Tour Code: BRC 0006

Mode of transportation: Drive

Duration: 13 Days and 12 Nights

Day 1- Drive Addis Ababa to Dessie via Tarma ber Tunnel stops for photo stop at Gemasa Valley, overnight hotel

Day 2- Drive Dessie to Lalibela Enroute visit Haik Stephen Monastery, overnight Hotel

Day 3- Explore the 11 Rock hewn rock hewn churches of Lalibela excavate in the 12th and 13th century, overnight hotel

Day 4- Drive Lalibela to Makalle Enjoy with the surrounding scenery and spot, overnight hotel.

Day 5- Drive to Axum on the way, Wukro Cherkos, has a stop also at- Negash-the first Muslim settlement in Ethiopia Lunch in Adigrat Visit Yeha temple, overnight hotel.

Day 6- Visit Axum Archaeological museum, Axum St. Mary of Zion, Axum obelisk compound, tombs of Remhay, Palaces and burial Place for the King Kaleb and Gebre Meskal, Inscription of Ezana, Visit “Maishum”- the bathing pool for Queen Sheba, “Danghur”- the palace for the Queen, overnight hotel

Day 7- Drive to Simen Park Pass through the winding and scenic mountain Process the Entry permit and local scout and drive to Debark. Spot, an endemic Gelada Baboons, overnight Lodge

Day 8- Drive to Gonder the 17th -18th capital city for Ethiopia Gonder serve as the capital site for more than 200 years Explore the city of Gonder the royal castle compound and the church of Debre Berhan Selase, overnight hotel.

Day 9- Drive to Bahir Dar Visit after transfer to hotel head to Blue Nile fall and late afternoon Bezawit palace to view the town of Bahir Dar, overnight hotel.

Day 10- Morning boat trip to Visit the island monastery including Ura Kidanemeheret and Azewa Mariam and visit the outlet of Blue Nile from Lake Tana, overnight hotel.

Day 11- After Breakfast drive to Debre Markos on the way Enjoy with the surrounding villages, Lake Zengena and rural life style, overnight hotel

Day 12- Start to drive back to Addis Ababa through Blue Nile Gorge which according to some scholars is similar in scale with the Grand Canyon in America. Visiting the Jemma Valley and the Monastery of Debre Libanos, overnight hotel

Day 13- Addis Ababa full day city tour including the National and Ethnographic Museums, trinity cathedral and shopping at Merkato, the largest open air market in Africa evening cultural dinner in one of the traditional restaurant transfer to air port for departure.