Outskirts of Addis Ababa Tour Package
Overview
Explore the outskirts of Addis Ababa in this four-day package.
- What's Included:
- Professional Guide
- Bottled Water in the car
- Wi-Fi on Board
- All Admission Fees
- Traditional coffee ceremony
- Lunch daily
- Dinner on the last day of tour
Itinerary
- Meeting Time: 7:00am in the morning
- Meeting place: Hotel's lobby
Day1
Melka – Kunture & Adadi Mariam: The outskirts of Addis Ababa tour start with a drive to Melka-Kunture. Situated 60km south-west of Addis Ababa, Melka-Kunture is a famous archaeological site where fossils of prehistory age, stone tools dating 1.5 million years, have been discovered. Followed by a short drive to Adadi Mariam, Cave Church is believed to date back to the 13th century and gives a good indication of the Lalibela rock-hewn churches of the 12th century.
Day2
Tiya: Start the morning by driving to Tiya. Situated 100Km south of Addis Ababa, Tiya is classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, containing monuments and carved stelae of an ancient Ethiopian culture dated between the 12th and 14th centuries
Day3
Debre Libanos and Blue Nile George: Start the morning by driving to Blue Nile Gorge which is situated 210km north of Addis Ababa. En route, we will stop by Debre Libanos, an important monastic center for Ethiopian Orthodox. The monastery's founder, the renowned 13th-century mystic Saint Teklehaimanot is said to have stood for seven years on one leg until the other was wasted away and dropped off.
Day4
Bishoftu: Start your day by driving to Bishoftu, a resort town located just 45Km south of Addis Ababa and surrounded by several volcanic crater lakes. Spend the last day of the tour relaxing at Kuriftu Resort and Spa in Bishoftu. The resort has a restaurant overlooking the lake, a spa, shops, and a waterpark.
Dinner will be at Yod Abyssinia, a cultural restaurant where you will enjoy cultural dance and music while having dinner.
Upon request, the itinerary can be modified, rearranged, combined with other itineraries, and shorten or extended to suit your interest, time, and budget.
End of the outskirts of Addis Ababa tour, return back to the hotel
$500.00 Per Person
Contact us for more information on the outskirts of Addis Ababa tour at: addissiniahotel@addissinia.com