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9 Days Danakil Depression Gheralta Mountains and Simien Mountains Trekking

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   Jacub12345 
 2024-01-17
 
 
 Verified A knowledgeable and flexible company.
Excellent tour organised by Lucy Ethiopia Tours. From the very beginning, when Kiros patiently answered all my questions to the very end when Dagi dropped me off at the airport, I had a blast with Lucy Ethiopia Tours. I really appreciate the flexibility of the company. I asked for several last minute change of plans and Kiros, Dagi, Ben and Joseph were always amenable. A big big thank you to Lucy Ethiopia Tours for guiding me around their beautiful country.
  
 
       
   Farshad M 
 2024-01-11
 
 
 Verified Discover Ethiopia with Lucy tour
If you want to discover Ethiopia, Lucy tour is the best. We had a great experience in Dallol and Danakil with its professional team. We saw the attractions of north with this team. Mr Kiros the owner of Lucy also helped us to visit the Lalibela church and Harar city.
  
 
       
   Bella Galante 
 2024-01-09
 
 
 Verified Uma experiência que levaremos para a vida inteira
Que difícil descrever o que foi essa viagem para Dalol. Claro que trata-se de uma experiência para os mais dispostos e aventureiros, já que inclui dormir a céu aberto, muitas horas de estrada, um ambiente hostil, andar sobre lava, entre outros "perrengues" e situações de risco. Mas a equipe atenciosa e de altíssimo padrão de qualidade, como o motorista Awet e o guia Anwar, trazem tranquilidade e tornam tudo ainda mais especial. Registraram todo o passeio com fotos e chegaram até a oferecer sapatos quando os nossos estavam se despedaçando ao entrar em contato com o ácido do deserto. A comida do cozinheiro que nos acompanhou foi um ponto de destaque, com tempero adaptado ao gosto ocidental, sem perder a essência local. Só tenho a agradecer ao Kiros e todos os colaboradores por proporcionarem momentos inesquecíveis e um suporte sem igual. Valeu cada centavo! Recomendo de olhos fechados a empresa.
  
 
       
   JIAN ZHONG H 
 2023-08-10
 
 
 Verified Very bad experience
我不想指责这个公司，我只想说这个公司的某些人没有素质。我们俩人在网上联系了该公司的Kiros,订了8月6号的3天 Danakil Depession Tour（含来回机票Addis-Semera-Addis 200美元）全程1000美金。8月4日晚我们被告知去程的机票订不到了，8月5日有5辆吉普放空去Semera 我们可以搭顺风车过去，开始我们很犹豫，这是约600公里10个多小时的车程，很累。Kiros 说沿途可以看风景，于是我们就同意了。在Serema 给安排的酒店每晚20美金，没电没水，40多度的高温，彻夜无法入睡。我很生气，要求单程予以赔偿，因为单程我们支付了100美金的机票费，然而kiros 说我们的回程机票是公务舱，付了双倍的钱，Ok,我们同意了，多少有些安慰。然而我们8号回来时飞机根本就没有公务舱，是统一的经济舱。我打电话给kiros说这种情况航空公司会退款再次要求赔偿，他说航空公司不退款，我说我就是中国南方航空公司的，我知道会不会退款，他又说让我自己去找航空公司去申请。我说明天去公司和他面谈，他说他不在Addis。这就是我们的经历。为了金钱他可以不顾公司和个人的荣誉，百般推诿，毫无信义！
  
 
       
   Hawi A 
 2023-06-15
 
 
 Verified WOW, amazing experience ever
This trip was a WOW! All the places where i have been are so amazing. The Landscape, natural beauty and the people with warm Hearts make all my time perfect. The team is very well organized and very professional. I got explanations more than i expected and hospitality is what i noticed during all my Trip session. I feel like i met old Friends. Geralta is definitely my favorite hiking spot and i can't wait to hike there again. The active Volcano called Ertale is another mega natural phenomena . I highly recommend Lucy tour and travel .
  
 
       
   Romain R 
 2023-06-12
 
 
 Verified VALLEE DE L'OMO
Six jours hors du temps pour visiter la vallee de l'Omo Organisation parfaite Yoseph le guide est tres gentil et dit jamais non une tres bonne qualite pour un guide Awet le conducteur a une tres bonne maitrise des routes interminables ethiopiennes Deux tres belles personnes J'ai ete ravi de mon experience avec Lucy Ethipia Tours Voir c est tribues fut une tres belle experience
  
 
       
   Jan 
 2023-05-27
 
 
 Verified Awesome Times in Ethiopia thanks Lucy Ethiopia Tours
Ich hatte Dank Lucy Ethiopia Tours eine der abenteuerlichsten und entspanntesten Zeiten bei meiner Reise in Afrika Die Guides von Lucy Tours haben mich zu den atemberaubendsten und schönsten Orten in Äthiopien geführt Der Reiseleiter Salomon war super freundlich sehr hilfsbereit und konnte alle meiner vielen Fragen sehr detailliert und leidenschaftlich beantworten Ich habe mich sehr willkommen gefühlt und konnte mich einfach zurück lehnen und die unwirklichen Landschaften sowie die spannenden Kulturen genießen Die äthiopische Kultur ist mit der ägyptischen die wohl interessanteste in Afrika und die Landschaften sind so einmalig wie wunderschön. Ich kann diese Reise nur von ganzem Herzen empfehlen. Für mich sind die Erlebnisse fürs Leben und ich bin super glücklich die Reise mit Lucy EthiopiaTours gebucht zu haben Mir hat echt alles super gut gefallen aber mir ist besonders die reise ins Danakil, zur Felsenkirche Abune Yemanta und die Tribes im Süden in Erinnerung geblieben. Das waren echt unglaubliche Erfahrungen. Außerdem gab es in Tigray eine Community Projekt bei dem man auf den Dächern von Afrika in einer schönen Unterkunft schläft und eine 360 Grad Aussicht genießen kann und die Erlöse fließen fließen direkt in den Ort und kommen bei den Lokals an. Das war echt toll Vielen Dank für die unglaubliche Zeit ich komme gerne und bald zurück! I had one of the most adventurous and relaxing times during my trip in Africa thanks to Lucy Ethiopia Tours The guides from Lucy Tours took me to the most breathtaking and beautiful places in Ethiopia The tour guide Solomon was super friendly very helpful and was able to answer all my many questions in great detail and passionately I felt very welcome and could just sit back and enjoy the surreal landscapes as well as the exciting cultures Ethiopian culture is probably the most interesting in Africa with Egyptian and the landscapes are as unique as they are beautiful. I can only recommend this trip wholeheartedly. For me the experiences are for life and I am super happy to have booked the trip with Lucy EthiopiaTours. I really liked everything but I especially remember the trip to the Danakil, the rock church Abune Yemanta and the tribes in the south. Those were really incredible experiences. In addition, there was a community project in Tigray where the proceeds flow into the village and reach the locals. That was really great Thank you for the incredible time, I will be back soon!
  
 
       
   Paradise281697 
 2023-04-24
 
 
 Verified Amazing 3 day 2 night trip to Danakil with Lucy Tours
Just got back from an amazing tour to Danakil with Lucy Tours, can highly recommend the company to anyone planning a visit to this beautiful part of Ethiopia. Everything was well organised, and the team (guide, driver and chef) went the extra mile to ensure we had a trip of a lifetime.
  
 
       
   matej1 
 2023-04-24
 
 
 Verified Danakil: another planet!
This trip has been amazing! Danakil is a place that you need to visit once in a life. The team is very well organized and all the members are very professional, reliable, helpful, friendly and flexible: super guide Solomon, best driver ever (Adwat, probably is not spelled correctly heheh) and super chef Santayo. I therefore highly recommend Lucy for a perfect 3 days Danakil tour.
  
 
       
   Simon S 
 2023-02-15
 
 
 Verified Fantastic Lucy Ethiopian Tour
From The moment i contacted kiros(CEO) of Lucy tour he is very ,welcomed ,friendley, easy-going and flexible person Our tour waz To Afar(Denakil) Omo valley And Lalibella For ten(10)days It waz very enjoyable and fantastic time the place is really help us to know something about ethiopian cultures and food we really like it!and The guide solomun waz very humble and fluent in english knowledgeable about history and local culture. The driver Awet is very active and always in time and chef cooked us some traditional food waz really yommy!and in this company they have very great chemistry and cared so much about their customers! Definitely recommend Lucy ethiopian tour Already talk about my second trib with my big family with Lucy ethiopian tour

Itenerary

Day 1: Fly from Addis- Mekele – Erta ale

We start our day by flying early in the morning from Addis- mekele (landing at @8:15 am) After you join the existing group you are going to drive to Erta Ale (which means smoky mountain in Afar language). Erta Ale ranks as one of the most alluring and physically challenging natural attractions anywhere in Ethiopia. It is a shield volcano with a base diameter of 30 km and a 1km square caldera at its summit. Erta Ale contains the world’s only permanent lava lake. It is 613 meters, with a lava lake, one of only five in the world, at the summit. It is notable for being the longest existing lava lake, present since the early years of the twentieth century. We start early 9:00 AM, and drive to Askoma (at the base of Erta Ale). This may be one of the roughest roads in the world. The 247 km distance may take about 6 hrs passing through a changing landscape of solidified lava, rock, sand, and occasional palm-lined oasis. After passing several small hamlets scattered here and there in this deserted land, you will arrive at the Askoma camping site, located about 9 km from Erta Ale.

Dinner will be served around 17:00. After a short break, trek up to Ertale at 20:00 hours. Camels will be transporting all the camping materials and some food (sleeping materials like light mattresses and mats and water) to the rim of the volcano, where we spend the night watching the dramatic action of the boiling lava. You will spend the night on top of the mountain, at the rim of the Volcano

Day 2: Ertale- Hamed -Ela

The Danakil Depression can be said to ‘begin’ here. It is one of the most inhospitable regions of the world but is nonetheless spectacular, full of eye-catching colors, as in the sulfur springs. The desert has several points lying more than 100 meters (328 ft) below sea level; You pass through the small town of Berhale where the camel caravan stops before they proceed to the northern highlands. En route, you see many long camel caravans coming to the salt mine and others going out of the Danakil with their salt-loaded camels. (3-4 hrs drive) Camp Hamedela. After the drive to reach Hamad Ela, a better village with a total population of about 500 people. Sun set at Dallol. Overnight camping at Hamed Ela.

Day 3: Dalol – Gheralta (hausien)

Morning tour Drive to Ragad (Asebo), the place where the localities are mining salt. Look at the activity of breaking the salt from the ground, cutting it into rectangular pieces, and loading it on camels. You drive ahead to Dallol and visit the different landscapes formed by volcanic activity, Dallol + Lake Assal + camel caravans. Excursion to Dallol (116 meters below sea level, one of the lowest places in the world) colorful salt mining, visit Lake Assal, follow up camel caravans, and walk with the Afar people. Drive back to Hamedela and proceed to Hawsien. Overnight at Gheralta Lodge or Vision Hotel.

Day 4: Gheralta churches – shimbreyti

To visit Abuna Yemata Guh, walking for about an hour to commence a steep ascent up the side of the Gheralta massif. This steep ascent soon turns into a climb using foot holds and hand holds chipped into the sandstone rock by the passage of many hands and feet. The climb and the walk along very narrow ledges with sheer drops to the side is not one for the faint-hearted. The church itself can be reached by walking out on a ledge one meter wide and with a 200m drop to the left-hand side. At the entrance, there is a small cave and a wooden door built into the rock. After lunch in Hawzen, you will drive for about 1 hour to Edagaarbi village. From Edaga Arbi you will trek and hike to the top of Table Mountain.

Here you will enjoy a 360-degree view and possibly see Gelada baboon.

Overnight at Shimbreyti community guest house.

Day 5: Shimbreyti – Mekele- Addiss Ababa,

After breakfast, you will trek for about 2 hrs back to Edaga Arbi and from Edaga Arbi village you will drive for about 3 hrs to Mekele and from Mekele you will fly to Addis. Overnight at Aya Hotel.

Day 6: Addis Ababa – Lalibela,

Depart on an early morning flight to Lalibela (08:00), the most famous of all of the Ethiopian historical sites. After lunch, start your tour of the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, visiting the Northwestern Cluster of churches – Bet Medhane Alem, Bet Maryam, Bet Meskel, Bet Danaghel, Bet Mikael & Bet Golgotha (entry not permitted for women). Overnight in Lalibela (at top 12 hotel)

Day 7: Lalibela –Gondar

You will fly from Lalibela to Gondar and Gondar, the center of Ethiopian art and culture, is famous for its many medieval castles and the design and decoration of its churches. This land of castles and churches was founded by Emperor Fasilidas in the 1630s and served as the royal capital of Ethiopian Emperors for about 250 years. The foundation of this imperial capital witnessed a period of optimism and renaissance of the golden days of Aksum and Lalibela. Architecture, literature, education, music, painting, and commerce that had perished after the fall of ancient Aksum, rose to prominence. Overnight at Haile Resort.

Day 8: (3 hrs) drive Gondar to Sankaber (3250 m). Hike Sankaber to Gich (3600 m).

We drive from Gondar to Sankaber with a brief stop at the Simien Mountains National Park headquarters to arrange the permit. Today’s trek covers a distance of approximately 12 km and takes around 5-6 hours. The hike goes through highland grasslands, heather forests, and cultivated fields and follows a spectacular escarpment with dramatic views. We will meet the friendly gelada baboons, foraging in big groups. A stunning viewpoint at the Jinbar Falls is reached after clambering a few rocks. This waterfall plunges several hundred meters down the escarpment into the abyss. At the end of the day, we pass through the welcoming village of Gich where the local people are happy to prepare a well-deserved coffee. The coffee ceremony is an important social event in Ethiopian culture. The camp for the night is not far from the village. Overnight camping.

Day 9: Hike Gich to Ambaras (3620 m). Drive (3.5 hrs) to Gondar.

Today is the most spectacular stage of the trekking, offering stunning views all the way. We hike for 5-6 hours, including a short detour to Imet Gogo (3925 m). This summit offers the most exciting views. The giant lobelia is abundant on the Gich plateau. The majestically lammergeyer might soar the skies in front of you and the endemic thick-billed raven will be present. In the afternoon we drive back to Gondar.

Price Includes

Domestic flights assuming you Fly Ethiopian Airlines internationally
Large Van 4-wheel drive vehicle with an English-speaking driver/guide throughout the trip
In Danakil, Erta Ale, and the south, 4X4 vehicles are used
Fuel and instructor expenses
Entrance fee to all sites
Hotels with breakfast
Local guides in all locations
Airport/Hotel transfers
In Danakil where accommodations are outdoors, camping equipment and cook are provided.
In Danakil, unlimited bottled water
meals and mineral water are provided throughout the tour.

Price Excludes

International flights
Visa for Ethiopia if required. The visa can be issued online at the following link: https://www.evisa.gov.et/#/home
Tips for guides and drivers
Laundry
Medical and/or personal insurance
Personal expenses.