5 Days Danakil Depression

Arrive to bole international airport,   upon arrival at Bole international airport our representative will welcome you and transfer to the hotel. On this day you will have a city tour in Addis Ababa. Visit historical sites including the National Archaeological Museum, to view the 3.6 million year old remains of “Lucy” whose skeleton was discovered in 1974. Continue to the Ethnological Museum at Addis Ababa University; a great insight into the many different peoples of Ethiopia and their respective cultures. After visiting Holy Trinity Cathedral, we will end the day with a drive to the top of Mount Entoto, which rises to an altitude of 10,500 feet and offers a panoramic view of the metropolis. Overnight hotel.

On this day we will leave addis to semara the capital city of Afar region, the city where we will start our desert expedition, Here where we will arrange all the permits and arrangements. Overnight hotel.

Early in the moring after breakfast , board your 4*4 car drive to then Drive  heading to the Danakil  Depression ( The yellow Desert ) the lost pint in the earth)  Stop By Lake Afdera ,Lake Afdera (also transliterated as Lake Afdera) is a hypersaline lake in northern Ethiopia. Located in Administrative Zone 2 of the Afar Region, it is one of the lakes of the Danakil Depression. According to its entry in Lakenet, it has a surface area of 100 km2 (39 sq. mi), although another source states the area is 12,500 hectares. An unconfirmed report gives its depth as 160 m (525 ft.); the lake is fed by underground streams. It is also known as Lake Gillette, the name Raimondo Franchetti bequeathed it, after the Italian explorer Giuseppe Maria Gillette who was slain by Afar southwest of the lake. Another name for this body of water is Lake Egogi (or Egogi Bad), which is the name L.M. Nesbitt's Afar guide gave it when the Italian explorer became the first European to see it in 1928, Further Drive to Amidala , where you will pick up police scouts, road guides and permits for the Afar region. On this day, if we have a chance we will see the camel caravans along the way, carrying salt from the salt lake to Semra for sale. We will also walk in ale assle with beautiful sunset.  Overnight camping in HamedEla (Ahmed Ela) Overnight Camping

Early in the morning, explore the Danakil Depression and The surroundings, Dallol, which at 116m below sea level is the lowest point on the African continent. Here the landscape is beautiful, the ground many shades of red and yellow from the hot water, acids and minerals spurting up from the ground. You will also visit Lake Asale, which is the salt lake from which the Afar nomads extract salt. You will witness (and even try) their laborious task of removing salt from the ground as hundreds of camels. After we visit the dallol depression drive to Erale the active volcano.  Drive to Dodom and Trek 15 kilometers to the Erta Ale volcano lake, 613 meters above sea level. Arrive at Erta Ale.  In the night walk to see the spectacular volcanic eruption. Back to the base camp and set up our camp.  Overnight Camping

Early in the Morning, desnade from the volcano and drive to semera to catch your flight to Addis Ababa. On the way we will stop by Lake Afdra hot springs and swim and relax. After lunch we will drive to Semerea to catch our flight to Addis Ababa. Overnight hotel.