Feb 242014
 

Tour Name -Trekking to siGelada-Reproductive-Unitmien mountain
Tour code- TA/BT/ 004
Duration 7days 6 night
Day 1 Addis Ababa
Arrival bole international airport welcoming by the reperentatives of balehgeru tours Ethiopia transfer to Jupiter hotel after check in your hotel a tea break we will have trekking on entoto hills. Overnight Jupiter hotel
Day 2: flight to Gondar and Drive from Gondar to sankaber
Early in the morning flight to Gondar and on arrival direct drive to sankaber via Debark, where the park headquarters are located, to the Simien Mountains. You will have a stopover for a few hours trekking before Sankabar camp where you will see the first views from the top of the escarpment. Overnight camping
Day 3: Trek on geech
Trekking for a half day at the village of Geech. Also having a look for gelada baboons , Menelik Bushbucks and many interesting plants. You will also see the Jinbar waterfalls. Over night at Geech camp.
Day 4: Geech to Imetgogo
Starting from geech camp, and then walking to Imetgogo. At Imet Gogo there are excellent views of the Simien escarpment. To see the other side of imet gogo you will walk back to saha. Seeing Walia Ibex, and many spectacular birds. Half day trekking and relaxing after noon overnight camping.
Day 5: chennek
Morning trek to Chennek offers some of the most spectacular views of the whole trek. From Chennek you can see over the escarpment edge and across the foothills. This is a good place to spot Walia Ibex and more Gelada monkeys.over night camping.
Day 6: Bwahit
Trekking at the second highest peak of the Simiens – Bwahit mountain. And then return back to Chennek where you spend a second night.
Day 7: Chennek to godar
Morning walk around Chennek and then drive back to Gondar, which takes 6 hours.

day.8 flay buck to Addis Ababa.

Feb 242014
 

Tour Name -Trekking to Semien Mountain
Tour code- Siemain MountainTA/BT/ 003
Duration 6 days 5 nights
Day 1 Addis Ababa
Arrival bole international airport welcoming by the reperentatives of balehgeru tours Ethiopia transfer to Jupiter hotel after check in your hotel a tea break we will have trekking on entoto hills. Overnight Jupiter hotel
Day 2: flight to Gondar and Drive from Gondar to sankaber
Early in the morning flight to Gondar and on arrival direct drive to sankaber via Debark, where the park headquarters are located, to the Simien Mountains. You will have a stopover for a few hours trekking before Sankabar camp where you will see the first views from the top of the escarpment. Overnight camping
Day 3: Trek on geech
Trekking for a half day at the village of Geech. Also having a look for gelada baboons , Menelik Bushbucks and many interesting plants. You will also see the Jinbar waterfalls. Over night at Geech camp.
Day4: Trek from Geech to Chennek
Trek from Geech to Chennek via Imet Gogo. At Imet Gogo there are excellent views of the Simien escarpment.and you should see more Gelada baboons, Walia ibex and and there is also a chance to see Ethiopian wolf. overnight camping
Day 5: Bwahit Ras

 

In the morning, trek half way to Bwahit to visit the elegant endemic Walia Ibex in the and craggy edges of the Simien Mountains. You will then walk back back to Chennek camp.
Day 6: Chennek to Gondar

Morning walk around Chennek and then drive back to Gondar, which takes 6 hours.

Day 7:Flay bock to Addis Ababa

Feb 242014
 
bale mountain niala

bale mountain niala

Tour code Ta/Bt/ 002
Tour Name – spe trekking bale Mountains
Mode of transport- surface
Duration 5 days 4 Nights
Day 01 Addis Ababa – Bale Mountains.
Morning after breakfast We will Drive from Addis to the Bale Mountains National Park. Arrive at the park headquarters in the afternoon, in time for a relaxed afternoon hike, possibly spotting two prevalent mammals that frequent the area: Menelik’s Bushbuck and the Mountain Nyala. Birds in this area include the Blue-Winged Goose, the Spot-Breasted Lapwing, the Abyssinian Long Claw, the Wattled Ibis, the Black-Headed Siskin, Rouget’s Rail, and numerous other species. Overnight camping
Day 02 Trek to Sodota.
Morning after break fast We will Trek through Dinsho and enter the National Park. Around Dinsho, the Mountain Nyala and Menelik’s Bushbuck should be able to be seen. While trekking through the park, there will be a chance to see Ethiopian Wolves. Stop by Habera Waterfall for a nice break. Hiking will take 6-7 hours.Camping at Sodota.
Day 03 Trek to Wasama.
Morning after break fast We will Trek to Wasama through a beautiful landscape with spectacular views. Pass through Mararo Valley where the Lammergeyer and Veraux Eagles keep nests. There will also be a chance a seeing the Ethiopian Wolf and other species of birds. Around 5-6 hours of trekking.Camping at Wasama.
Day 04 Trek to Gebre Gurracha.
Morning after break fast We will Start the day by hiking up Mt. Wasama (4200m) and then continue down into the Worgona Valley. Falcons, raptors, and possibly the Ethiopian wolf will be visible. End the day at Lake Gebre Gurracha, meaning “black lake” in the Oromic language. Trekking will take 6-7 hours.Camping at Gebre Gurracha.
Day 05 Sanetti Plateau – Addis Ababa.
Morning after break fast We will Take a short trek from Gebre Gurracha up to the Sennati Plateau to meet vehicles. Return to Addis Ababa.

Mar 122013
 
9 Night and10 Days Trekking to Meket and Lalibela

Day 1: Arive Addis Ababa After breakfast Trek to intoto Mountain and visit the Museum and church.

Day 2: fly to Lalibela   from Lalibela Airport drive to boya over night at community lodge.

Day 3: from Boya trek to Ayenamba    over night at community lodge.

Day 4: from Ayenamba to Genete Maryam.

Day 5: Genete Maryam to Tadiwos Amba.

Day 6: Tadiwos Amba to Abune Josef.

Day 7: Abune Josef to Addi medehanialem.

Day 8: Addi medhanialem to Lalibela over night hotel.

Day 9: visit the church round Lalibela over night hotel.

Day 10: Fly buck to Addis Ababa. Diner in traditional restaurant  and  dispatcher.

Mar 122013
 

Below are samples , your actual itineraries can be worked out to fit your programme.

You can start your programme at any of the sites. Your decision will depend on where you are coming from, where you are going to after the community trekking, how you travel to the sites (public transport, hired vehicle or your own vehicle) and what time of day you can get to Meket. The below itinerary is taken from the Mequat Mariam site heading east and north towards Lalibela, but it can be reversed and sections from it can be walked.

Day 1: Filakit, is the administrative centre for Meket (woreda) district and it is here that you would travel to start your trek to Mequat Mariam Community site. You may have your guide with you if travelling from Lalibela, otherwise you will meet him here at the Save the Children office. You will probably want a quick lunch in one of the local ‘hotels’ – enjara and wot.

If you have a hired vehicle you should drive from Filakit to the church of Werkhaye Mariam, an old church dedicated to St Mary, tucked in a large Juniper wood, lying a few kilometers out of town. (You actually take a rough track from Geragera, the twin town lying below Filakit).

At Werkhaye villagers from Mequat Mariam will await you with a donkey to carry your bags. From here you trek across the plateau following well worn paths (often bolder strewn) through the agricultural landscape of the highlands. Little boys and girls watch their sheep,cattle, horses and donkeys. Older girls can be seen fetching water from springs along the way, and the men ploughing fields with oxen, engaging in harvesting activities or other agricultural work depending on the time of year and day of the month (on saints days it is forbidden to engage in many activities).

At the newly renovated church of Hanna Mequat, with acacia trees dotted around the church compound, you will get a glimpse of the escarpment edge that will be with you for much of the trip. Beyond the church you will join it and follow it round to the tukuls (thatched cottages) at Mequat Mariam. The total walk time is about 3 hours plus stops.

The staff – all members of the local villages – will meet you and serve snacks – perhaps a ‘Meket Pizza’ with tea or coffee, or perhaps you will be ready for a beer. As you enjoy this you can watch the birds soaring on the thermals – ravens, the odd vulture, perhaps a lammergeyer, and innumerable others. There is a shower, with water warmed by the sun – though do go a bit easy on the water. Don’t miss the sunset on the ‘rock bar’ with a sundowner drink.

The community will serve a good meal – simple western food – after dark in the dining tukul, and if you would like will prepare a traditional Ethiopian style coffee ceremony.

The community have built especially designed tukuls bedrooms – traditional style with thatched roof, and stone walls. However the beds are comfortable mattresses, with clean bed linen and blankets.

Day 2: A breakfast of either eggs or pancakes, with tea or coffee will get you ready for a good days walk. The walk from Mequat Mariam to Wajela winds along the escarpment for much of the way with staggering views of the river systems and farm land below. There is a good chance to see Gelada Baboon along these escarpments, and if you are lucky Rock Hyrax, even a Klipspringer.

After a few hours the Mequat community hand over to the Wajela community – a fresh donkey for the luggage. Here you can eat the simple picnic lunch, maybe with a soft drink carried by one of the community. Some of the route cuts across the plateau top and there are some short cuts if you want to reduce the walking, but if you feel fit much of the time you can follow the escarpment edge.

Towards the middle of the afternoon you will reach the church of Kura Anbessa Giyorgis, perched on the rock edge, with Olive (Olia Africanus) and other indigenous trees around. Kura means crow/raven and Anbessa Lion! If you meet one of the priests ask for an explanation of the name. It is possible to take another route and come across the carpet weavers, but there is not time to do this and the church.

After Kura Anbessa you cross the road and head north across the plateau to the Wajela site. Again a warm welcome and snacks will await you at Wajela with its cozy tukuls over looking a wooded escarpment. If you are early there is a 2 hour round trip to a church and cave structure below. You can also rinse off in the shower. Dinner as in Mequat is served in the dining tukul, sometime after sunset.

Day 3: Another good breakfast should prepare you another day’s walk, this time on the northern side of the escarpment. This time the midway point is the attractive church yard of Galla Dejen Giyorgis (another story behind the name!) In the afternoon you could drop down to a level below the escarpment to pass by the old church of Akat Abo and it lovely woodland. The land around is irrigated with local streams and there are crops year round. A little below Akat Abo, is a small rock church called Akat Markos. If your guide can find the priest this is worth the detour – if your legs are up to the climb down and up. Beyond is another rock church as yet unseen by the TESFA team – called Akat Medhane Alem! After climbing back up to the plateau you quickly come to Aterow Aragawi, the parish church of the Aterow community. Facing east looking over a gorge are four impressive tukuls – three bedrooms and a dining room, along with the toilet. Again snacks and drinks await, followed by dinner.

Aterow is the best Gelada Baboon spotting site, with quite sizable troops living on the cliffs that head down to the gorge.

Day 4: Aterow is close to the cross roads settlement of Gashena where the Lalibela road meets the east/west road connecting Bahir Dar and Gondar to Dessie, Weldiya and Mekele. However instead of heading for Gashena, there is a path that drops down to a waterfall above the gorge and follows quiet farm land dotted with numerous indigenous trees, until you meet the Lalibela road.

Here the route crosses the road down and then you climb up to the village and church of Timtimat Abo where you will meet the Yadukulay team.

It is a steeper descent to the church of Yadukalay Giyorgis church in a woodland with many Olive trees. A Yadukulay is a small forest dwelling animal that used to be abundant in the area. We are still trying to figure out what kind of animal it is. Yadukalay is the newest site, with its two story tukul, and panoramic views. Again much of the land benefits from micro irrigation and there are impressive escarpment on two sides and grand vistas on a third.

Once again you will be greeted with traditional Ethiopian hospitality, and provided simple but good food and accommodation. If you want to do some extra walking after you have had a cup of tea, you can explore down the valley further – at the head of the valley there is a waterfall – although we have only managed to see it from above so far!

Day 5: Yadukulay is a short walk (1-2 hours) from the village of Taja, from where you can either wait for a bus to Lalibela or if prearranged, meet a hired vehicle to take you the 50km back to Lalibela. Across the river just below Yadukulay is a lovely rock church called Yedoga Abo, carved into the cliff facing Yadukulay. It is perhaps an extra hour’s walk, but is a worthwhile detour.

Feb 262013
 
Argoba shonke village

Argoba shonke village

Day 1:  arrive in Addis Ababa and after breakfast trek to Entoto Mountain back to hotel.

Day 2 : drive to kemise far from Addis Ababa 300 km .if it is day sandy you will visit Sembete market over night kemise in hotel.

Day 3: early morning trek to shonke village   you will trek to   3-4 hours on the way visit   kemise Oromo pupil and there village also     won of the oldest   Argoba  village overnight  in local village with tent .

Day 4 : back to kemise meat the   car drive 50 km to kombolcha over night hotel.

Day 5 : from kombolcha trek to   dese About 17 km it is teaks 6 to 7   hours night hotel in Dese.

Day 6: dese to Lalibela on the way you will trek to for 2 hours at   delb it is 3220 mater above see Lalibela   over night Lalibela hotel.

Day 7: visit round Lalibela to visit the churches.

Day 8: morning trek to Asheton Mariyam back to hotel.

Day 9:  flay back to Addis Ababa dip archer.

Bati market

Bati market

Argoba shonke village

Argoba shonke village

Feb 262013
 

Day 1 Arrive Addis Ababa Bole international airport, then transfer service to hotel for overnight.

Day 2 Morning drives from Addis to Bale Mountains which is going to be 400 Km to the south east of Addis  ababa.

Day 03, After having breakfast start trekking which is takes two or three hours from the headquarter of the national park to south west up the web and Wollo valley to the Finch Abera water fall then you reach at Moraro Mountain which is an altitude of 3750 m ASL for overnight in camping

Day 04, Morning trek up to the Wassema valley it is six hours walking you are going to visit the mineral spring at Worgona, then overnight caming.

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Sep 082012
 
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Gondar ethiopia A graceful city which founded by Emperor Fasiledes in 1636, was the capital of Ethiopia until the mid 19th Century. Gondar ethiopia is famous for its medieval castles and the designs and decoration of its churches. The city’s main imperial precinct, called the royal enclosure, six graceful edifices, erected by the famous successive Gonderiane Emperors in the 17th and 18th centuries as places, at the center of the town with I a high stone walled fortification, an area of 70,000 square meter, with 12 symbolic entrances, Because of their outstanding universal value they were included in the UNESCO world heritage list in 1979.

balehagerutoursethiopia gondar

balehagerutoursethiopia gondar

 

Sep 082012
 
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balehagerutoursethiopiasimen mountain camp sait at sankaber

balehagerutoursethiopiasimen mountain camp sait at sankaber

balehagerutoursethiopia at simen mountain

balehagerutoursethiopia at simen mountain

 

The Simen range consists of several major plateau divided by large river valleys. The western plateau is bounded on the north and east by massive escarpment, many kilometers long and over 1,000 meters high in places and cut along its length by steep gorges. The views from the top of the escarpment look north over the vast plains towards Eritrea. At their foot are the remains of Continue reading »

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Sep 082012
 
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balehagerutoursBale-Mountain

balehagerutoursBale-Mountain

The Bale Mountains, with their vast moorlands – the lower reaches covered with St. John’s wort- and their extensive heathland, virgin woodlands, pristine mountain streams and alpine climate remain an untouched and beautiful world. Rising to a height of more than 4,000 meters, the range borders Ethiopia’s southern highlands, whose highest peak, Mount Tullu Deemtu, stands at 4,377 meters. Continue reading »

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