Program: Langano, Arba Minch & Wondo Genet

Code: ATE1027

Transportation: Air and Land

Duration: 7 nights (8 days)

Tour starts: Addis Ababa

Tour ends: Addis Ababa

Day1: Arrive Addis Ababa

Arrive at Addis Ababa Bole International Air Port and meet there with us and transfer to your hotel. Overnight – at 4* hotel – Addis (note that you can be provided from 3* up to luxury hotels in Addis Ababa)

Day2: Lake Langano

Lake Langano - is a fresh breath taking atmosphere. The lake with its beautiful white sand beach is bilharzias and crocodile free. After check – in at your hotel; start swimming, trekking along the shores, & bird watching in the forests along the shores. After breakfast; drive from Addis to Langano (212km best asphalt road). Check- in at your hotel and enjoy swimming or other activities at Lake Langano. Afternoon; discover the rift valley lakes of Abijata & Shalla, the Ostrich Farm, aquatic birds like the Pink Flamingos, Dukes, Gosse, and many others. Overnight – at Savannah Lodge (the finest lodge in Langano) – Langano

Day3: Lake Langano

Lake Langano & its surroundings truly deserve one more night for a relaxed honeymooners’ trip. Overnight – at Savannah Lodge – Langano

Day4: Dorze Ethnics (Chencha Hill Top) After breakfast; drive from Langano to Arba Minch (293km Asphalt Road). On the way; visit the hill top of Chencha for Dorze ethnics (roughly40km from the main road to Arba Minch). Dorze ethnics have their own skill of weaving cotton clothes & of their traditional bee-hive shaped houses - organized from bamboo tree. Attend the Dorze Market if this day falls on Saturday and proceed to Arba Minch. Overnight - at Paradise Lodge – Arba Minch

Day5: Nechi Sar National Park & Lake Chamo Nechisar

National Park (also spelled as Nech Sar) in Amharic language stands for “White Grass” was established in 1974. It is located to the east of Arba Minch, and is 514 square kilometers. The elevation of the park ranges 1108 up to 1650 meters above sea level. The park was primarily established to protect the endemic Swayne’s Hartebeest. A mountainous place in the park is called Egzer Dilday (Bridge of God) for it divides two lakes called Abaya and Chamo. Even though Egzer Dilday offers a spectacular view across Lake Chamo; the best site for game view is the open Neshi Sar Plain. At the open plain; herds of Berchule’s Zebra, Grant’s gazelle, Swayne’s Hartebeest & Baboons are being seen. Dik – dik and greater Kudu, bushbuck, bush pig, Columbus monkeys(Gureza), velvet monkeys, black-backed jackal are also sheltering the park around Ezger Dilday. Nechi Sar is a home of many (about342 birds) bird species and butterflies. After breakfast; drive to Nechi Sar National Park for bird watching, game viewing and landscapes. Afternoon; boat trip on Lake Chamo. This Lake is known for its enormous population of Crocodiles and Hippopotamus. In the town of Arba Minch; visit the crocodile breeding site. Overnight - at Paradise Lodge) – Arba Minch

Day6: Wondo Genet natural hot spring

The Wondo Genet meaning "Wondo Paradise" named by Emperor Haile SelassieI was established in 1964 and used as recreation site for the royal family until 1974. The beautiful panorama with a rich endowment of forests, wildlife, abundant natural hot water for bathing, streams, & swimming made Wondo Genet a tourist attraction. After breakfast; drive from Arba Minch to Wondo Genet resort to enjoy the Spa from the natural hot spring and swimming in a pool filled with natural hot spring water. Overnight - Wondo Genet Resort Hotel - Wondo Genet

Day7: Wondo Genet – Addis

After breakfast; drive to Addis Ababa (280km). On the way; visit Lake Ziway. Lunch at Dreamland Hotel (Debre Zeith) and proceed to Addis. In the evening; enjoy at one of the finest hotels in Addis Ababa. Overnight – at your former hotel – Addis Ababa Day8: Departure On this day; if your departure falls in the evening, you can visit the best sites of Addis Ababa and then transfer to Addis Ababa Bole International Air Port for your next destination (end of the trip).

N.B. This itinerary can be amended as per your leisure time and disposable income so hotels and lodges will be revised

Program: The Blue Nile Falls, Monateries on Lake Tana & Langano

Code: ATE1029

Transportation: Air & Land

Duration: 5 nights (6 days)

Tour starts: Addis Ababa

Tour ends: Addis Ababa

Day1: Arrive Addis Ababa

Arrive at Addis Ababa Bole International Air Port and meet with us here s and transfer to your hotel (city tour if arrived in the morning). Overnight – at 4* hotel – Addis (note that you can be provided from 3* up to luxury hotels in Addis Ababa)

Day2: Monasteries on Lake Tana

Morning; fly from Addis Ababa to Bahir Dar. Morning, take a boat trip – arranged for your honeymoon on Lake Tana to visit monasteries and enjoy on the very historical Take Tana. You will visit only the most accessible and representative of the monasteries on the lake, still serving their original function: Ura Kidane Mehret, and Azwa Maryam (in Zeghie Peninsula), Kibran Church (prohibited for women) & Entos Eyesus. Late After ; drive to the Bezawit hill top(7km from your Lodge) for the palace of Emperor Haile SelassieI (photographing & entering is not allowed), panoramic view of Bahir Dar, the Source of the Blue Nile, leaving its source of Lake Tana and for a fabulous sunset – appropriate time to color the enjoyable the honeymoon. Overnight – at Kuriftu Resort & Spa Lodge – Bahir Dar

Day3: The Blue Nile Waterfalls

Morning; enjoy & relax with the best view of Lake Tana (in your room) where pelicans and boats of papyrus are easily seen. Afternoon; drive to the small town of Tiss Abay(32km rough road) to visit the impressive Blue Nile Falls, locally known as Tiss Issat or 'Smoke of Fire'. The waterfalls sprinkle up to a kilometer away. Today; much of the water is diverted for Hydroelectric Generation plant but it is worth visiting for the walk around, a Portuguese made bridge (17Century), some birds and the evergreen country side. The area around the waterfall is amazingly fertile and the Amhara people who live here farm wheat, sorghum and Teff (from which Injera, the national bread, is made). After the fall, return to Bahir Dar & make city tour of Bahir Dar: the market where you can find the pottery, traditional hand-made woven clothes, and Woito Basket market.

Day4: Langano

Morning; fly from Bahir Dar to Addis and drive to Langano. Check- in at your lodge and enjoy with swimming or other activities at Lake Langano. Overnight – at Savannah Lodge (the finest lodge in Langano) – Langano

Day5: Langano

Morning; horse riding, sport activities like Volleyball around Lake Langano, boat trip. Afternoon; explore the rift valley lakes of Abijata - Shalla, the Ostrich Farm, aquatic birds like the Pink Flamingos, Dukes, Gosse, and the hot springs. Overnight – at Savannah Lodge (the finest lodge in Langano) – Langano

Day6: Addis & Departure

Drive back Addis Ababa. Lunch at Dreamland Hotel – Debre Zeith and proceed to Addis. In one of a traditional restaurants of Addis Ababa; Farewell dinner with folkloric dancers (various Ethnic groups of Ethiopia) and traditional songs, accompanied with several nation and nationalities dishes and with traditional coffee ceremony on your last day trip. In the evening; transfer to Addis Ababa Bole international airport for departure.

N.B. This itinerary can be amended as per your leisure time and disposable income so hotels and lodges will be revised

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