Culture Tour - Gambella, Surma & Kibish

Arrive in Addis Ababa, meet and greet, transfer to hotel, rest.

Meals & Drinks : Dinner

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. Nekemte- visit Kumusa Moroda 19th century palace and Wollega Museum.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Further to Gimbi, Nejo and Assosa: - visit organic coffee plantations, traditional gold miners in Nejo and Shek Hojele palace in Assosa.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Assosa - Gimbi - Dembidolo - Visit Dhati - Walal National Park (Herds of Buffalo and Hippos), near to Dembi Dolo.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Drive from 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.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

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 Nuers are tall and dark, and their culture and that of the Dinka are similar. The Nuer people are mostly found in Akobo; Jikawo and Itang.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Drive from 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.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Mizan Teferi - Bebeka (225 Km).
Drive from Mizan Teferi to Bebeka. Along the road; overlook coffee, tea and spice production.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Drive from Bebeka to Tum. On the way, visit Bebeka Coffee plantation.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Morning; drive from Tum to Maji. On the way visit some villages of Dizi. At the middle of the day; attend the Saturday market in Maji. This Market is most popular amongst ethnical markets in the River Omo region. Explore Surma and Menit tribes in the market.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Drive from Maji to Kibish. Arrive in Kibish via Tulgit.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Kibish - Omo National Park
Head to Omo National park, one of the least visited park in Ethiopia with rich mammals and birds life.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Omo National park
Full day safari in the park to admire the different wild animals including the Defarsa waterbuck, Eland, Buffalo, Warthog, and more.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Full day excursion. Discover the life style of The Surma people in their villages. The Surma women are best known for inserting round clay plates in their lips.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Drive from Kibish to Bebeka/Mizan Teferi.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Mizan Teferi - Bonga - Jimma
Drive back to Jimma. En route visit the water falls and the big jungle in the small town of Bonga.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

In Jimma, visit Abba Jiffar Palace to see the former palace complex of the Kaffa king and the Jimma Museum.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Drive to Welisso En route visits the Ghibe gorge and the typical Gurage house in the small commercial town of Welkite.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

After some time in the hot spring of Weliso head to Wenchi Crater Lake to visit the picturesque lake scenery and the ancient Monastery of Cherkos on a boat ride and back to Addis Ababa.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Day stay in Addis Ababa, rest and have some sightseeing tour, evening farewell dinner and transfer out to Airport.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner