Day 01
Melka Kunture, Adadi Mariam and Tiya Stela
- Pick up from your hotel or the airport and drive 36 km southwest of Addis Ababa to visit the prehistoric archaeological site of Melka Kunture.
- See the archaeological museums, which contain prehistoric stone tools made of obsidian and other stone materials, as well as skulls dating from 900,000 up to 1.7 million years ago.
- Head to the place where early man used to slaughter hippos.
- Drive 23 km to Adadi Mariam, including 13 km of bumpy road, to see the cave church made by King Lalibela, his last work after the rock-hewn churches of the Lalibela area.
- Continue to one of the World Heritage Sites registered by UNESCO in 1980 E.C., where you will see the engraved stelae of the warriors and heroes of those times.
- Have a picnic lunch on the way, as no suitable restaurants are available.
- Drive back to Addis Ababa and arrive at around 4:30 pm.
End of program.
