Ethiopia tour to the historic route and Tigray rock churches
by surface - 14 days and 13 nights
ARRIVAL ADDIS ABABA
Day 1-Arrive in Addis Ababa International air port and transfer
to the hotel. Overnight Hotel
TIGRAY
ROCK CHURCHES
Day 2-Fly to Mekele up on arrival meet your car and team then
drive to Wekro to visit the rock churches of Tigray- Abraha
Atsebah and Wekro Cherkos and Zyohannes Makundi -Overnight
Hotel
TIGRAY ROCK
CHURCHES
Day 3-Drive to Astbe-and visit Micheal Imba and Micheal Debre
selam rock churches. Overnight Hotel in Mekele
TIGRAY ROCK
CHURCHES
Day 4-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
TIGRAY
ROCK CHURCHES
Day 5- Drive to Adigrat and en route visit the rock churches
of Paulos-Petros, Micheal Hyezengi and Mele Medihaynalem.
Overnight hotel in Adigrat
DEBREDAMO MONASTERY
Day 6-Drive to Axum- en route visit Debredamo monastery the
first sub Saharan Christian church - -Yeha Temple-a pagan
temple of the 5th C BC and Aba Garima monastery-Overnight
Hotel in Axum.
AXUM
Day 7- 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 Mariamtsion Church, built on the site
of Ethiopia's first church. Overnight at Hotel
Lalibela
Day 8- Fly to Lalibela. (Set at 2,600 m.above sea level) 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. Visit the first group of churches, second group of
churches, which represent the Heavenly Jerusalem and finally
visit the church of St. George. Overnight hotel
Lalibela
Day 9 - In the morning mule trek to Asheton Mariam church.
And after lunch drive to Nakuto-la’ab monastery and finally
visit the church of St. George Overnight hotel
Lalibela
Day 10- drive to Yimrahine Kirstos –visit the famous cave
church-Yimrahine Kirstos-in means in English-let Christ lead
us –a church which was built in the time of Zaguwe dynasty
and in the afternoon drive to Genete Marian church. Overnight
Hotel
Gondar
Days 11 -Fly to Gondar and visit the castle and the church
of Debre Berhan Selassie and the Bath of king Fasiledous and
Qusquam Mariam Church. Overnight hotel
Bahirdar
Day 12 Drive to Bahir Dar, (Set at 1,830 m. above sea level)
an attractive town with tree-lined avenues and the deep blue
lake in the background. Lake Tana is Ethiopia's largest lake
and is dotted with islands. Up on arrival drive to the Bule
Nile falls some 30 kms away of Bahirdar and visit Weito Village.
Overnight Hotel
Bahir Dar
Day 13 - In the Morning 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.
On the way back to Bahir Dar see place where the Blue Nile
River and Lake Tana join. In the afternoon visit the Market
and the palace of former Emperor Haile Silassie Overnight
Hotel
Addis Ababa
Day 14- 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 and in the evening transfer to the airport
for your departure
