mariam or Naktuleab.
Drive to Hayk lake and visit the DebreEstifanos church over its island. Proceed through wonderful views to Kombolcha. O/N htl
Drive to east, towards Awash. After noon visit awash national park. O/N hotel
Earling in the moring drive, towards Harar, the walled city. arrive in the after noon. o/n hotel.
full day visit Harar.
Drive direct to Addis Ababa. Then depart to home.
Meeting Place
All our tours start in Addis Abeba, at Bole international airport at 7:00 and ends at 22:00 in bole international airport.