Southern route-Tribes culture   Awash & Bale Safari
Omo & Mago Safari

It is the most popular safari tour to discover African untouched culture and way of living, birding and wild game in the great African Rift Valley. The program offers an entire access to visit the renowned rift valley lake National parks including:

• Abyata – Shalla Lakes National Park – Breeding and feeding place of most African water birds.
• Nech-Sar National Park in Arbamich – among the most beautiful game reserves in Africa set in the Rift Valley, with the dramatic view of the tow Lakes Abaya and Chamo separated by a chain of mountain called "God's bridge". Lake Chamo has the substantial number of hippopotamus and giant Crocodiles.

Beyond that undeniably the highlight of your trip will be to experience the region's extraordinary cultural diversity more than 40 tribes represent four of major African linguistic group are culturally unique and diverse, extraordinarily colorful and purely traditional.

Among the most renowned you will visit the heart of Murci Village, famed for their practice of women lip plates, the Hammer, Benna, Tsemay, karo, Ari, Elbore and the like for the adornments and body scaring.

Itinerary (13 days/ 12 nights)

Day 01: Drive to Arbamich through Rift Valley Lakes.
Day 02: Drive to Jinka enjoying the Giddole, Konso, Tesmay, and Ari tribes.
Day 03: Drive to Mago National park. Afternoon, game drive. O/N camping.
Day 04: Full day excursion to Murci village. O/N camping.
Day 05: Drive to Murulle on the way karo tribe. O/N camping.
Day 06: Drive to Turmi on the way Bume and Geleb Tribe crossing the Omo
River. O/N camping
Day 07: Full day excursion to Dimeka Market to visit Benna, Ari, Hammer
Tribes at one place. O/N camping.
Day 08: Drive to Konso, on the way Elbore and Konso villages.
Day 09: Morning market and drive to Arbaminch.
Day 10: Morning Nech-Sar National Park, after lunch boat trip over Lake Chamo to enjoy Crocodiles, Hippos & aquatic birds.
Day 11: Drive to Wondogenet, spring resort.
Day 12: Drive back to Addis.