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Rift Valley tours

Bird-rich lakes, relaxed shores and a natural route into the south.

Places within the region

Build the route from places that belong together.

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Journeys

12 ways into Rift Valley.

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The Rift Lakes Slow Road

A five-day overland pause through Ziway, Langano and Hawassa, pairing bird-rich water, easy walks and enough time to stop treating the road as a race.

Length: 5 days
Pace: Gentle
Planning: Tailor-made quote

Addis Ababa → Lake Ziway → Lake Langano → Hawassa → Addis Ababa

Lake Chamo and the Rift Valley landscape below Arba Minch

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A Rift Valley Family Chapter

A family-friendly week of short nature walks, lakeside downtime and flexible wildlife days, designed with space for different ages and energy levels.

Length: 7 days
Pace: Gentle
Planning: Tailor-made quote

Addis Ababa → Lake Ziway → Lake Langano → Hawassa → Arba Minch → Nech Sar National Park → Addis Ababa

Dry grassland and volcanic country in Awash National Park

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Birds & City Walls of the East

An eight-day pairing of Awash field mornings with Harar's human-scale architecture, designed for travellers who want natural history and culture in equal measure.

Length: 8 days
Pace: Moderate
Planning: Tailor-made quote

Addis Ababa → Awash National Park → Dire Dawa → Harar → Lake Ziway → Addis Ababa

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Southern Living Landscapes

Ten days from the Rift lakes through Konso and Lower Omo, designed around resident guides, practical road rhythms and encounters that can be declined.

Length: 10 days
Pace: Moderate
Planning: Tailor-made quote

Addis Ababa → Hawassa → Arba Minch → Nech Sar National Park → Konso → Jinka → Mago National Park → Turmi → Arba Minch → Addis Ababa

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Southern Nature for Families

Eight days of lakes, birds, gentle walks and one carefully prepared cultural-landscape visit, without asking children to absorb punishing road days.

Length: 8 days
Pace: Gentle
Planning: Tailor-made quote

Addis Ababa → Lake Ziway → Lake Langano → Hawassa → Arba Minch → Nech Sar National Park → Konso → Addis Ababa

Open Afro-alpine moorland on the Sanetti Plateau

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Rift & Bale Birding Atelier

Ten field-rich days from the central Rift wetlands to Bale's plateau and forest, with a route tuned to habitat rather than target-count pressure.

Length: 10 days
Pace: Active
Planning: Tailor-made quote

Addis Ababa → Lake Ziway → Lake Langano → Hawassa → Dinsho → Sanetti Plateau → Harenna Forest → Hawassa → Lake Ziway → Addis Ababa

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Ethiopia's Endemic Birding Arc

Fourteen days across the Rift, Bale and Awash for dedicated birders who value habitat, careful records and a route that can change with current field intelligence.

Length: 14 days
Pace: Active
Planning: Tailor-made quote

Addis Ababa → Lake Ziway → Lake Langano → Hawassa → Dinsho → Sanetti Plateau → Harenna Forest → Awash National Park → Lake Ziway → Addis Ababa

Bete Giyorgis rock-hewn church in Lalibela at sunset

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Ethiopia, Two Worlds

Twenty-one days joining the northern highlands and southern living landscapes, with a deliberate Addis pause between circuits rather than a breathless cross-country sprint.

Length: 21 days
Pace: Moderate
Planning: Tailor-made quote

Addis Ababa → Bahir Dar → Blue Nile Falls → Gondar → Simien Mountains → Aksum → Gheralta → Lalibela → Addis Ababa → Lake Ziway → Hawassa → Arba Minch → Nech Sar National Park → Konso → Jinka → Mago National Park → Turmi → Jinka → Addis Ababa

Rift Valley tours

Build the route from places that belong together.

Lake Ziway

Lake Langano

Hawassa

Abijatta–Shalla

12 ways into Rift Valley.

The Rift Lakes Slow Road

A Rift Valley Family Chapter

Birds & City Walls of the East

Southern Living Landscapes

Southern Nature for Families

Rift & Bale Birding Atelier

Ethiopia's Endemic Birding Arc

Ethiopia, Two Worlds