Overview
Day by day
Price
Embark on a 3-day tour of Ethiopia's Omo Valley, where you'll meet the Hamer people in Turmi, the Karo people in Murulle, the Nyangatom people, and the Ari people in Jinka. You'll also visit the Mursi tribe at Key afer.
- You visit
- Jinka Airport(Start) Addis AbabaJinkaTurmi Jinka Airport (End)
- Highlights
- Tribal visits,Cultural experience
- Vehicle used
Day 1: Fly Addis Ababa - Jinka
After breakfast, take a flight to Jinka. You will be met upon arrival and drive to Turmi Hamer Village. The Hamer are known for their unique custom of “bull jumping,” which initiates a boy into manhood, practice of body adornment and wearing a multitude of colorful beads. The men of the tribe will often style their hair with clay, creating a sculpture of sorts that is styled with various pigments, mostly red and white, and in smoothing the clay they create very small protruding tube in which they house ostrich feathers from their hunts.
Spend the night at Emerald Lodge in Turmi.
No meals included on this day
Day 2: Explore Karo Tribes
Drive to Murulle to meet the Karo people, known for their striking body decorations using white chalk for ceremonies, with women scarifying their chests for beauty and men marking scars for enemies or dangerous animals killed. Afterward, visit the Nyangatom people, 17 km away, noted for their long, lean bodies, adorned with numerous necklaces and decorated goatskin skirts, before returning to Turmi.
Overnight: Emerlald Lodge - Turmi
Breakfast
Day 3: Visit Mursi Tribes and Fly back to Addis Ababa
After breakfast, On the way drive to Jinka, Visit the Mursi village at Key Afer. The Mursi are one of the exotic ethnic groups in Ethiopia. The women like to wear terra cotta on their enormously stretched lower lips and ear lobes. After the tour, take a flight back to Addis Ababa.
Breakfast
Accommodation not included
