Highlights:
Rich History, monuments, Gorges, valleys, churches, monasteries,
Stele, castles, palaces, mural paintings Lake Tana and falls
Day 1- ADDIS
ABABA
Arrive at Addis Ababa Bole international airport and transfer
to your hotel. O/n Hotel
Day 2 Bahirdar
Drive in the morning to the Portuguese Bridge, The Blue Nile
Gorge and The most important monastery of the medieval time-Debre
Libanos-Once it was a popular monastery in the Ethiopian History.
Overnight Hotel
Day 3 - Bahir Dar
Full day in Bahir Dar – After breakfast depart by boat to
visit the Zege peninsula for monasteries of Ura Kidanemihret,
and the monastery of Azewa Mariam to see mural paintings,
crowns, crosses etc. After lunch visit the local market, the
Woito village (where the local people make the Papyrus boat)
and Blue Nile Falls. Overnight Hotel
Day 4 Gondar
Drive to Gondar and visit the castle and the church of Debre
Berhan Selasse and the Bath of king Fasiledes. Overnight hotel
Day
5 –Sankaber 3230m
In
the morning Drive to Sankaber 3230masl through a beautiful
scenery and the villages of Falasha (Ethiopian Jews) Overnight
Hotel
Day 6 - Axum
Drive to Axum through the escarpments of the semien mountain
National park and the beautiful valley of Tekeze. Overnight
t Hotel
Day 7- Axum
Full day in Axum once one of the four great powers of the
ancient world. We will see the remarkable stelae or obelisks,
the largest single pieces of stone standing anywhere on the
world. There are also tombs and castles of former monarchs,
the Axum Museum and Mariam tsion Church, built on the site
of Ethiopia's first church AD). Overnight Hotel
Day 8- Mekele
Drive to Adigrat and en route visit Aba Garima Monastery,
Yeha Temple of the Pagan of the 5 Century and the first Sub
Saharan Christian Church of the 5 C- Debre Damo Monastery-FORBIDDEN
TO WOMEN. Overnight Hotel
Day
9 -Tigray rock churches
Drive to Astbe-and visit Micheal Imba and Micheal Debre selam
rock churches. Overnight Hotel in Mekele
Day
10-Tigray rock churches
Drive to Gerhalta Mountains-and visit the famous rock churches
of Tigray Dugum Silassie and Debre Tsion, Mariam Korkur and
Abuna Yemata- Overnight Hotel in Mekele
Day 11- Lalibela and Cave churches
In the morning visit Mekele Museum and Drive to Lalibela -
en route visit Yimrahine Kirstos Monastery. Overnight Hotel
Day
12-Rock Hewn Churches of Lalibela
Full
day in Lalibela At the end of the 12th and beginning of the
13th centuries, King Lalibela of the Zaghwe dynasty built
a series of rock hewn churches, rightly acknowledged as one
of the wonders of the world We will visit the first group
of churches and In the afternoon continue visiting the second
and third group of the Lalibela churches Overnight Hotel
Day 13-Dessie and Nakutola’ab monastery
Drive to Dessie and en route visit the medieval time monastery
called Nakutola’ab near Lalibela. Overnight hotel
Day 14-Addis Ababa
In the morning drive to Addis Ababa through the spectacular
Shewan plateau and scenery and in the evening After having
Ethiopian traditional dinner and dance in one of the renowned
restaurant of Addis Ababa You will be transferred to the Air
port for your departure home
