埃塞俄比亞南北19天攝影采風團
第一天 香港/亞的斯亞貝巴Addis Ababa （飛行約11小時）ET609(0035 /0725)
乘機前往亞的斯亞貝巴, 抵達亞的斯亞貝巴後-城市觀光-國家博家館-Entoto山遠眺
第二天 亞的斯亞貝巴麥克雷Mekelle-夏瑪迪拉Hamadila 隨團廚師安排餐膳
酒店早餐，後乘機飛往北部的Mekelle，，並立即乘車前往Hamadila，抵達後專業廚師開始煮晚餐，導遊和助手，司機們安排客人住宿地方，我們今天將住在一個茅房外面，每人一張床，一張床墊，自己可以選擇床的擺放位置。 床墊、床
第三天 夏瑪迪拉Hamadila -達洛爾活火山 隨團廚師安排餐膳
早餐後，抵達一個人沙漠的小村莊，午餐於村莊一些茅屋內。路途都是岩漿化成的黑色石頭，非常崎嶇陡峭，廚師開始做晚餐，餐後步行抵達火山口，觀賞火山爆發的自然景觀, 嵱槳不斷的噴發和滾動, 火花璀燦,令人歎為觀上。註: 今天沒有水和地方洗澡 床墊、床
第四天 達洛爾活火山火山-夏瑪迪拉 Hamadila 隨團廚師安排餐膳
早上起床，觀看火山日出，後步行返回山下，抵達山下，客人用午餐，餐後準備整理行裝，大概中午出發，坐車返回Hamadila，抵達後廚師準備客人晚餐，司機導遊安排客人整理行李。
第五天 夏瑪迪拉Hamadila 隨團廚師安排餐膳
早後乘車，前往鹽岩，經過埃塞最大的鹽湖，鹽湖內可以行車，客人可選擇坐在吉普車車頂，觀賞鹽湖風光。抵達鹽岩山腳後，自由觀賞七彩鹽岩內特別風景及鹽湖水。後前往鹽湖中鹽業工廠，工人們從Mekelle拉著駱駝步行7天到鹽湖，工人們開始工作，取鹽塊，工作7天後，再步行7天回Mekelle賣鹽塊。如果能看到駱駝隊運東西，停下來給客人拍照。 床,床墊
第六天 Hamadila-Mekelle 麥克雷 隨團廚師安排早餐
返回Hamadila，用午餐，返回Mekelle。抵達市區遊覽，Mekelle博物館等。後入住酒店。
住宿當地酒店
第七天 Mekelle-拉利貝拉
早上乘車前往拉利貝拉，傍晚抵達後外觀有“非洲奇迹”之稱的岩石教堂，這是由整塊岩石雕刻出來的教堂，總計十一座教堂。由衣索比亞第七代國王拉利貝拉按照神諭在衣索比亞北部海拔2600米的岩石高原上，動用2萬人工，花了24年的時間雕鑿而成。從此，拉利貝拉成爲衣索比亞人的聖地。教堂內外光影唯美，可以拍攝出非常漂亮的人文攝影；日落時，我們可以以獨石教堂作爲前景拍攝。 住宿當地酒店
第八天 拉利貝拉
全天參觀有“非洲奇迹”之稱的岩石教堂，這是由整塊岩石雕刻出來的教堂，總計十一座教堂。由衣索比亞 第七代國王拉利貝拉按照神諭在衣索比亞北部海拔2600米的岩石高原上，動用2萬人工，花了24年的時間雕鑿而成。從此，拉利貝拉成爲衣索比亞人的聖地。教堂內外光影唯美，可以拍攝出非常漂亮的人文攝影； 住宿當地酒店
第九天 拉利貝拉-亞的斯亞貝巴-阿瓦沙
早餐後乘機飛往亞的斯亞貝巴，後前往南部最大城市阿瓦沙。沿途將看到獨具特色的埃塞村莊，以及頗具特色的牛羊放牧，同時還將看到美麗的高原湖泊，隨時可以停車盡情拍攝。
第十天 阿瓦沙/阿拉巴名奇 (早餐/午餐/晚餐)
早餐後從酒店出發，拍攝阿瓦薩魚市，在這裏人與動物的和諧共處，讓人無法停止摁動快門。午餐後，然後前往南部最大城市阿拉巴名奇（約5小時車程）。沿途將看到獨具特色的埃塞村莊。 住宿當地酒店
第十一 天 阿拉巴名奇/吐米-星期六Dimeka市集 早餐/午餐/晚餐)
早餐後，從酒店出發，前往吐米，抵達後進入OMO河谷，也就是原始部落區，一路上你可以看到不同部落的孩子爲吸引遊客而所做各種努力，跳舞、高蹺、奔跑等等，絕對吸引眼球。到達吐米後我們參觀色彩繽紛的星期六市集。晚上你可以住在當地舒適的高級酒店，不遠處可就是原始部落哦，恍如隔世。 住宿當地酒店
第十二天 吐米 /Karo卡羅部落
早餐後，進入Hamer部落村莊，他們保持著最原始的生活狀態，由於天氣炎熱，很多女性都不穿衣服，或者就挂一塊獸皮。非洲大草原魅力的日落可不要錯過，你可以以部落作爲前景，拍攝出精彩的照片。後進入Karo原始部落區，這個部落非常偏僻，但卻是出大片的好地方，榮獲國際大獎的作品就在這裏拍攝的晚上你可以住在當地舒適的高級酒店，不遠處可就是原始部落哦，恍如隔世。 住宿當地酒店
第十三天 吐米/金卡 (早餐/午餐/晚餐)
吐米- -金卡-Omo文化中心/金卡博物館-Ari部落。等到夕陽西下，我們再去拍攝牛羊回家，紅色的太陽在牛羊身上勾勒出迷人的輪廓線，放牧童來回奔跑，此時此刻的場景，相信你終身不會忘記。 住宿當地酒店
第十四天 金卡-Mago國家公園-大盤族Mursi部落-金卡-星期四市集 (早餐/午餐/晚餐)
早餐後從酒店出發，在俯瞰金卡的山上等待日出。然後一路向南，去往神秘的“大盤族”部落——Mursi部落，Mursi族人被遺忘在世界的角落裏，他們當中的許多人卻都扛著AK-47，不過他們對於遊客還是比較友善的。最著名的就是這個部落的女子，因爲她們通常都會在下嘴唇裏帶有大大的唇盤，據說這種“裝飾”的作用，是爲了避免被抓去當奴隸。 住宿當地酒店
第十五天 金卡-阿拉巴名奇Konso部落-Walda族長- (早餐/午餐/晚餐)
Chamo遊湖觀鱷魚, 池鷺, 河馬 住宿當地酒店
第十六天 阿拉巴名奇/--Dorze 部落-蘭佳諾湖 (早餐/午餐/晚餐)
早上拍日出，沿途可以看見多彩多姿的部落文化，和各地的集市文化。後乘車前往蘭佳諾湖，抵達後自由活動，住在湖邊度假村，自由在湖邊游泳和玩自費專案。 住宿當地酒店
第十七天 蘭佳諾湖--史前遺址-亞的斯亞貝巴 (早餐/午餐/晚餐)
傍晚乘車返回亞的斯亞貝巴，抵達後入住酒店
第十八天 亞的斯亞貝巴—香港
早餐後參觀聖喬治大教堂St. George Cathedral和三一大教堂 Holy Trinity Cathedral。聖喬治大教堂建於1896年，曾是最大的衣索比亞東正教堂以及西爾維亞潘克赫斯特的墓碑，除此之外也是國王海爾塞拉西和皇室成員的墓地，至今仍舊保留完好。嘗正宗的衣索比亞咖啡，晚上觀賞埃塞傳統舞蹈，後乘車前往國際機場，乘機飛香港。 住宿機上
第十九天 抵達香港
Ethiopia Afar Volcano Lalibela Mursi tribes Tour
Day 1 Arrival in Addis Ababa by ET609 at 0635 am. Up on arrival, transfer to the Radisson BLU hotel; Then, start the full day visit of Addis Abeba including: The visit of the national Museum; The museum houses over 100 000 artefacts in four main sections: prehistoric, historical, ethnographic and art. The prehistoric section displays casts and original fossils of various hominids, including Australopithecus africanus, A. boseii, Homo habilis, H.erectus and H. sapiens. We will see a copy (the original is touring the USA) of the fossil remains of the 3.2-million-year-old skeleton of Lucy or Dinknesh ('Thou Art Wonderful'), which was discovered in 1974 by anthropologist Don Johanson at Hadar close to the Awash River in the Rift Valley. Subsequent discoveries in that area include the 2.5-myo A. garhi, the 4.4-myo Ardipithecus ramidus and, more recently, Ardipithecus kadabba dated to between 5.2 and 5.8 million years old. Then, drive to the view from Entoto Hill, for a view of the capital and to tour the palace of Emperor Menelik II and Entonto Mariam Church , which features displays, and the Trinity Cathedral. Lunch will be at Da TANG Chinese Restaurant. After lunch, visit the St. George Cathedral and Merkato The biggest open air market in Africa . Dinner will be at the Habesha 2000 Cultural Ethiopian Restaurant with traditional Folkloric Dance show. Overnight, Radisson BLU Hotel.
Day 2 ADD/MQX, ET110, 0710/0815 and then drive to Hamedela, 180 km, 5 hours
After a morning breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight to Mekele. On arrival, meet the vehicles and drive from Mekele to Hamedela via Berhaile, on the way you will enjoy a nice volcanic lava landscape and the camel caravan all the way. Balance of the day, short drive to the place where people cut bar of salt from the ground in a traditional way. Walk around to explore more of the Dalul area, which is one of the hottest and lowest place on earth, 116 m bellow sea level. O/n camping (open air camping).
Day 3 Dalul - Dodom - Erta Ale (125 km, 4 hours) and walk to Erta - Ale for 2 hours (strong people will only walk 1:30 min)
After breakfast, drive from Hamedela to Dodom to through the Danakil Desert, and then organize camel for the equipments. Then early evening, walk to Erta Ale active volcano (2 hours) to witness and enjoy the lava lake's explosion through the night. Then overnight by the caldera, camping. Early morning, walk get up for the Sun Rise view later, walk back to Dodom (2 hours) to meet the car and team.
Day 4 Drive from Dodom to Hamedela (125 km, 4 hours drive). After a little break from the sun at the camp site. Later in the afternoon, explore the Bar of salt cutting area around the Hamedela camp, the passing by Camel Caravan. O/n camping.
Day 5 Hamedela (Drive 8 km, to Dalul and then walk for about 2 hours)
Early morning, view Sun Rise and after breakfast, drive to the Dalul hot springs and then walk to the Dalul hot springs and natural salt formation (one of the lowest points on earth, at Dallol (116 meters below sea level) to see the wonderful and colorful formation of sulfur and phosphorus. And after lunch you will visit the salt lake of Asale and discover how people get salt in traditional ways. . Afternoon, drive to Lake Asal to see salt extraction and explore the area around Hamedela for a bar of salt cutting visit around the camp area. O/n Camping at Hamedela.
Day 6 - Full day in Hamedela to explorer more of lake Asal, Dalul walk visit and cutting of salt bars. O/n camping.
Day 7 Drive from Hamedela to Mekele via Berhaile, on the way you will enjoy the camel caravan all the way to Mekele. Balance of the day, visit Mekele Museum of Emperor Yohannes the IV, and the Martyrs Monument in Mekele. O/n Axum Hotel.
Day 8 Drive to Lalibela 320 km, 8 hours drive passing through a wonderful scenery with stop overs. O/n Roha Hotel.
Day 9 Full day in Lalibela
After breakfast, visit of the 11 magnificent underground Rock Hewn Churches of Lalibela which were hewn out of solid rock 800 years ago, between 1135 - 1270 AD and are still active places of worship. These churches include: Bete Medhane Alem, Bete Mariam, Bete Maskal, Bete Danaghel, Bete Golgotha, Bete Mikael (first group) and Bete Amanuel, Bete Markorious, Bete Aba Libanos, and Bete Gabriel-Rufael and the separately standing Bete-Giorgis. Overnight Roha Hotel.
Day 10 Fly from Lalibela to Addis by ET123, 1130/1430, then, pick-up at the airport and drive to Lake Hawassa passing through the Rift Valley Lakes. O/n Haile Resort Hawassa.
Day 11 After breakfast, visit the Awassa Fish Market by the Lake Awassa at the place called "Amora Gedel" and then drive to Arbaminch (310 km, 5 hours) via the Sodo.
Day 12 After breakfast drive from Arbaminch to Turmi via Dimeka visiting on the way the Saturday Dimeka Market of the Hammer tribes. O/n Turmi Lodge.
Day 13 - Turmi. After breakfast, drive to Murule village of the Karo tribes. The Karo people have a special hair style, paint their bodies and a unique way of dressing. Later, drive back to Turmi. Afternoon, visit Hammer village in Turmi. O/n Turmi Lodge.
Day 14 Morning drive from Turmi to Omorate/Kelem 150 km 4 hours. Visit the Dassenech tribes on the other side of the Omo River by crossing the Omo River on a local boat. Then, drive back to Turmi. Afternoon, visit the Monday Market of the Hammer tribes at Turmi town. O/n Turmi Lodge.
Day 15 Drive from Turmi to Murule to visit the Karo tribes village. Thank back to Dimeka for the Tuesday Women's market. Later, drive to Turmi. O/n Turmi Lodge.
The Karo and Hammer tribes: Hammer are handsome, photogenic and friendly people. The Karo and the Hammer are closely related in culture and are the only people in the Omo Valley that permit marriage outside their tribes, provided it is between the Hammer and Karo. Like all small ethnic groups of the far southern Omo area, they practice a combination of pastoralism and shifting agriculture, which is mainly rain-fed, even though the water of the Omo is readily available. The main aspect of their life and economy is cattle-based and wealth is measured by the number of cattle owned. These people are famous for their hair styles, body painting and the very rare to see ‘bull-jumping’, which an amazing and glorious part of their culture. This is practiced by young men in order to qualify them for marriage. A man can choose a wife after successfully accomplishing the bull-jump. The women of the man's family will be scourged by the family of the girl, and they in turn will mock the girl’s family.
Day 16 Drive from Turmi to Jinka (127 km, 3 hours). Balance of the day, visit the South Omo Research center/Jinka Museum and later visit the Ari Village in Jinka. O/n Eco Omo
Day 17 An early morning start takes us to the Mago National Park. Accompanied by a Park Scout, we drive to a village of the Mursi tribe (160 km, 5 hours). The Mursi tribe is one of the southern Ethiopia’s tribes that requires its women to mutilate their lips as a sign of beauty. Return to Jinka for Lunch at Jinka Besha Gojo. After noon, drive from Jinka to Key Afer Market (42 km, 1 hour) to visit the Thursday Benna Market where you will meet the Ari, Hammer and Benna tribes. O/n Eco Omo.
Day 18 Drive from Jinka to Arbaminch 250 km, 6 hours.
After breakfast, drive back at Konso. Situated on the banks of the seasonal Segen River at an altitude of 1 650 m, this small town is the capital of Konso Special Woreda. In the afternoon we will visit a typical Konso town, Mecheke, where Angela Fisher did much of her exquisite photography of the Konso tribe. Judging by the number of Olahita poles, the town is at least 400 years old. There are four groups of waga grave markers left in Mecheke, some estimated to be more than 150 years old.
We will also drive to an isolated hill surrounded by juniper forest to visit the compound of Chief Walda Dawit Kalla, the clan chief of the Kertita clan, an important patrilineal unit of Konso society. There are nine clans, each of which is represented by an elected local headman in every Konso village. The paramount chief of a clan acts as a spiritual guru and in a judicial role. He and his immediate family live in total isolation in order to have no involvement in the day-to-day affairs of the community, thereby ensuring his impartiality when settling intra-clan disputes and crimes. The clan chief title is strictly hereditary and Chief Dawit is the 19th in a line that has lived in the same compound for about 500 years. The Kerita lineage is one of only three of the nine original clans to have survived. Chief Dawit’s compound is a fascinating and atmospheric place, cluttered with chiefly artefacts ranging from beer vats to furniture, and the chief himself is a gracious and welcoming host. In the forests outside the compound several waga statues mark the graves or earlier chiefs and their wives. Then, proceed to Arbaminch. Balance of the day, boat trip on Lake Chamo to the Place called Crocodile Market. O/n Swayness Hotel overlooking Lake Chamo and Abaya.
Day 19 Drive from Arbaminch to Lake Langano 320 km, 6 hours.
After breakfast, we drive up to Chencha. The town is set at an altitude of 2 900 m in the Guge Hills north of Arbaminch. A dramatic series of switchbacks that take us 1 600 m higher in a mere 22 km, brings us to the home of the Dorze people, who are renowned as cotton weavers. Their up to 6 m tall bee-hive-shaped dwellings constructed entirely from organic materials − bamboo sticks, grass and enset (false banana) − are among the most distinctive traditional structures to be seen anywhere in Africa. The main concentration of traditional houses is at the village of Dorze, where we will also make a stop. Later, proceed to Sodo for lunch. After lunch, drive to Lake Langano via Shashemene. O/n Sabana Lodge.
Day 20- Drive to Addis Ababa 220 km, 4 hours.
After breakfast drive to Addis Ababa via Ziway, Tiya and Adadi Mariam. Passing the town of Bulbula, we come to Ziway and Lake Ziway (430 km2), the northernmost of Ethiopia’s natural Rift Valley lakes and the largest of the four in this area. Here the main road is left to visit to visit the rock-hewn church of Adadi-Maryam and the prehistoric Melka Kunture archaeological site. Exit the Great Rift Valley between Ziway and Butajira, which lies at the heart of the country of the Gurage. This mountainous area lies at the southern of the central highlands.
On the way, visit The Tiya Stone Stele. The other visit involves the Melka Kunture Prehistoric Site opposite Melke Awash on the Awash River. Considered to be one of the most important Stone Age sites in Ethiopia, it represents a fossil record of more than a million years. The first major excavations at the site took places between 1965 and 1981 and further excavations occurred in the 1990s. The site hosts numerous Stone Age artefacts, including cleavers, hand-axes and other tools made from basalt and obsidian. It also has important fossil beds of extinct mammal species. Several H. erectus fossils have been found dating to 1.5 to 1.7 million years ago, as well as cranial fragments of early H. sapiens. A small, excellent site museum and a mammal fossil bed will be seen.
From here we have 50 km to go before reaching Addis Ababa. We return to the Bole Ambassador Hotel. In the evening enjoy a farewell dinner with traditional dance in an Ethiopian restaurant. O/n Radisson BLU.
Day 21 Full day in Addis Ababa, visiting more places of interest in Addis, Coffee shopping and later dinner at the traditional Ethiopian Restaurant. After dinner and show, depart to Hong Kong by ET628 - 0040/1845.
