Beginning of the tour in Addis Ababa. Morning free. Afternoon tour of the capital: visit Entoto mountains with views over the capital, the National museum, St George church.

Fly to DireDawa. Meet your guide and proceed to Harar. On the way visit the "Chat" market at Awodai. Afternoon visit of Harar: the mosques, city walls, the basket production, the markets, French poet Rimbaud house, and more. Evening visit a man feeding wild hyenas, at the doors of the town.

Drive to the Awash National Park, visiting Afar people on the way. At the park admire a very nice flora & fauna (Oryx, lesser kudu, dik-dik, crocodiles, hippos, many birds & more), the Awash river falls + the river gorge & more. ON Fafate lodge in the park or hotel in Awash town.

Breakfast & game drive. Proceed then to the Afar people and reach Semera, where we take the permits for the Danakil.

Visit Afar people extracting salt from lake Afdera. Proceed to the hot springs, where we’ll camp (next to the springs).

Drive till Dodom. Then organize the camels for the materials and trek from around 1500 hrs till early evening to the volcano. Here are fantastic views, with the lava and the volcano rim.

Full day at the Ertale volcano. Can walk all around the rim.

Walk back to Dodom, to meet the vehicles. Drive then to an Afar people village (Emegubi village) for some very interesting experiences, admiring their culture & way of life.

Proceed to Ahmedale.

Another special day: drive to Dalol, to see the Afar men extracting salt. View of the spectacular colors of nature, unique in the world.

Follow up camels caravans and walk with the Afar people. You’ll see how they prepare their traditional bread, how they travel, communicate & more. You will have another unique experience.

Continue walking with the Afar people, following the camels caravans. Reach then Berhale, where you’ll meet the vehicles. Drive to Gheralta, in the Hawzen region. From the depression that go 120 mts below sea level we go up to the Ethiopian highlands. In the Tigray region more than 110 different churches are found, with different architectural and ornamental designs, from the Axumite to the Zegwe Dinasty, built in such difficult places over mountains to protect the churches and monasteries from any enemy. On the way visit Micael Imba church.

Full day to visit these special churches: we suggest Abreha Weatsbeha, Degum Selassie & Wikro Cherkos

Crossing lake Ashandi, we proceed to lake Hayk. Visit Debre Estifanos monastery, over an island of the lake. Drive to Kombolcha.

Crossing fantastic views, reach Addis Ababa. Ones in Addis, short visit of the Mercato, biggest open air market in Africa. Dinner invited in a traditional restaurant with folkloristic dances. Then transfer airport for departure.