| Day 01. Addis
Ababa city tour, the view from Mount Entoto, the National and Ethnographic museums,
Trinity Church, the Mercato. O/n Addis Ababa. Day
02. Drive to Kombolcha or Dessie. (If Sunday, the market at Senbete can be
visited en route) Day 03. Drive to Lalibela,
tour of first group of churches. O/n Lalibela
Lalibel tenner in between churches Day 04.
Tour a second group of churches and one outlying church. O/n Lalibela. Day
05. Drive to Mekelle, Spectacular Mountain scenery around Korem and Amba Alage.
O/n Mekelle. Day 06. Visit Mekelle Museum (palace
of Emperor Yohannes IV) and leave
for Adigrat, visiting rock hewn churches
of Wukro Cherkos and Medhane Alem Adi
Qusho, and the Islamic site of Hamad
al-Negash. O/n Adigrat Day 07. Drive to Axum,
visiting (men only) the 7th century monastery of Debre Damo
and the pre Axumite
temple and the church of Abuna Aftse at Yeha. O/n Axum. Day
08. Tour of Axum, the stelae, Kaleb’s tomb, "Queen Sheba’s palace",
Mariamtsion church and Axum Museum. O/n Axum Day
09. Drive to Gondar, crossing the Tekezze River and skirting
the Simien
Mountains to the east. O/n Gondar.
Ancient
Illuminated Ge'ez bible Day 10 Tour of Gondar, the
Imperial Compound and the churches of Debre Berhan Selassie and Qusquam. O/n Gondar. Day
11 Drive to Gorgora, the medieval church of Debre Sina Mariam trek to old
Gorgora. Visit to former Felasha or Beit Israel village. O/n Gondar
Day 12. Drive to Bahir Dar. Boat trip to Zegie Peninsula. O/n Bahir Dar.
Day 13. Visit to Blue Nile falls. O/n Bahir
Dar. Day 14. Drive back to Addis Ababa, via
the Blue Nile gorge.
Farewell dinner with national music and dancing. o/n
Addis Ababa.
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