Tour to the Danakil
Destination: ErtaAle& Dallol
Duration: 3days/2 nights
Day 1
The tourwill start at 9am from Mekelle heading to the North eastern part ofEthiopia, Danakil Depression. After lunch in Kesrawat, we will take 2 otherlocal Militias who will accompany us until we finish our visitation. Then wewill continue driving to reach in the bottom of the volcano, we will take sometime till the sun goes down. After diner, we start hiking of 9.5km (around 3hours) to reach on the top of mountain, ErtaAle Volcano.
Day 2
We walk down to the camp at the bottom of the volcano,have breakfast and drive to Hamadella, where we reach in the afternoon. Lunchwill be served on the way in a town called Abala. We walk around the Afar village “Hamadella”to see how the people live and survive in the conditions of the desert. We willhave time to buy souvenirs, take pictures of the Afar and their village andyou´ll see plenty of the camel caravans.
Day 3
After breakfast, we start our journey to visitdifferent places like red lake (Sulphur Lake), the colourful salt lakes andthermo active springs of Dallol, potash, sulphur and other minerals, the widewhite salt desert, a cave pure natural designed rocks, Lake Assale and LocalSalt mining. After visitation, we drive back to Mekelle, lunch will be on theway.