Private And Customizable Omo Valley Authentic Culture Tour

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Mago National Park, 1000 Ethiopia

Day 1....... Pick you up in Jinka at the airport up on your arrival ,with a good condition 4WD with a built in modern AC systems as well as charging facilities , then continue driving to the Ari tribe's village who are settled on the Plateau lands surrounding the lower Omo Valley zonal Administrative town of Jinka. Then visit the village life of these societies from door to door by trekking. You will love meeting them in the middle of their daily life activities and interact with them by watching how they are very hospitable to welcome you to their communal village compound to have a coffee. After this activity (will take approximately 2 to 2&1/2 Hours) we drive back to town then after packing camping equipments and cooking materials and the professional with us we drive to the Mursi tribal communities deep village crossing through Mago National Park. This is a once in a lifetime authentic experience of unaffected cultures in the best of ways. We will camp within their communal village compound, where they will come and discuss or talk to us about anything you want to either ask or listen by sitting circling a campfire at night, enjoying the food prepared by our cook. I have excellent camping equipments and no need to worry.

Duration: 12 hours

Stop At: Turmi, Turmi, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region

Day 2..... In the morning after having breakfast prepared by our cook, we will walk around the village and witness the morning life activities. After this we drive back to Jinka and continue to one of the weekly market available destinations as to attend the most colorful weekly market in the whole of Omo Valley, which happens every, Thursday. It is a common market for three different Tribes of Ari, Banna, and Tsemay in one open area. You will enjoy visiting how the tribal societies trade activities and what their basic needs for their day to day life are. After visiting this market for some hours, we then drive to Turmi town of the Hammer Tribe. Overnight in Emerald Lodge.

Duration: 12 hours

Stop At: Dasenech Village, Omorate Dasenech, Turmi 1000 Ethiopia

Day 3/ ...... In the morning after breakfast prepared by our professional cook we drive back to Jinka and continue driving to Karo. Visit the village life of these tribal communities who live in nearby the Omo River. These tribes are known for their colorful body painting art and scarification as a mark of warriors honor. After this village visit we drive back to Turmi and with a lunch break we continue driving to Omorate to visit the untouched and unique village life of the Dasenech Tribes crossing the Omo river with a local canoe. After visiting the village life of these beautiful communities we drive back to Turmi and overnight through camping with the Hammer tribes deep in their communal villages .

Duration: 5 hours

Stop At: Omo National Park and River, Jinka 2222 Ethiopia

Day 4......In the morning after breakfast we drive to the Karo Tribe's village of Korcho located in near by the shore of Omo River where we will be able to visit the unique life of these communities known for their body painting art. And later on we drive back to Turmi, after having lunch break we visit one of the most colorful Weekly market days of the area on Monday. Visit the market and we might be lucky to come across a Bull Jumping ceremony of Adulthood rite of passage before any Hammer man gets married. Overnight in the same hotel.

Duration: 5 hours