• Your Ethiopian tour guide will pick you up from the airport and transfer you to a hotel for you to freshen up.

• Head South to Omo Research Center and visit the ethnological museum to get a brief preview of the variety of tribal groups residing in Omo Valley.

• Depending on time, you can also visit the evening market of the Ari tribe.

O/N: Eco-Omo Lodge

• Start early in the morning with an excursion to a Mursi village (approx 66km from Jinka). 

• Meet the Mursi folks renowned for wearing large lip plates and ear lobs.

• Then, after lunch, drive to Turmi (120 km from Jinka).

O/N – Buska loge

• Early in the morning, make an excursion to Korocho to visit the Karo tribe. The Karos, residing on the bank of the Omo River, are celebrated for the finest body painting and body scarification. 

• Return to Turmi for lunch. 

• In the afternoon, one of the biggest Hamar villages. 

O/N – Busk Lodge

Meal (B,L,D)

• After an early breakfast, depart for Kibish in the heart of Suri land (Surma), crossing the Omo River from the Kangaten side via the newly built bridge. 

• The west side of the river has been relatively isolated and preserved from tourist radar. 

• En route, encounter different wild animals as you cross Omo National Park.

• Aim to get to Suri for an evening photo session.

O/N – Camped tent 

• The Suri remain an unfrequented tribe due to their remoteness and inaccessibility. They are also incredibly photogenic with their ornate decoration, which they achieve through painting, scarification, flowers and other natural objects.

O/N – Camped tent

• Early in the morning, depart for Kakuta. 

• Spend this morning and afternoon photographing the Bume tribes.

• Camping in Kakuta will familiarise you with the life and culture of a warrior tribe. Nyangatom women use (Hang) enormous, loose, colourful bead necklaces around their necks. They shave around their scalp and leave a central friezed tuft of hair to which a generous amount of red ochre is applied. And Nagatom men undertake voluntary scarification on their upper body.

• This afternoon, drive to the central town of the Hamar Tribe in Turmi.  

• Transfer to Buska Lodge and prepare for the next day's photo session.

• After breakfast, excursion to Omorate, located east of the Omo River. 

• Cross the Omo River by a small boat and walk for 20 minutes to the Gelab (Dassanech) tribal village. Dasenech people are also known for their body painting and body scarification.

• In the afternoon, you might attend Hamer bull jumping (age rite), depending on when and where it is happening.

• Return to Jinka airport and, en route, visit the weekly tribal market of Dimeka (on Saturday) or Keyafer (on Thursday). These markets are bustling as various dwindling tribes of the Omo Region come together to socialize. 

• See what is happening around and sell and buy goods.

• Ari, Tsemai, Hamar and Benna people can be seen mixing in the colourful marketplace. 

• Proceed to Jinka and transfer to the airport.