DAY 01: ADDIS ABABA - BAHIR DAR - After breakfast transfer to the Airport for your flight to Bahir Dar. After check in, you immediately drive to the Blue Nile falls 32 km far from Bahir Dar town. Back to Bahir Dar for Lunch. In the afternoon Boat trip on lake Tana and a visit one of the Iceland with its monastery called Ura-Kidanemihret.  Dinner and overnight in your hotel.

DAY 02: BAHIR DAR - GONDAR - After breakfast Drive to  Gondar. Lunch will be followed by an afternoon city tour of the 17th century town of Gondar with its castle compound. You will visit also one of the beautiful churches "Debre Birhan Sellassie" very known for its mural paintings as well as drive for a short visit of the village of the former Ethiopian Jews. Dinner and overnight in your hotel.

DAY 03: GONDAR - LALIBELA -Transfer to the airport for your flight to Lalibela. After lunch visit will be to the first and the second part of the rock hewn churches of Lalibela, all carved out (inside and outside) of a solid rock and are architecturally unique ranked among the wonders of the world. Dinner and overnight in your hotel. N.B. You can add one more day in Lalibela to Explore more rock hewn churches or even to visit the 11 rock hewn churches at no rush.

DAY 04: LALIBELA - AXUM - After breakfast you will check out from your hotel and be transferred to the airport for your flight to Axum. Afternoon visit will begin with sightseeing of Axum which includes the steals, believed to have been erected during 1st century. The St. Mary Church of "Maria Tsion" where the Ark of the Convenient of Mosses have been rested, the graves and palaces of the kings of the Axumite king "Ezana" of 4th century etc. are some of the attractions to be seen within Axum. Dinner and overnight in your hotel.

DAY 05: AXUM - ADDIS - Morning transfer to the airport for your flight back to Addis Ababa.

DAY 01: ADDIS ABABA - BAHIR DAR- Early morning drive to Bahir Dar through the Blue Nile Gorge. It is a spectacular Scenery. Picnic lunch around Dejen and keep on driving through the farm land of Gojam. Arrival at Bahir Dar & over night hotel

DAY 02: BAHIR DAR - An early breakfast will be followed by a drive to the Blue Nile falls ´´Tiss -Issat ´´ 32 kms far from Bahir Dar town. A 20 minutes walk will get us to the water falls. Afternoon program comprises of a boat trip on Lake Tana to visit one of the islands With its Monastery called " Ura-Kidane Mihret ". Overnight in your hotel.

DAY 03. BAHIR DAR - GONDAR - Breakfast will be served in the hotel to get us ready for a drive to Gonder which was the 17th century Capital of Ethiopia founded by the King Fassiledes. After lunch Visit of the palace compound, the beautiful church of Debre Birahn Sellassie with its wonderful Mural paintings. At last you will have the look of the village of the former Ethiopian Jews´´ The Falasha´´. Overnight in the hotel.

DAY 04: GONDAR - AXUM - An early morning drive to the north of Gondar through the Chains of the Semen Mountains and the Tekeze river valley to the ancient town of Axum. Picnic Lunch en route. Arrive Axum and Dinner and overnight in your hotel.

NOTE: On Day 4 overnight can also be at Debark(100KM FAR) so that you will have the chance to see Semien mountains and you will avoid a very long drive from Gondar t Axum (365 Km) but Hotel in Debark is a simple one and the duration of the tour will be one day longer.

DAY 05: AXUM- Breakfast will be followed by a full- day sightseeing of Axum, which includes The park of the standing Stale carved out from one single granite stone of the pre-Christianity Era, the palace and tombs of one of the Axumite Empire King Kaleb and Gebre Meskel and the old and new St. Mary of Axum, visit of the ruins of Queen of Sheba, Inscriptions of Ezana, archeological Museums etc. Dinner and overnight in your hotel.

DAY 06: AXUM - MEKELE- After breakfast, we will depart to Mekele which is the capital city of Tigray. On our way, we will visit the pre-Axumite Temple of Yeha, church of Abune Aftse ,rock hewn church of Abraha Atsebaha. Picnic Lunch en route , arrive in Mekele, Dinner and over night in your hotel.

DAY 07: MEKELE - LALAIBELA- After breakfast we will drive to Lalibela through Ambalage Chains of Mountain. Picnic Lunch en-route, arrive in Lalibela. Dinner and overnight in your hotel.

DAY 08: LALIBELA- The morning program begins with a visit of the first part of the rock hewn churches of Lalibela, dated back to the 12th century. All carved out (inside and outside) of a solid rock and are architecturally unique ranked among the wonders of the world. In the afternoon, you visit the 2nd part of the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela. Overnight in your hotel.

DAY 09 LALIBELA- Optional excursion mule trek to the mountain to a monastery of Acheten Mariam, or a less drive to Nakuto-Le-ab Or other churches outside the Town of Lalibela. Over Night hotel.

DAY 10 LALIBELA - DESSE- After breakfast we will drive to Desse with picnic lunch en- route. Dinner and Over night at Desse in a hotel N.B. Optional overnight can also be at Kombolcha (20 kms far from Dessie )

DAY 11: DESSE - ADDIS ABABA- After Breakfast , departure for Addis via Debre Birehan. Lunch en route. In the evening parting meal in Addis Ababa with traditional Music and Dance.

 

N.B. If you have enough time you can extend your tour to Harar making use of two options. 1:by flight and the duration will be 13 nights Option 2: will be 14 days as follows :

DAY 12: ADDIS ABABA - DIRE DAWA - HARRAR - Transfer to the airport for your flight to Dire Dawa with a 54 kms drive to the town of Harar. Harrar remained a center of religious fervor 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 13: HARRAR - DIRE DAWA- After breakfast you will have more sightseeing tour of Harar and lunch will be followed by a return drive to Dire Dawa and a visit of the colorful market of fruits, vegetables chat and the old rail way station. Dinner and overnight at Dire Dawa

DAY 14: DIRE DAWA - ADDIS-: Morning leisure on your own and afternoon flight back to Addis and transfer to your hotel.