Itinerary

1. Day 1- Saturday August 10th, Flight Addis Ababa-Arbaminch-Dorze-Konso Tribes’ Village

   • Catch a morning flight to Arbaminch. Meet your tour guide and get introduced to #PrimeEthiopiaTours driver(s) for your expedition. then Jump in the car and drive uphill towards the Dorze tribe village. 
   • Here you will explore the Dorze people who are excellent experts of weaving which is shown through their traditional costumes and elephant mimicking houses. The Dorze who occupy Rift valleys breath taking lush and green mountainous south northern escarpment depend on subsistence agriculture for their livelihood. 
   • The Dorze are also free spirited and friendly people sometimes even preparing small events for their visitors by dressing in ceremonial clothes. 
   • After completing our visit, decent back to Arbaminch while enjoying the scenery. lunch break, then get on the road to Konso. The konso people are an ethinic group who are revered for their landscaping tradition of terracing and housing style. a centuries old engineering mastery that has become the way of life. 
   • An adaptation to unfavorable rocky environment and steep terrain solely driven by social survivalism that has been rewarded by the world heritage organization, the UNESCO in 2011. 
   • The main factor for construction of the horizontal stone layer walls is to retain the quality of the soil serving as a fence against erosion and landslide on top of that it’s also used as a barricade during a possible incursion by an enemy. once in Konso, we will visit one of the villages, Gamole and find out and learn more about their authenticities. 
   • Learn about the community housing for the youth and the homeless, generation poles installed once every 18 years to implicate the age of a particular neighborhood, circular aval shaped maturity stones and many more. Overnight, Kanta lodge

2. Day 2. Sunday August 11th Drive Konso-Arbore-Turmi Via Keyafer

   • Wake up early in the morning and set forth to Arbore. The Arbore (meaning land of bulls are an ethnic group who occupy the Omo Valley southern arid lowlands, near Chew Bahir(salt sea). 
   • Even though they are believed to be the descendants of the Konso ethnic group they have their own language and traditions.
   • After we complete our visitation, we continue driving towards Turmi enroute stop by the playful and talented Bana boys walking on stilts. 
   • After arriving in Turmi you will camp at the hammer tribe’s village. There you will engage with a Hamar family to learn about their daily routines, lifestyle and activities. 

   Overnight Emerald lodge

3. Day 3- Monday August 12th, Full Day in Turmi (Hamar Tribe Market)

   • Here after breakfast, you will get to explore the authentic tribal open air-market of the nomadic Hamar who share similar cultural traditions with its close ancestor the Bana tribe. 
   • Learn about Hamar lady’s unique goat skin dresses and hair beautification styles, about their quite rare rituals, language, daily activities, means of economic wealth. 
   • After an hour of kickbacks, In the evening short drive to one of the Hamar villages. 
   • If fortunate Witness their evening Rituals like the Evangadi, an evening singing and dancing Ceremony and Bull jumping ceremony a ritual performed by young tribes of the Bana and Hamar young boys as a rite towards marriage. 

   Overnight at Emerald lodge or similar.

4. Day 4. Tuesday August 13th, Turmi- Nyghatom—Karo

   • Wake up early in morning drive to Nyangatom Tribal village, kakuta. The Nyghatom are said to be descendants of the Toposa tribe in South Sudan.  
   • Here, we will have opportunities to explore the tribespeople, who live in a climatically challenging area of the Omo (very arid). The women wear numerous strands of beads, which they build upon during life.  
   • Without wasting time drive to karo village, Korcho. 
   • Karo is the smallest Ethnic group within Omo valley and Ethiopia, who are well famous for their attention to appearance that’s Body-painting. a beautification of their faces and body with kneaded colored Ochre, white chalk and yellow mineral rocks. Karo in the tribe’s language means “fish eater”.  
   • Drive back to Turmi for an overnight. Emerald lodge/similar

5. Day 5- Wednesday August 14th Drive Turmi-Dasanech

   • Right in the morning after breakfast drive to Omorate. here explore the scattered village of the Dasanech tribe crossing the Omo River with an improvised flat bottomed wooden boat.
   • Settle for lunch soon Continue driving towards Jinka. In Jinka get a glimpse of an Aari tribes’ village. 

   Overnight- Eyob Hotel/ similar 

6. Day 6- Thursday August 15th, Drive Mursi Village - Flight Jinka-Addis Ababa

   • Wake up in the morning, after breakfast make a short excursion to Mago national park to visit the Mursi tribe within. Whose women are known for lip and earlobe stretching with circular plates. 
   • After wrapping up our time with the Iconic Mursi revert back to Jinka. From Jhinka Jump continue driving to Keyafer. 
   • Here in Keyafer town, you will witness a fairly diverse open-air market dominated by Bana(bane), Aari, Tsemay tribes and trader, and merchants from Jinka other neighboring towns and villages. 
   • Revert back to Jinka for your flight to Addis Ababa.