Overview

Introduction

Some people call it a “gateway to hell”. Others describe it as the most alien place on earth that resemble scenes from a science fiction movie. With its multi-colored springs, an active volcano, and lava lakes, the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia’s Afar region has been enticing scientists and travelers for generations.

How would it feel to explore this fascinating place and trek the edges of bubbling lava? What is it like to set foot in a dazzling site where the remains of our early ancestor Lucy, dating back 3.2 million years, was discovered decades ago? Come, visit the Danakil depression and answer these questions yourself.

 

2 Nights 3 Days Available on request Ethiopia
Inclusions/Exclusions

What is included in the tour

  • Accommodation
  • Guide
  • Meals
  • Transport

What is NOT included in the tour

  • Flights
  • Additional services

 

Highlights
  • Visit to Addis Ababa
  • Visit to to Lake Afdera
  • Visit to HamadEla 
  • Visit to to Ragad (Asebo)
Itinerary 
Day 1: SEMERA DRIVE TO LAKE AFDERA THEN ERTALE

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 a chance of the natural hot springs then later you had swimming 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 it takes about 1 hrs 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 rim of the volcano, where we spend the night watching the dramatic action of the boiling lava. Danakil depression (dallol and Erta Ale) 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 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: Ertale Drive To Dallol

Day 2 ErtaAle-HamadEla-Dallol 

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,

Overnight Camping in Dallol 

Day 3: Dallol Drive To Lake Afdera

Day 3 Dallol-Afdera-Semera-Departure

This day you may have another chance to see the beauty of the sunrise in lake Assal then we drive to lake Afdera then after breakfast, we will drive to the town of Semera and drop you at the airport for your departure

Pickup point
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