Day 01: Eight hundred Twelve (812) sq kms in area, the Awash National park is located 225 km east of Addis Ababa. Wild life in the Park mostly consists of oryx, caracal, colobus & velvet monkeys, klipspringers, greater & lesser kudus, reed buck, water buck, warthog, etc. and more than 300 species of birds. Near the Northern boundary of the park, there is an extensive area of hot mineral water- fed pools fringed with trees. Overnight lodge/ Hotel.

 

 

Day 02: Includes an interesting morning program with an extensive game viewing. En-route visit will be at lake Bishoftu and Hora.

Harar & Dire Dawa

Near Dire Dawa, you may see the great trains of camels wending their way as they have done for centuries. A smooth 50 km (34 miles) drive through rolling fertile hills takes you to Harar, glistening 1,850 meters up on a hillside. The high stonewalls of the city, pierced with 5 gates and topped by 25 towers, the flat roofed houses, the exquisite mosques; all give the impression of having wandered into a city from the Arabian nights. Another unique experience that awaits one is the feeding of the hyenas by the only man who has ever succeeded in coaxing these timid creatures to take food from a human being.

DAY 01: ADDIS ABABA - DIRE DAWA - HARRAR Transfer to the airport for your flight to Dire Dawa Drive 54 km to the town of Harar. The road journey from Dire Dawa to the town of Harar is about 54 kms. Harrar remained a center of religious favor from early days of the Islamic expansion until 1887, when the authority of the central government was restored by Emperor Menelik II. With its 99 Mosques, Harar is considered to be Islam�s fourth most Holy City. There is a visit of the house of the French Poet, Rimbaud, as his city of exile from French intolerance. And in the evening a visit to "hyena man" who feeds those wild hyenas from his hand. Over night at Harrar.

DAY 02: HARRAR - DIRE DAWA - ADDIS: Breakfast will be followed by more sightseeing tour of Harar and a visit of the colorful market of fruits, vegetables chat and the old rail way station. This extensive day long tour will be completed with our flight back to Addis.