*** Please note that: This itinerary is flexible, and will likely change in order to coordinate visits with different ceremonies days in the south, which is a great opportunity to mingle with the people, many of whom travel long distances on foot to attend.***
In the afternoon fly to Jinka, check in to your hotel then, after some break, you will drive to one of the local Ari villag of the Ari tribe.Ari are the biggest tribe in Omo Valley and occupied the centeral highlands of tbe area.Their villages set on the nearby hill around Jinka, so you will do a kind of small hiking through this village.
Overnight Jinka Nassa Hotel .
Early morning ,you will drive to Mursi village through the Mago NP in order to visit and appreciate the culture of the Mursi tribe. They are renowed by their strange custom followed by their women who on reaching maturity, have their lower lips slit and round clay disc will be inserted.
You will be arriving to the village around late morning and you will be spending the next couple of hours visiting the village and exchange some expriences with the local Mursi people.Then after lunch in Turmi continue via Keyafer . Again along the way, at Keyafer(mu home town) you will going to attend at one of the biggest weekly market of the area where three different ethnic groups ( Benjamin,Tsemay and Ari) will show up together with their goods.
Please note that:
Most of the weekly markets we have in Omo Valley are not only a place to buy and sell, but they are more like a weekly social events, where the tribal people exchange news as well as offer and recieves invitations for whatever ceremony they have. So you will have amezing exprience at the market.
After the Market, proceed further to the Hammer Village around Turmi, and you will spend the rest of the days visit the Hammer people at their localvillage.
Overnight Turmi
Early morning after breakfast, proceed to Omorate(a home of the Dassanech tribe),a tribe who setteled at the last border nearby where Omo river inter to the Kenyan lake Turkana.Then after you arrive Omorate, you will take the local wooden boat in order to cross the majestic Omo river and meet the Dassanech people at one of their local village.
Then after the Dassanech visit, drive back to Turmi till a mid day. Then after lunch in Turmi continue drive to Konso in order to visit the Konso people.The Konso live in an isolated region of the basalt hills. The area is made up of hard rocky slopes. A Konso village maybe fortified by a stone wall used as a defensive measure and this has registered on UNESCO world heritage site on 20011. Their village is located on hilltops.So, you will visit these hard working people at o e of their famous village.
Overnight Konso Korebta lodge.
Today veryearly in the morning, you will drive to Dorze in order to visit the Dorze Village.The Dorze people are known for their tall beehive-like houses and their fine cotton weaving. You will visit the village and learn about the daily lives of these industrious people. Then you will drive back to Arbaminch where you could catch the afternoon flight back to Addis.



