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2 Nights 3 Days Visiting Danakil Depression
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Duration - 3 days
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Guide optionsEnglish
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Cancellation PolicyStandard
Overview
Our Driver and tourist guide will be will be waiting you are Bole international airport (the client's can mention their specific locations for pickup), and will be transfer to the hotel and according to the convenient time, the tour will be started.
Highlights
- Arrive to Semera
- Drive to Kurswad via Afdera
- In the morning after breakfast drive
Description
2 Nights 3 Days Visiting Danakil Depression
The Danakil Depression formed from the continental drift of the African and Asian tectonic plates. As the plates drifted apart at a rate of 1-2 cm per year, they leave behind a geological depression, known as the Danakil Depression (or Afar Depression).
The Danakil Depression sits at the triple junction between three tectonic plates.
The Afar Depression spans Djibouti, Eritrea, and the Afar region of Ethiopia. The Northern part of this depression is the Danakil Depression, which sits more than 100m below sea level and contains some of the world’s most extraterrestrial landscapes.
Beyond its fascinating geology, the Danakil holds the keys to some of biology’s most profound questions. In 1974, researchers found the remains of ‘Lucy’ in the Danakil Depression, an early ancestor of modern humans dating back 3.2 million years (now on display at the National Museum in Addis Ababa).
What's included
- Inclusions:
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- All Fees and Taxes
- Accommodation
- Full board Meals
- Exclusions:
- Flight ticket
- Alcohol Drinks
- Other Expenses which are not listed on inclusions
Itinerary
- Visited Places:
- Danakil Depression
- Dallol
- Erta Ale
Day1: Addis Ababa – Fly To Semera Drive To Afdera-Volcano
This day we will meet you at the town of Semera airport then we will drive to Danakil depression. We start an early drive to Lake Afdera(a salt lake that is located in the heart of Danakil Depressions and in this lake you may have a chance at the natural hot springs then later you have to swim around this lake we will be driving to Dodom (at the base of Erta Ale). Leave after lunch, possibly at 01:30. After you pass several small hamlets scattered here and there in this desert land, Dodom is about 9.5km from Erta Ale and takes about 1 hour of trekking. Early dinner around 17:00, Camels transport all the camping materials and some food (sleeping materials like light mattresses and mat and water) to the volcano’s rim, where we spend the night watching the dramatic action of the boiling lava. Danakil Depression (dallol and Erta Ale) ranks as one of Ethiopia’s most alluring and physically challenging natural attractions. It is a shield volcano with a base diameter of 30 km and a 1km square caldera at its summit. Erta Ale contains the world’s only permanent lava lake. Erta Ale is 613 meters, with a lava lake, one of only five in the world, at the summit. It is notable for being the longest existing lava lake, present since the early years of the twentieth century. O/n camping on the mountain
Day 2 ErtaAle-HamadEla-Dallol-Afdera
This day after an early breakfast we will drive to HamadEla at 04:30, a better village with a total population of about 500 people. You will see lots of camel caravans and you will have the sunset look from the very shallow salt Lake Assale.
Morning tour Drive to Ragad (Asebo), the place where the
localities are mining salt. 1,200 km2 (460 sq mi) of the Afar Depression is covered by salt, and you will Look at the activity of breaking the salt from the ground, local people are cutting it into rectangular pieces and loading it on camels. You drive ahead to Dallol and visit the different landscapes formed by volcanic activity; Dallol + Lake Assale + salt canon, camel caravans, follow up camel caravans, and Drive to Lake Afdera
Overnight: Camping in Lake Afdera
Day 3 Afdera-Semera-Addis Ababa-Departure
This day you may have another chance to see the beauty of the sunrise in Lake Afdera then after breakfast, we will drive to the town of Semera and drop you at the airport for your departure
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