Overview
The best plan for those who have limited times and would like to experience omo valley tribal ring in an optimized way.
Itinerary
Day 1 :
FlY ADDIS TO JlNKA(BCO)-TURMI
Upon arrival Pick you up in Jinka Airport with a good condition 4WD with a built in modern AC systems as well as charging facilities, Then we drive directly to the Hammer tribes small town of Turmi where we will meet the tribes including Banna and Hammer on our way down. In the late afternoon Visit deep communal village of Hammer tribes afternoon local life and then drive back to Turmi town.
Day 2 :
TURMI-KARO- nangatom - turmi
In the morning After breakfast we make an excursion trip to Karo Tribe's village of Korcho located in near by the shore of Omo River where you will make a great deal of interactions with these unique tribes of Karo (The least numbered tribes in terms of population size). After visiting this Tribe's village for as much time you need,
Then we Drive to Nyangatom/Bume Village -The Nyangatom people live on the western side of the Omo River, their homeland stretches into South Sudan.
The elders of both sexes waer a lower lip plug the men's made from ivory and the women's from copper. Young girls wear a dress made from goat- or sheepskin with unique decoration made from nails.
After visiting this Tribe's village for as much time you need then we drive to turmi
Overnight turmi lodge
Day 3 :
Turmi - dasenech - jinka - Ari
In the morning after breakfast we drive to the dasenech During our visit to the village of Omorate, located on the banks of the Omo River, we will meet the Dassanech, a semi-nomadic community that is one of the most populous tribes in the Omo Valley, with around 70,000 members. We will explore a society based on age groups and clan lineages. The Dassanech base their way of life on agro-pastoralism, cultivating sorghum, maize, and beans, in addition to raising cattle such as cows and sheep. To supplement their resources, Dassanech men engage in fishing and crocodile hunting at night
We stay there as much as you want, after visiting dasenech we drive back to turmi we head lunch there and we drive back to jinka
then freshen up in the afternoon we will take you for the Ari tribe's village, who are settled on the Plateau lands surrounding the lower Omo Valley zonal Administrative town of Jinka. Then visit the village life of these societies from door to door by trekking. You will love meeting them in the middle of their daily life activities and interact with them by watching how they are very hospitable to welcome you to their communal village compound to have a coffee. After this activity we drive back to town.
Overnight in jinka
Day 4 :
JINKA-MURSI-FLY BACK TO ADDIS ABEBA
Today our journey begins early in the morning after breakfast with an excursion to the scenic Mago national park, where the Mursi tribes reside. We will explore some Mursi villages across the Maki river. The Mursi semi-nomadics are noted for wearing large lip palte and participating in ceremonial stick fights (donga). Then after visiting this tribe for as long as you need drive back to Jinka and transfer you to the Airport when check in time is on for your flight back to Addis.