10-Day Northern Ethiopia Highlights Tour with Lalibela and Aksum

Arrive at Bole International Airport, met the representative, and transfer to the hotel.

After check-in to the hotel, explore the city tour of Addis Ababa to see the National Museum, the home of the famous complete hominid fossil remains of Lucy.

See the panoramic views of Mount Entoto, the highest peak in Addis with an altitude of 3200 meters above sea level.

Visit beautiful Trinity Cathedral church with the baroque style of European architecture unique to both Ethiopia and Africa, Ethnographic Museum, and Merkato (the largest open-air market in Africa). Overnight stay in Hotel.

In the morning, transfer to the airport to fly to Bahirdar.

After check-in to the hotel, embark on a boat excursion on Lake Tana to see Christian mysticism, the religious interpretations of African art characterized by Ethiopian Christianity, and the world’s Old Testament practice.

Visit Azua-Mariam and Ura Kidane Mihret monasteries which are rich in iron painting. Overnight in Kuriftu resort and spa.

In the morning, a journey by sympathetic African plains eventually leads to the mighty Blue Nile Fall commonly known as Tis Isat (water that smokes).

After hiking, drive back to Bahir Dar with your Ethiopian travel guide.

In the afternoon enjoy free leisure time. Overnight in Kuriftu resort & spa.

In the morning, drive to Gondar, which was one of the hidden cities of the foreign trade area. Explore the site of ancient castle building palaces of different emperors constructed in the European middle age architectural style.

After check-in to the hotel, visit the curious symbiosis of Ethiopian and Portuguese architectural representation of the Royal Enclosure which is also known as the Camelot of Africa, the iconic church of Debre Birhan Selassie, the bath of king Fasilledes which is still in use for the colorful celebration of Ethiopian epiphany (Timket). Overnight in Hotel

After breakfast, drive from Gondar to Simien Mountains National Park which is the most marvelous of all Abyssinian landscapes. Simien Mountain National Park constitutes many summits and culminates at Ras Dashen, the highest peak in Ethiopia and it is the home of the endemics Gelada baboon, Ethiopian wolf, and Walia ibex.

Drive back to Gondar and overnight Hotel.

After breakfast, transfer to the airport to fly to the ancient town of Aksum.

After check-in to the hotel, visit the archaeological and historical attractions in Aksum to see the Archaeological Museum, Monolithic Steles, the tombs of King Kaleb, and King Gebre Meskel, the legendary bath of the Queen of Sheba, and the ruins of the ancient palace of Queen Sheba.

Also, visit the new and the old Cathedral of St.Mary of Zion and the sanctuary that houses the original Arc of the Covenant. Overnight in Hotel

In the morning, transfer to the airport to fly to the legendary and the framed aesthetic mountain town of Lalibela.

After check-in to the hotel, indulge in a full-day visit to rock-hewn churches, and these brilliant feats of engineering and architecture are often referred to as the 8th wonder of the World. There are many rock churches in Lalibela some hidden in enormous caves.

After breakfast, drive to the northeast of Lalibela to visit the church of Yemrehana Krestos, a built-up cave church in Axumite wood and stone construction, and see displays of carvings and paintings.

In the afternoon, visit the second group of Churches of Biete Emmanuel, Biete Qeddus Mercoreus, Biete Abba Libanos, Biete Lehem, and Biete Gabriel-Rafael, and St.George, dedicated to the national saint of Ethiopia.

In the morning, transfer to the airport to fly back to Addis Ababa. 

After lunch in Addis, drive to Debre Zeyit or Bishoftu for overnight in Kuriftu resort & spa.

In the afternoon, you will have leisure and shopping time.

In the evening, farewell traditional dinner in one of the best restaurants in Addis followed by folkloric dances of different Ethiopian nations.

Then transfer to the airport to catch your flight back home.