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Tour Danakil Depression
Dallol Danakil Depression
Dallol, Afar
Dallol, Afar
Earta'le Volcano and Lava

4 Day Tours To Danakil from Mekele

By Addis Ethiopia Tours
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Overview

This tour to the Danakil depression will take you to one of the lowest place on Earth, and to one of the longest existing lava Since 1908, the trip will be operated by well experience guide, scouts and cock that has been working there for years.

Activity location

  • Emperor Yohannes IV Palace
    • Zesilasea Square
    • Mek'ele, Ethiopia, Ethiopia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Emperor Yohannes IV Palace
    • Zesilasea Square
    • Mek'ele, Ethiopia, Ethiopia

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Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • not recommended for travellers with child and infants
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Mekelle - Hamedela
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: Overnight Camping
Emperor Yohannes IV Palace
  • 7h
  • Admission ticket included
Mekele at 9:30am meet the support vehicle and Drive to Hamedela through berhal’e. Passing through the small town Berhal’e, where the camel caravan stops before passing to the Northern Highland. En route you will see many long camel caravans going to the salt mine and other coming out of Danakil with their salt loaded on the camel. ( 5 – 6 hrs drive from meke’le ).
Day 2: Hamedela – Dodom
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: Overnight Camping
Dalol tours
  • 7h
  • Admission ticket included
Start early after breakfast, then drive to Askoma which is around 80 Km distance may take about 6hrs, because of the rocky solidified Lava, and sand. Stop at Askoma, Trek 9 Km from Askoma wich takes around 3 Hours Arive at Earta’le around late afternoon and Early dinner at around 17:00 and trek up to the new Erta Ale reach around 20:00. Camels transport all the camping materials and some food, sleeping . Camels transport all the camping materials and some food, sleeping materials, mattresses, and water, to the rim of the volcano, where we spend the night watching the dramatic action of the boiling lava. New 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 1km square caldera at its summit. New Erta Ale is part of the world’s only permanent lava lake and you will spend an unforgettable night on the top of the mountain. The magma flow moved 3.5 km south from old Erta Ale to the New eruption site.
Day 3: Earta’le – Lake Afdera
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: Overnight Camping
Erta Ale
  • 7h
  • Admission ticket included
Woke up early in the morning waching the Two Miraculaos things on Earth, The Sun rising and the Magma, Morning Trek back to Askoma where breakfast will be served, and asfter spending sometime at the campsite drive to Lake Afdera, The Lake is only Visisble during the Ethiopian rainy season, but we might have a little chance to see during the summer the mythical Lake Afdera, a saltwater lake located more than100 metres below sea level, in one of the deepest depressions of the planet. Because of the picturesque landscape, it is interesting to visit the salt flats where the Afar people obtain the salt by evaporating the water of the lake.on continue to Hamad Ela, a village with a total population of about 500 people. Overnight camping at Hamedela.
Day 4: Morning Excrussion Asebo – Mekele
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: No Accomodation Here
Erta Ale
  • 7h
  • Admission ticket included
Asebo is the place where the salts are mined. Observe the breaking of the salt from the ground, cutting into rectangular pieces and loading on camels. You drive ahead to Dallol (-130 m) and visit the difference landscape formed by volcanic activity, Dallol + Lake Assal (-130 m) + camel caravans (No camel caravan on July, August, and early September). Excursion to Dallol (116 metres below sea level, one of the lowest places in the world) colourful salts mining, visit Lake Assal, follow up camel caravans and walk with the Afar people. Drive back to Hamedela and proceed to Mekele, Arive in Mekele Late afternoon.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESEmperor Yohannes IV Palace
    • Zesilasea Square
    • Mek'ele, Ethiopia, Ethiopia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEEmperor Yohannes IV Palace
    • Zesilasea Square
    • Mek'ele, Ethiopia, Ethiopia

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