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Southern Ethiopia tours

Rift landscapes, community-led cultural encounters and the Lower Omo.

Places within the region

Build the route from places that belong together.

Lake Chamo and the Rift Valley landscape below Arba Minch01

Arba Minch

Set above Lakes Abaya and Chamo, Arba Minch is a green southern base for lake journeys, Nech Sar landscapes and excursions into the highlands.Lake Chamo and the Rift Valley landscape below Arba Minch02

Lake Chamo

Lake Chamo offers a low-key boat experience among escarpment views, waterbirds and large reptiles, always without guaranteed sightings.Lake Chamo and the Rift Valley landscape below Arba Minch03

Nech Sar National Park

Nech Sar protects contrasting lakeshore, forest and open grassland habitats immediately beyond Arba Minch.Traditional Konso village arranged across a green hillside04

Konso

Konso is a terraced cultural landscape shaped by generations of soil conservation, settlement design and community knowledge.Sunrise across the open landscape of Ethiopia's Omo Valley05

Jinka

Jinka is a practical and interpretive gateway to the Lower Omo, best used for context, rest and locally guided onward travel.Sunrise across the open landscape of Ethiopia's Omo Valley06

Turmi

Turmi is a small Lower Omo base where meaningful travel depends on patient pacing, resident guides and visits agreed in advance.Sunrise across the open landscape of Ethiopia's Omo Valley07

Mago National Park

Mago is a remote protected landscape of savannah, river and woodland whose practical role in an itinerary depends entirely on current access.Sunrise across the open landscape of Ethiopia's Omo Valley08

Lower Omo Valley

The Lower Omo is not a single attraction but a vast cultural and river landscape that requires humility, context and relationships built locally.

Journeys

10 ways into Southern Ethiopia.

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Bete Giyorgis rock-hewn church in Lalibela at sunset

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Ethiopia, Two Worlds

Length
21 days
Pace
Moderate

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

Lake Tana seen from the shore at Bahir Dar

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The Complete Ethiopian Expedition

Length
28 days
Pace
Expedition

Addis Ababa → Bahir Dar → Blue Nile Falls → Gondar → Simien Mountains → Aksum → Gheralta → Lalibela → Addis Ababa → Semera → Danakil Depression → Dallol → Erta Ale → Semera → Dinsho → Sanetti Plateau → Harenna Forest → Hawassa → Arba Minch → Nech Sar National Park → Konso → Jinka → Mago National Park → Turmi → Addis Ababa