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1 Day Walking Tour To Historical Highlights Of Harar

  • Tour Category

    Private Tour

  • Tour Types

    Culture, Photography, History, Sightseeing, Airport Transfer

  • Duration

    2 Days

  • Activity Level

    Medium

  • Language

    English, French

Description

Travel through time in the ancient city of Harar, Ethiopia. A world heritage listed city for being called "The Living Museum ", "The Pearl of the East ", Harar is home to more than 99 mosques and 200 Holy Shrines inside 48 hectares of a fortified city. Join this tour to visit tourist several attraction spots including The Great Wall, coffee grinding factory, and the colourful markets.  

Highlights

Travel Through Time

  • The city also boasts of narrow streets with more than 359 labyrinth and many more wonders

  • As the 4th holiest city of Islam, Harar held another name "Medinatul Awliya' which means the city of Saints


  • Witness the Hyena feeding show
  • Visit a coffee grinding factory
  • Bow your head down in silence at shrines & mosques
  • Day 1 - Check in and accommodation expand_more

    Day 1 - 

    • Check in at the Dire Dawa Airport and introduction.
    • An hour and 40 minutes trip from Dire Dawa to Harar in a van. 
    • Accomodations of already reserved rooms in one of the Cultural Harari Guesthouses inside the walled city of Harar. 
    • The unique Hyena feeding show.
  • Day 2- Sightseeing in Harar expand_more

    After be breakfast at the Guesthouse.


    The walking tour begins which includes a visit to:

    • Walk along the small colorful small streets (labyrinth) 

    • 2 local museums in the ancient city, learn more about the rich history of Harar.

    • A Coffee Grinding Factory, coffee production in Ethiopia is a longstanding tradition which dates back dozens of centuries, Ethiopia is where Coffea arabica, the coffee plant, originates.

    • Shrines which are the primary sites of religious expression in Harar, fourth holiest city of Islam.

    • The Great wall and the five Principal Gates.

    • The famous colourful and bustling markets of Harar.

    • A panoramic view of the city.

    •  with many more to see.

What's Included

  • Museum fees

  • Hyena feeding show fee 

  • Rooms at cultural Harari guesthouse.

  • Breakfast

  • Tour guiding service fee.  

  • Airport shuttle for transportation. 

What's Excluded
  • Personal Expenses
  • Lunch and dinner expenses
Meeting Point

Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price Details
Adult
1 To 1 USD 120 Per Person
Child
1 To 1 USD 100 Per Person

This is a private tour
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USD 120 / person