VII. «DISCOVERING NORTH» TOUR - 15 days/14 nights
Special tour «off the beaten tracks»… It offers you to discover an extraordinary market (up to 20.000 people!), a very special village, which develops a very interesting social project and an extraordinary new ecolodge!!!
Attention : the departure from Europe for this tour HAS to be on a Friday night, as the market ONLY takes place on Mondays, and quite far from Addis !
| Day 1 | Arrival in Addis. Installation. Visit to projects, NGOs… |
| Day 2 | Addis - Kombolcha. |
| Day 3 | Kombolcha - Bati (market) - Kombolcha. |
| Day 4 | Kombolcha - Lalibela. |
| Day 5 | Lalibela: visit of the churches, either the whole day or in the morning only and free afternoon. |
| Day 6 | Lalibela: visites of the other churches, or walking around Lalibela. |
| Day 7 | Lalibela - Gondar. |
| Day 8 | Gondar: visit of the Castle, Fasil’s baths and Debre Birhan Selassie Church, free afternoon in town. |
| Day 9 | Gondar - Befikir Kossoye Ecolodge. |
| Day 10 | Kossoye - Awra Amba: discovery of this very special village. Overnight in the village*. |
| Day 11 | Awra - Amba-Bahir Dar. |
| Day 12 | Bahir Dar: visit of the Zeghe Peninsula by boat (church). Free time. |
| Day 13 | Bahir Dar: bird watching by boat or excursion in option to the Nile Falls**, or free time around the lake. Departure in the afternoon for Fenote Selam. |
| Day 14 | Fenote Selam - Addis, via Nile Gorge and Portuguese bridge. |
| Day 15 | Addis: visit to projects, NGOs, museum… Departure at night… |
* The night in Awra Amba village can be spent there in VERY SIMPLE conditions: the rooms are VERY BASIC, clean, but with one common shower and one toilet for everybody. If the group prefers, the visit to the village can be shortened, so that the night can be spent in Bahir Dar, but this decision requests that the whole group agrees on the same choice; this can be discussed at the preparatory meeting before departure…
** The hydro-electric system that has been built around the Nile Falls unfortunately is affecting the water level in the falls, making the visit most of the time very disappointing… Therefore, the best is that Axum inquires when you arrive in Bahir Dar about the level of the water, and, in case there is enough water, he can organise the excursion. It will then cost a supplement of 20 €/pers. as the road is very bad to get there, and Axum has to rent another vehicle to bring you there. If there is not much water, it will be more advisable to choose a bird-watching boat tour on the lake, or to rest along the lake shore, or to walk around in town…
Prices
| Accompanied tour, group of 6 pers. minimum: | 1.660 € per pers. |
| NON accompanied tour, minigroup of 4 pers: | 1.660 € per pers. |
| Discount for children less than 10 years sharing room with parents: | 10 € per day |
| Room supplement for single occupation: | 10 € per day |
