3-Day Omo Valley Tribes Tour from Jinka

Overview

A 3-day trip to the Omo Valley from Addis Ababa gives you a fast-paced look at southern Ethiopia’s unique indigenous cultures, including the Hamer, Karo, and Mursi tribes.

Day by Day

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   Day 1

   Fly Addis Ababa – Jinka

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   After breakfast, take a flight to Jinka. You will be met upon arrival and drive to Turmi Hamer Village. The Hamer are known for their unique custom of “bull jumping,” which initiates a boy into manhood, practice of body adornment and wearing a multitude of colorful beads. The men of the tribe will often style their hair with clay, creating a sculpture of sorts that is styled with various pigments, mostly red and white, and in smoothing the clay they create very small protruding tube in which they house ostrich feathers from their hunts.

   Spend the night at Emerald Lodge in Turmi.

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   • Cultural visit

   Overnight

   Emerald Lodge - Turmi

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   Day 2

   Explore Karo Tibes

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   Drive to Murulle to meet the Karo people, known for their striking body decorations using white chalk for ceremonies, with women scarifying their chests for beauty and men marking scars for enemies or dangerous animals killed. Afterward, visit the Nyangatom people, 17 km away, noted for their long, lean bodies, adorned with numerous necklaces and decorated goatskin skirts, before returning to Turmi.

   Overnight: Emerlald Lodge – Turmi

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   • Cultural visit

   Overnight

   Overnight: Emerlald Lodge – Turmi

   Meals included

   Breakfast

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   Day 3

   Visit Mursi Tribes & Fly back to Addis Ababa

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   After breakfast, depart turmi and on the way drive to Jinka, Visit the Mursi village at Key Afer. The Mursi are one of the exotic ethnic groups in Ethiopia. The women like to wear terra cotta on their enormously stretched lower lips and ear lobes. After the tour, take a flight back to Addis Ababa.

   Photos from this day

   

   • Cultural visit

   Meals included

   Breakfast

What’s Included

Getting There

• Starts and ends in Jinka.
• Fly to and from Jinka (BCO) Airport (BCO).
• A transfer from and back to the airport is included.
• Our representative will be waiting you at Jinka (BCO) airport and begin your trip.

1. 1Fly Addis Ababa – Jinka, Emerald Lodge - Turmi
2. 2Explore Karo Tibes, Overnight: Emerlald Lodge – Turmi

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Essence Ethiopia Tours

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