Abyssinian Tours & Travel

V. THE EAST

BALE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
Tour Code No:- ATT-2017
Duration:- 5 Nights/6 days

Leave Addis Ababa, drive via Debre Zeit to Modjo and Awassa. Lunch en route. Afternoon drive around Awassa to visit sisal factory, handcraft center and climb mount Tabor for the panoramic view of Awassa. Tribal dance of the Sidamo young girls and boys are entertaining. Dinner and overnight at Awassa. After breakfast and visiting the fish market depart for Goba or Dinsho through farmlands enjoying on your way the scenery of the area. Lunch en route. Dinner and overnight at Goba or Dinsho. Next morning pack a lunch box and drive up to Sanete pick and spend the whole day there. Evening back to Goba. In the morning drive to the Sof Omer caves with a lunch box. Evening Goba. The next day drive to Sodere. Enjoy the hot-spring at Sodere. Lunch en route. Dinner and overnight at Sodere. On the last day of the tour drive back to Addis Ababa.

DIRE DAWA AND HARAR (by road)
Tour Code No:- ATT-2018
Duration:- 4 Nights/5 Days

Leave Addis Ababa and drive towards Debre Zeit, Modjo and Koka to visit the hippo pools. After this tour proceed to Nazareth for lunch. After lunch continue through the magnificent panoramic view of the countryside to Awash National Park. Dinner and overnight at Kereyu lodge or camp by the bank of the river. After an early breakfast game view drive in the National Park to see game animals including oryx, greater and lesser Kudus, water bucks, warthogs and various species of beautiful birds. Then visit the hot springs some 30 kms away and the spectacular Awash falls and the deep rugged gorges below. Then return to camp or the lodge for dinner and overnight after some game drive.

After breakfast the next morning drive back to the main road to proceed towards Harar. Lunch en route. Reach Harar late in the afternoon. After an hour's rest at your hotel drive up to town to visit the famed hyena man and see these grotesque animals being fed by hand. Return to your hotel. Morning sight-seeing of Harar-a 16th century walled city. After lunch drive to Dire Dawa through Alemaya villages and green fertile plateau. Dinner and overnight in Dire Dawa. After breakfast drive back to Addis Ababa. Lunch en route. Dinner and overnight in Addis.