01. Arrival in Addis Ababa. Start the trip driving to the coffee region of Kaffa. Visit Jima with AbaJifar palace and museum. Proceed to Bonga and visit a coffee plantation.
Lunch box on the way; dinner & ON camping.
02. Proceed to Mizanteferi for permits, visiting Dizi people on the way. Then drive to ShoaGhimira to visit the Menit and Surma people. Continue to Tum.
Lunch on the way; dinner & ON camping in Tum.
03. Visit Surma people. The Surma are famous for their traditions, women wearing plates into their lips and men different scarification all over their body. With luck you could find a donga: the Surma people stick fighting game.
Lunch box; dinner & ON camping.
04. Proceed to Nyangatom villages and visit this very interesting tribe. Drive then to the other very colorful Karo people and visit their villages; fantastic view from Kortcho village. Proceed then for the Hamer people, to Turmi.
Lunch box; dinner & ON Emerald lodge Turmi
05. MON. Full day for the very colorful Hamer people, famous for the decorative hairstyles and ornaments. Visit also the very colorful Hamer, Karo & Dassanech people market (from around 11am to about 2pm). With luck we try to visit ceremonies as bull jumping & Evangadi dance.
The Hamar are known for their unique custom of “bull jumping” which initiates a boy into manhood. First, female relatives dance and invite whipping from men who have recently been initiated; this shows their support of the initiate, and their scars give them a right to demand his help in time of need. The boy must run back and forth twice across the backs of a row of bulls or castrated steers, and is ridiculed if he fails.
Meals & ON Emerald lodge Turmi
06. Early morning drive to Omorate, at Omo river bank, to visit the Dassanech people. Proceed then to the border and make necessary process. Enter into Kenya & proceed to Turkana lake
Lunch box on the day; dinner & ON camping
07. Drive to Loyangalani, at Turkana lake. Admire the Turkana and Elmolo people and very interesting villages.
Lunch on the way; dinner & ON camping at Turkana
08. Proceed to the Samburu National park. Afternoon have the game drive in the Samburu National park, one of the richest of fauna and flora (including the big five) in Kenya. Physically dramatic, the 104 sq kilometer landscape features rocky battlements, dry riverbeds and thorn scrub. As for wildlife, Samburu offers sanctuary to the endangered Gravy’s zebra, the rare beisa Oryx and the blue-shanked Somali ostrich whilst large herds of elephant roam the gaunt hills during the day before returning to bath on the banks of the river in the evening.
Lunch on the way; dinner & ON lodge in the park
09. Early morning enjoy a game drive in the Samburu National park. Proceed then to
lake Nakuru for the large number of flamingoes and more visits. Lake Nakuru is a fresh water lake with over 2 million flamingos that flock to feed on the teeming algae, over 450 different bird species have been recorded and it hosts a sanctuary to The Black Rhino and White Rhino.
Lunch on the way; dinner & ON lodge
10. Drive to Nairobi, enjoying a scenic drive of the Great Rift Valley. Reach then Nairobi.
Lunch on the way. Dinner at the Carnivore Restaurant.
Transfer to the airport for departure
