4 DAYS GRAND DANAKIL DEPRESSION

4 DAYS GRAND DANAKIL DEPRESSION

Itinerary

Today take the early flight to Semera (the clothest airport for Danakill) and proceed to Erta Ale Volcanic Field through the Old Danakil sea .

Danakil Depression, one of the remotest,hottest (average 42°c), the lowest(125m below sea level) and unique land formation of the world in the great rift valley system. The extraordinary landscape of the region contains several unusual sites which are rarely seen to other parts of the world at the same place . Green, yellow , and red colored sulfurous hot spring , one of the world active lava lake , salt mountain , as well as extremely white dazzling salt lake. As they says : it’s an alien place on Earth but a must see place u in lifetime !!

Today you have a chance to see a glance of the fresh lava flow and tectonically affected mountain ranges. Both recent basalts of spreading Axes, recent sediments and Highland rock sequences dominate the road Geology of the area where you are driving through. Paper work Processing with Erta Ale area chief and administrators for further continue of Erta Ale active volcano and get a permission for the visit. More to see the fresh lava flows.

Overnight at the Base camp of Erta Ale

 

This morning will be an early start as we leave camp before dawn. On arriving at the bottom of the volcano we will freshen up before driving to Dallol. The driving is all off road, through the desert. We stop at a palm grove for lunch and should have a chance to try some of the local palm wine. In the evening we will arrive at Ahmedela, a small settlement where the salt caravans meet before their long walk to Mekele.

Overnight Hamedela Village

 

Dallol is like nowhere else; a bizarre landscape of colourful mineral deposits, sulphur pools and geysers, where we’ll have the morning to explore this seemingly alien terrain. We will also visit the bizarre landscape of the salt canyons before we drive back, where en route we may get the chance to see the arduous work of salt being extracted by hand and loaded onto the camels.

Afterward, drive back to Semera.

Overnight Semera.

 

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!!!

 

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