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DIRE DAWA AND HARAR (BY AIR)
Tour Code No:- ATT-2019
Duration:- 2 Nights/3 Days
After breakfast transfer to the airport for an early flight to Dire Dawa. The flight will take 40-45 minutes and you will be taken to your hotel. Lunch at the hotel. Afternoon drive 54 km from Dire Dawa up the escarpment of the Rift Valley which is a memorable experience. On your way you pass through lakes Adele and Alemaya. Then you travel through the rich and green farmland and the colorful Chat market of Awedai. Late in the afternoon sight-seeing in Harar including the museum and the mosques. There are 99 mosques here. Harar is considered to be the 4th most holy city of Islam. Late in the evening you will see the hyena man feeding these animals with his hands. Return to your hotel. Dinner and overnight at Harar.
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After breakfast depart for sight-seeing in Harar including the palace of Ras Mekonen, the Rimbaud House, named after the French poet, who chose Harar as his city of exile from French intolerance. Then visit the wall of Harar with its five gates and see the market area which is most colorful. Afternoon drive to Dire Dawa and spend the rest of the day at leisure.
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Dinner and overnight at Dire Dawa. On the last day leave the hotel for sight-seeing tour in Dire Dawa including the Afeteissa and the Chat Market. The Market place is frequented by camel-herding Oromos, Somalis, Issas and Afars. Visit some caves near the town with prehistoric cave paintings. Lunch in Dire Dawa. Late in the afternoon you will be transferred to the airport for a flight to Addis Ababa.
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