Pilgrimage tour to the treasure house of Ethiopia
Duration 6 night / 7 days
Mode of transportation: Flight
Day 1 Arrival/ Addis Ababa. Arrival at Bole International
Airport (Addis Ababa) where you will be met by L`Arada
EthiopianTours representative and transferred to your Hotel in
Addis Ababa. After check in to the hotel you will have city
tour of Addis Ababa lying between an altitude of2250m and
3200m above sea level, Addis Ababa enjoys a temperate climate
with an average temperature of 20 degree Celsius.
City tour Of Addis Ababa
Trinity Cathedral-a beautiful church with a baroque style of
European Architecture unique to both Ethiopia and Africa,
National Museum-the home of the famous complete hominid fossil
remain of Lucy dated 3.5 million years back, Mount Entoto
panoramic view point at the highest pick in Addis with an
altitude of 3200 meters and over hotel.
Day 2 Early in the morning Flight to Bahirdar. Bahir Dar lies
on the southern tip of Lake Tana enjoying a pleasant, tropical
type of climate. After short break drive to the mighty Blue
Nile falls. They are known as Tis Abay in Amharic, when
translated, means "smoking water” on the way visit the Old
Portuguese Bridge in a way toward waterfalls over night hotel
Day 3 on this day you will have a Boat trip to Lake Tana,
which is famous in its medieval period monasteries, Lake Tana
is famous mostly as the source of the Blue Nile and as the
largest lake of Ethiopia and one of the high land highest
large lakes in the world. At the same time, Lake Tana is also
renowned for its monasteries which can be found directly on
its shores. among the 38 islands in the lake 20 islands are
monasteries which once housed the Arc of the covenant and St.
Marry during her exile from ISAREAL and visit Ura- kidnemehert
at zege pensuala and Azuwa Maryam from 14th century on return
you will have the city tour of BahirDar overnight hotel.
Day4. In the morning drive to GONDER the <<the Camelot of
Africa >> and One of the world heritage sites recorded by
UNESCO. After transfer to hotel visit and truly excited by
Royal palace campus which usually contains two storied
crenellated stone buildings .With the conception of ogee art
plus Moorish and Indian with Much own Axmite styles made a
unique product of Ethiopia. Including the bath of King Fasil
17th century Emperor Fasil’s pool, which is still use for the
Timket (the Ethiopian Epiphany) festival held every January 19
monastery and and the church of Debere Birhanselasie(light of
the trinity on the mountain ) with its highly painted &
decorated ceiling’s .overnight hotel
Day 5; Flight to Lalibela, previously known as Roha, famous
for its rock hewn churches dating back 800 years .Once the
thriving and populous capital city of a medieval dynasty.
Lalibela is one of Ethiopia's holiest cities, which are
sometimes called the "Eighth Wonder of the World". Physically
prised from the rock in which they stand, each carved entirely
out of a single block of granite with its roof at ground level
these monolithic churches were originally thought to have been
built in the 12th century during the reign of King Lalibela,
visit the first group of churches known as the earthly
Jerusalem & After lunch visit the second group of churches
known as the heavenly Jerusalem much refined & complicated
with its architectural style over night hotel
Day6: Flight to Axum and after check-in to the hotel Have a
full day city tour in Axum town one of the world heritage
sites recorded by UNESCO. Here you will visit stale tombs,
which is considered to be probably the oldest monolithic stand
in the world, the church compound of St. Mary of Zion, which
is the seat of the true Moose's Ark of the covenant, the Queen
of Sheba's palace, King Kaleb's and Gebremeskel's palace and
tombs, and Archeological Museum. Overnight stay will be in
your hotel.
Day 7 Fly to Addis and transfer to hotel and city tour of
Addis Ababa , hosts The African Union, United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa, and other international organizations.
Visit Merkato the biggest open air market in Africa. In the
evening there will be a fare well dinner at one of the
beautiful traditional restaurant with Ethiopian folkloric
dance. According to your flight schedule transfer to the
Airport and departure to home.
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