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Cultural and Natural Sights to Southwest and west

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Summary:

Drive to Nekemte through the western direction of the country visiting the beautiful scenery and the Oromo tribe with their villages, day excursion to the Aquak tribe to visit their village...

Tour Title:

Cultural and Natural Sights to Southwest and west

Tour Category:

Budget

Total Seats:

Tour Length:

13 Nights

Origin:

Ethiopia , Addis Ababa

Destination:

Ethiopia , Addis Ababa

Departure Date:

Itinerary:

Day 1:
Arrive Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s political and economic capital as well as its social nerve-center. Addis Ababa means new flower and was founded by Menelik II in 1887 . Transfer to your hotel for overnight stay at Ghion or Desalege Hotel.

Day 2:
Drive from Addis to Nekemte visiting the Shoa and Wolega Oromos. Nekemte is a market town in western Ethiopia, in the Misraq Welega Zone of the Oroma Region. The town is home to a museum of Wollega Oromo culture and is the seat of an Apostolic Vicariate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Overnight at hotel

Day 3:
Drive from Nekemte to Dembi Dolo, located in the Mirab Welega Zone of the Oromia Region through very green-forested area. The town was originally names Sayo, after the semi-autonomous kingdom that had ruled in this area in the years after 1900.
Overnight Camping

Day 4:
Drive form Dembi Dollo to Gambella, the capital of the Gambela Region that nestles at the confluence of the Baro River and its tributary the Jajjaba. The town is home to an airport and the Gambela National Park is nearby
Overnight at your Hotel

Day 5:
Excursion to see the Agnuak people. These Nilotes are a river people whose villages are scattered along the banks and rivers of southeastern Sudan and western Ethiopia, in the Gambela Region. The Agnuak people are herdsmen and famers, believed to have a common origin with the Luo and Shilluk.
Overnight at your Hotel

Day 6:
Excursion to see the Nuer poeple, who live mostly in Southern Sudan, in the Upper Nile Province around the junction of the Nile River and the Bahr el Ghazal and Sobat River, and extend up the Sobat across the border into Ethiopia. These people are said to have begun an active migrations in the 1800s, and as they moved eastward, they pushed the Anuak people further east into Ethiopia. The Nuer are tall and dark, and their culture and that of the Dinka are similar
Overnight at the same hotel

Day 7:
Drive for Gambella to Mizan Teferi. Mizan Teferis is in southern Ethiopia and is the largest town, and the administrative center, of the Bench Maji Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region. Mizan Tefere also has an airport
Overnight at your Hotel

Day 8:
Drive from Mizan Teferi to Tulgit visiting the Dizi and Surma people. The Dizi people’s homeland lies in the northern part of the district while the Surma inhabit the southern part. Most Dizi are subsistence farmers and keep cattle, sheep and chickens, and are beekeepers for the honey.
Overnight Camping

Day 9:
Drive from Tulgit to Kibish visiting the Surma people. The Surmi women are known for ther beatification rituals,in preparation for marriage: most women have their bottom teeth removed and their bottom lips pierced, then stretched, so as to allow insertion of a clay lip plate
Overnight camping

Day 10:
Drive to Kibish and visit the Surma Villages.
Overnight camping

Day 11:
Drive form Kibish to Bebeka, the first settlement of the Surma
Overnight at your Hotel

Day 12:
Drive from Bebeka to Jimma- an Eastern corner of the country famous for its coffee .
Overnight at your Hotel

Day 13:
Drive back from Jimma to Addis, visiting the Gurage and Oromo people.The Gurage people inhabit a semi-fertile, semi-mountainous region in southwest Ethiopia
Overnight at your hotel in Addis Ababa

Day 14: Sightseeing tour and Departure

Features:

Visiting the Oromo and Aquak tribe in their traditional village setting

Remarks:

Price includes:

* Hotel accommodations - double room sharing
* All meals (FB) everywhere except in Addis Ababa (only breakfast and bed-BB)
* All transfers and city tours
* All entrance fees
* Full camping materials
* Cook while camping, scout in the national parks Ground transportations (4x4 drive)
* Guide service
* Government tax and service charges

Price doesn?t include:

* International air transport
* Airport tax
* Lunch and dinner in Addis Ababa
* Laundry, telephone, etc.
* Tips
* Any other personal interests

Season Rates and Dates

(Please note the rates below are in US$)
From	To	Rate Per Person	Single Room Supplement
01-Jan-2009	30-Apr-2009	US$ 2747	US$ 183
01-May-2009	31-Aug-2009	US$ 2747	US$ 183
01-Sep-2009	31-Dec-2009	US$ 2747	US$ 183

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