Start: Addis Ababa

 

Finish: Addis Ababa

 

Duration: 5 Days Danakil

 

Code: RET 105

 

Age group: Min 12, 90

 

Group size: Min 1 Max 15

 

What is including in this price?

Accommodation, Domestic flight, Meals, overland transport, Local Guide,

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The Danakil Depression is the northern part of the Afar Triangle or Afar Depression in Ethiopia, a geological depression that has resulted from the divergence of three tectonic plates in the horn of Africa. The Danakil depression lies at the triple junction of three tectonic plates and has complex geological history. It

has developed as a result of Africa and Asia moving apart, causing rifting and volcanic activity.

 

Day 1: Flay from Addid Ababa to Mekelle

Over night in Mekelle 

 

Day2: Mekelle – Volcano

We drive from Mekelle to – Dodom. We start early drive to Dodom (at the base of Erta Ale). Leave after an early breakfast, possible at 07:30. This is may be one of the worst roads in the world. The 70 km distance may take about 5 hrs passing through changing landscape of solidified lava, rock, sand and occasional palm lined oasis. After you pass several small hamlets scattered here and there in this desert land, Dodom is about 9.5km from ErtaAle and it takes about 3 hrs trekking. Early dinner around 17:00 and trek up to ErtaAle at 20:00 hours. Camels transport all the camping materials and some food (sleeping materials like light mattresses and mat and water) to the rim of the volcano, where we spend the night watching the dramatic action of the boiling lava. ErtaAle ranks one of the most alluring and physically challenging natural attractions anywhere in Ethiopia. It is a shield volcano with a base diameter of 30 km and 1km square caldera at its summit. ErtaAle contains the world’s only permanent lava lake. ErtaAle 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 3: ErtaAle-HamadEla
waking up early ErtaAle -Dodom　Leave back to Dodom you will reach latest at 8.00 am at the camp , after　 breakfast time to relax. then  drive to HamadEla 100km, picnic lunch on the way on shed of palm tree, reach HamadEla 04:30, better village with a total population about 500 people. You will see lots of camel caravans and you will have the sun set look from the very shallow salt lake Assale.  Overnight camping at HamadEla.

 

Day 4: HamadEla- Dallol- Mekelle
Morning tour Drive to Ragad (Asebo), the place where the
localities are mining salt. 1,200 km2 (460 sq mi) the Afar Depression is covered by salt, and you will Look the activity of breaking the salt from the ground, local people are cutting in to rectangular pieces and loading on camels. You drive ahead to Dallol and visit the difference landscape formed by

volcanic activity; Dallol + Lake Assale + salt canon, camel caravans, follow up camel caravans and Drive back to HamadEla for lunch and proceed to Mekele.

 

Day 5: Flay back to Addis from Mekelle

Today no activities as our trips come to the end ones you get to Addis you are free to go