5-Day Danakil Depression and Lalibela Tour

Day 1
Fly to Lalibela & Visit the Rock - Hewn Churches
You'll visit the rock-hewn churches that have been here for at least 900 years and include an active Christian shrine, the spiritual center of the country's religious life.
Visit the Northwestern Clusters of churches, including Bet Medhane Alem, Bet Maryam, Bet Meskel, Bet Danagel, Bet Mikael, and Golgotha.
After lunch, you'll continue to visit the Southeastern Cluster of Lalibela churches —Bet Gabriel-Rafael, Bet Merkorios, Bet Amanual, and Bet Abba Libanos. Finally, you'll visit the most famous of all the churches —Bet Giyorgis, a huge monolith in the shape of a cross, constructed in honor of St. George, the patron saint of Ethiopia.

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Day 2
Fly back to Addis Ababa
Early in the morning, depending on the day, you may have the opportunity to attend a morning church service in one of the churches. Then, after breakfast, you will drive to Lalibela Airport and take your flight back to Addis.
Overnight stay: Sun View Hotel.

Day 3
Morning Flight to Semera - Visit Danakil Depression
You'll arrive in Semera in the morning and on the same day drive to Hamedela town. You'll begin your journey with an excellent cook team, a local guide, a road leader from the tourism authorities, and a police escort, all with camping gear ready to depart with you. You'll head directly to the Hamedela town of Dallol. You'll visit the Sunset at Lake Assale late in the afternoon. Your overnight stay will be open-air camping with clean beds, mattresses, pillows, clean bedsheets, and a lot of water for hydration 6 liters per person per day.

Day 4
Visit Dallol & Active Volcano
Early in the morning, before sunrise, you'll drive to the lunar landscape of the Dallol geothermal site for an amazing wonder seen nowhere else on the planet. You'll have a picnic breakfast near this cave with wonder. After this visit, you will drive to the vast salt plains, the lake Karum swimming saltwater cold pool in that scorching sun, and finally visit the salt miners before leaving back to Hamedela for some rest. After lunch, you'll continue driving to Ertale, an active volcano. You'll reach the camping ground at the top of the Caldera. Walk 30 minutes until the summit crater lake is at its active cycle. You'll enjoy the wonder happening right in front of you and walk back to the campsite. You'll leave for the volcano around 5:30 PM, late in the afternoon, and walk back after visiting around 8:00 PM.
Your overnight stay will be open air camping on flat ground with a suitable mattress, pillow, clean bed sheets, and quiet environment.

Day 5
Visit Salt Lake & Fly back to Addis Ababa
In the morning, you will wake up with the sun. After breakfast, you will drive to Afdera salt Lake Town. You'll have lunch in town, get a glimpse of the salt lake, and take a walk along the salt farms. After this, you'll drive back to Semera. In the afternoon, you will drive back to Semera and take a late afternoon flight back to Addis.