Itinerary

1. Day 1: Addis Ababa - Fly to Semera - Drive to Afdera-Volcano

   • On this day, we will meet our driver at Semera and drive to Danakil Depression. We start an early drive to Lake Afdera (a salt lake that is located in the heart of Danakil Depressions). 
   • Then later you can swim around this lake. We will be driving to Dodom (at the base of Erta Ale). 
   • Leave after lunch, possibly at 01:30. After you pass several small hamlets scattered here and there in this desert land, Dodom is about 9.5 km from Erta Ale, and it takes about 1 hrs trekking. 
   • Early dinner, around 17:00, camels will transport all the camping materials and some food (sleeping materials like light mattresses and mat and water) to the volcano's rim, where we spend the night watching the dramatic action of the boiling lava.

2. Day 2: Ertale - Hamedella - Dallol - Afdera

   • After an early breakfast, we will drive to Hamedella at 04:30, a better village with a total population of about 500 people. You will see lots of camel caravans, and you will have the sunset look from the very shallow Salt Lake Assale. 
   • In the morning, drive to Raged (Asebo) and you will look at the activity of breaking the salt from the ground. Local people are cutting it into rectangular pieces and loading it on camels. You drive ahead to Dallol and visit the different landscapes formed by volcanic activity.

   Drive to Lake Afdera Overnight Camping in Lake Afdera

3. Day 3: Departure

   • Today you may have another chance to see the beauty of the sunrise in Lake Afdera. Then, after breakfast, we will drive to Semera and drop you at the airport for your departure.