The walled city of Harar is a fascinating town to explore. We take you around through the maze like layout of this 4th holiest town of Islam.
You will take the early flight .An one hour flight takes you to Dire Dawa where a transfer is waiting for you to take you to Harar. This 55 km journey will take close to 1,5 hr. In Harar we check-in in our hotel and soon start your exploration of the old town.
The 1000 years old walled city of Harar in eastern ethiopia and once a crossroads for commerce between Africa, India and the Middle East and was a gateway for the spread of Islam into the Horn of Africa.Harar is different to any other Ethiopian city, a walled town, with over 360 twisting and winding alleys squeezed into 1 square kilometre. This was listed as a World Heritage Site in 2006 by UNESCO in recognition of its cultural heritage. …According to UNESCO, it is “considered ‘the fourth holiest city’ of Islam” with 82 mosques, three of which date from the 10th century, and 102 shrines which made the the city the Islamic capital of Ethiopia and the fourth most important city in the Islamic World. It is crammed with mosques, colourful markets, coffee shops and crumbling walls.
Overnight Hotel.
Today we have a full day to discover more of Harar. There are many mosques and shrines to discover and it is a lively town too. The Harari market is famous. In the evening we are going to see the Hyena man, feeding the hyena by hand. You dare to give it a try?
Overnight Hotel.
After breakfast the transfer is ready to take us to the airport in Dire Dawa. Arrival in Addis Ababa will be somewhere in the afternoon. A transfer is waiting us to bring you back the airport to bach home.
End of the tour.
After breakfast , you drive about 40Km as an excursion short sightseeing Tour and acclimatization of Afar Region Desert , with active Geothermal and volcanic ranges of Alelo Bad hot springs pools and hydrothermal deposits south of Manda Harraro.
Afterward you will fly back to Addis with the afternoon flight.
End of the tour!!!




