Day 1 Arrival Addis Ababa: Arrive in Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. On your arrival you will be welcomed by our staff then transfer to your hotel for overnight.

Day 2 Addis Ababa – Langano: Start your drive A.M. by going to visit the crater lakes of Debrezeith and the three Rift Valley lakes of Shala, Abyata and Langano. Visit these lakes rich in birds, such as pelicans, flamingoes, storks and more. Visit Sidamo people houses and culture. Lunch on the way, dinner and over night on Bekele Molla Hotel.

Day 3 Langano - Arbaminch: Continue driving to Arbaminch, in Amharic meaning 40 springs. Admire very interesting views and the Wolayta people, their villages, culture, the cultivation of the false banana tree. Afternoon drive to Chencha, to visit the Dorze people, their particular weaving works for which they are famous, strange houses, cultivation of sorghum and he false banana and more. Dinner and over night on Swaynes or Bekele Molla Hotel. /with spectacular views over the Chamo and Abaya lakes and the Netch Sar park. There is also a natural path to walk down to the springs, admiring many birds, views and more.

Day 4 Arbaminch: Morning visit the Netch Sar Park with spectacular views over the lakes and different mammals, as the endemic Swaynes Hartebeest, Zebras, lesser Kudu, and others. Back lunch Arbaminch. Afternoon make a boat trip on Chamo. Admire crocodiles and hippos (here crocodiles are some of the longest in Africa, with length of 6 and also above meters). Dinner and over night on Swaynes or Bekele Molla Hotel.

Day 5 Arbaminch – Jinka: Drive to Jinka, Admiring on the way the interesting Konso, Derashe, Ari, Benna and Tsemay People, very famous for hairstyles, their unique culture and traditions, as the ornaments all over their body. Konso people famous for their terracing agricultural works ad villages’ traditions. Overnight in Jinka Resort Hotel.

Day 6 Jinka – Mago: Mago National Park of is located on the east bank of the river Omo and ranges in altitude from 450 to 2,528 meters above sea level. After about 2 hours of rough road, we arrive to the camp where we spend the night in a tent. The campsite is in a beautiful clearing among towering trees, which provide shade, and near the river Neri. We visit the Mursi village, whose women have the custom of expanding their lower lips using disks that gradually get larger and larger. These are people who farm the land and breed livestock; they live in almost complete isolation from the rest of the world. We return to the camp; there are not many animals visible during the day in the park, but by night we are surrounded by thousands of sounds, among which is the trumpeting of elephants. Overnight and dinner is in a comp.

Day 7 Mago – Turmi: We continue through the savannah along tracks that are barely visible, passing through a vast meadowland with shrubs and umbellifers (‘umbrella’ acacia trees). We pass through the village of Omorate on the Omo River. We encounter the Galeb people in the street; in the river people bathe and wash their clothes. We arrive to Turmi and camp in a square under mango trees. The Hammer people gather water from a nearby well and carry it off to their villages. Dinner and overnight stay camping.

Day 8 Turmi: Visit the Hammer people, the Hammer is one of the most beautiful and dignified people of the Omo basin the women color their hair with red earth and butter, and wear elegant leather skirts festooned with tiny pearls, their villages, possibly some dances, and more, If possible we look for the unique marriage ceremonies, with women slashing, bull jumping and more, If the day you arrive is Monday or Saturday admire the very colorful markets of the Hammer, Karo and Dassanech tribes respectively at Turmi or Dimeka villages. These tribes are famous for their hairstyles, ornaments, scarification, culture and more over night on Turmi.

Day 9 Yabello: Morning, drive to Konso to visit the Konso villages for their famous Totems (grave markers), land terrace and unique houses. En route, visit the village of Erbore tribe. Then continue driving to Yabello for night stop. Overnight hotel

Day 10 Yabello: On this day visit the Elsod where the local people extract salt and visit the Borena Oromo Villages. Overnight local hotel

Day 11 Awassa: Drive to Awassa, the capital of the Southern Nation, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State. The town is situated in the lakeside, which is famous for hippo, fish and aquatic bird species. En route, enjoy the beautiful scenery and the Sidama people’s village. O/n in hotel

Day 12 Addis Ababa/Departure: Drive to Addis Ababa through the Great Rift Valley lakes, Langano, Abyata, Shalla and Zway for varies species of birds. Evening farewell dinner party then transfer to airport for departure (return home). End of the tour!