SUNNY SIDE ETHIOPIA TOUR & TRAVEL

                                                                                                   
                                          SUNNY SIDE                             

SUNNY SIDE ETHIOPIA TOUR & TRAVEL :- Is established with the aim of providing efficient & professional services to our client who travel to Ethiopia. It's well organized & qualified professional team with a great depth of experience & knowledge in the field of Tour and Travel operation in Ethiopia.

UNIQUENESS OF SUNNY SIDE :- We are capable of experience & knowledgeable, which is professionally in this sector. We give value for our client time, money & energy. We are honest and reliable out standing of different agencies as well working with some travel agencies. Especially we offer you our best service product with in reasonable & fair price comparing other Agencies.

SUNNY SIDE ETHIOPIA TOURS :- Offer the following program options by encouraging flexible approach. We also work hard & honest as the paper itinerary. We are responsible of your safety & your holiday time here in Ethiopia. Our aim is to take you at the depth of satisfaction.  

** We welcome & appreciate other possible program options by encouraging flexible approach:

# Historic route                                                       

# Cultural route                                                                

# Trekking

# Horse ridding

# Bike tour

# Bird watching program 

# Photo & Filming program

# Study / educational tours

CONTACT ADDRESS :-T o contact us it's more convenient and easier to use our e-mail address any time from any where. We respond  the request as soon as possible. You may also use phone calls.

E-MAIL ADDRESS

sunnysideethiopia@gmail.com                                                  

johnnyassefa@yahoo.com

PHONE NUMBERS

              Mob :- +251 - 91 - 1785073
                          +251 - 92 - 1774054

P.S. Make sure that Addis Ababa found at GMT +3 hours time Zone.

Mr. JOHNNY ASSEFA :- Is a professional Tour operator and Tour Guide. He went to Tourism college. He have been working with different Travel Agencies for long time. During that time, he had such a great experience all over Ethiopia. He know well Ethiopia, which is History, Culture, Wild life and so on...!!

WE SALE PROMISE...!!!

BIKE TRIP AROUND AWASSA

THE LAND OF ETHIOPIA...

- A COUNTRY OF DIVERSITY:

It was home to the most ancient kingdom in Africa, one of the first monarchies in the world. It's the sole African country to possess an alphabet more than 2,000 years old. It's the only country on the continent to have maintained independence in the face of European colonizers.

The name is derived from the Greek Aithiopia, which means "Land of the burnt faces." It's also known in Europe  as Abyssinia, a term coming from the Arabic Habashat, which referred to one of the tribes South of Arabia that emigrated to Ethiopia at the beginning of it's history..!!!

The calender is another unique feature - it has 13 months. Using the Julian calender, Ethiopia has twelve lunar months of thirty days, plus one month of five or six, depending on the leap year. The Julian calendar began 7 years and 113 days after the Christian age, making the first day of the New Year September 11.

- THE CRADLE OF HUMANITY

The origin of Ethiopia is largely the origin of us all. Ethiopia is home to many of the most ancient  hominid
remains yet discovered. Charles Darwin hypothesised that humanity originated in Africa. Ethiopia's first modern encounter with the ancient world was in 1974. It's made headline news everywhere. Anthropologists around  the world took note: "Lucy" had been discovered.

At the head of the Rift Valley, in Hadar, where the African and Arabian tectonic plates coverage, a team from the Institute of Human Origins of Berkeley, California, found the oldest hominid remains discovered up to that time. The majority of Scientists believe that Australopithecus evolved towards the genus Homo, a step occurring between 2.7 and 3.2 million years ago.

- PEOPLE - A HUMAN GEOGRAPHY = POPULATION AND DENSITY

With an estimated population of 70,000,000 - 80,000,000 inhabitants ( in 2004), Ethiopia is one of the most  populated countries on the continent, rendering it a significant demographic power in Africa. The majority of Ethiopian population is rural, largely due to the fact that the main source of the country is agriculture.

Academically, more than 86 different languages have been recognized in Ethiopia, of which 82 are living languages. This does not include the infinite number of dialects, many of which remain unclassified. The official language of the country is Amharic, though the most widely spoken is Oromo, which belongs to the largest ethno-linguistic group. 

CITY TOUR AROUND ADDIS ABABA

ADDIS ABABA  IS A CAPITAL CITY OF ETHIOPIA AS WELL HEAD QUARTER OF AFRICAN UNION                          

1 DAY TOUR AROUND ADDIS

- In the morning after having a break fast, we drive to Mount Entoto via the old palace. This route is a historical route. Mount Entoto is a place where Addis was established. Here we visit the palace of emperor Menilik & Empress Tayitu, Entoto museum and the view of Addis from the top the hill.

After that we drive to the Ethnographic museum at 6 killo University, then to the National museum to visit Lucy. On the way we will visit few monuments, which are related with the Italians. After having a lunch break, we continue our visiting to one of the Church called Trinity. Later on we drive to the biggest and open market called Merkato. Merkato is a very dramatic place, which is more than 10,000 people are arriving every day for shopping.

                      Late afternoon we will have shopping by the Souvenir shops. Here you can buy different types of traditional cloths and so on..!!! At the night we go for a dinner at one of the best traditional club and enjoy Ethiopian music. Here is the end of the tour...:

SOUTH ETHIOPIA - DOWN TO OMO VALLEY

CULTURAL ROUTE :

Nature, tribe, rift valley Lakes and wild life...

                                                                        2. LAKE CHAMO





1. DORZE HUT


                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                            

  3. NEICH-SAR PARK                                                      4. BOYS LOWER OMO-VALLEY

 # SOUTH ETHIOPIA :-

-  ARBA-MINCH : Arbaminch means 40 spring..!! Bordered by verdant mountains and home to Ethiopia's two largest, and arguably most beautiful, Rift Valley Lakes, this region offers an eyeful. Ogle Zebras in the resurgent Neichsar National Park and watch your fingers and toes at Lake Chamo's crocodile market, where they're the ones doing the shopping.

 - OMO RIVER : The Omo River of Ethiopia was known even to Europeans of the 17th century. However, it's final destination was a source of controversy: Did it end in the Indian Ocean, the Nile River, or Lake Turkana. 

- South Ethiopia is full of culture & gifted of a great nature. About 56 tribes found in this region too.

CULTURAL ROUTE BY ROAD / 11 days & 10 night

DAY 1. Addis Ababa - Addis Aabab               

- Arrival and city tour.. O/N chosen Hotel


Day 2. Addis Aababa - Arba-Minch

- Early in the morning we drive to Arba-Minch via the Rift Valley lakes & Shashemene. Breakfast & Lunch stop on the way. O/N Hotel

DAY 3. Arbaminch - Dorze / 37k.m

- Early in the morning after having breakfast, we drive to Neich-sar national park and take a boat trip over the Lake chamo. Here we visit the Crocodile market, huge number of Pelican birds, Hippo's and Zebra's. Late after noon driving to Dorze village. Dorze tribe is very famous with weaving cotton, in this village we will have a short trekking to visit a waterfall and weaving cooperative.At the night we will have a Dorze traditional music with campfire ceremony. O/N Dorze hut either camping.

DAY 4. Dorze - Jinka

- Early in the morning we drive to Jinka via Konso. Breakfast stop at Arba-Minch. Depending  the day we might see a beautiful & colorful market at Key Afer village. ON the way we will visit the Tsemay tribe. O/N Hotel

DAY 5. Jinka - Jinka                                                               

- In the morning after having a breakfast, 

we drive to Mago national Park to visit the Mursi tribe. 

The most famous Mursi traditions include the fierce stick 

fighting between the men and the lip plate worn by the women. 

Made of clay and up to 15cm in a diameter, the plates are inserted into a slit separating their lower lip and jaw.

- For lunch we drive back to Jinka then in the after noon we visit the Musuem. O/N Hotel

DAY 6. Jinka - Turmi

- After breakfast we drive to Turmi via Key-Afer and Dimeka village. There is possibility of market depending on the day. O/N hotel

DAY 7. Turmi - Turmi

In the morning after having a break fast we drive to Karo village. In appearance, language and tradition, they slightly resemble the Hamer, to whom they're related. The Karo are considered masters of body painting, particularly when preparing for a dance, feast or celebration. Late after noon we visit the Hamer village. The Hamer people are known particularly for their remarkable hairstyles. The women mix together ochre, water and a binding resin before rubbing into their hair. The Hamer is also considered as a master body decoration.

DAY 8. Turm-Turmi                                                                    

- In the morning after having a breakfast we drive to Omorate village. 

Omorate is nestled along the baking eastern bank of the Omo River. 

Here we cross the Omo river by the Local Boat, to visit the other 

side of the village. Now a days the tribe called Dasanech. In the after noon Market at Turmi either Dimeka. O/N Hotel

DAY 9. Turmi - Yabelo

                      - Early in the morning we drive to Yabelo via Konso. On the   way we visit the Arbore tribe and the Konso village, which is the king house. The Arbore people are a mixed bunch, with ancestry linking back to the Omo Valley and Konso highlands. With their beads and aluminum jewellery, they almost resemble the Borena people. O/N Hotel

DAY 10. Yabelo - Awassa

- Early in the morning we drive to Awassa via Dila. Awassa is a capital city of Southern part of Ethiopia. On the way we will visit the coffee plantation. O/N Hotel

DAY 11. Awassa - Addis Ababa

- In the morning we will visit the Fish market then we drive to Abiyata- Shala National Park. Here we see huge number of Flamingo Birds and Ostrich. . Lunch at Sabana Lodge around by side of Lake Langano. Lake Langano is the only free for swimming. Then we drive back to Addis via Butajira, on the way you will visit the Tiya steal. 

The end of our tour...

                                        

NORTHERN PART OF ETHIOPIA / HISTORICAL ROUTE

HISTORICAL ROUTE / AXUM

        - Axum: Ethiopia's most ancient city and the capital of the historic axumite state, is the sight of many remarkable monolithic stone stelae, or obelisk, the three most important being decorated to represent multi-storied buildings, complete with doors and windows.

- Axum: in it;s day was a great commercial center, issuing it's own currency and trading with Egypt, Arabia, Persia, India and even Ceylon. The settlement was also the site of Ethiopia's oldest church, which dated back to the coming Christianity as the state religion, early in the 4th century.

- The bounty of Northern Ethiopia's historical African treasures is only rivaled by that of Egypt's. In Axum, elaborate pre-christian tombs underlie ancient obelisks; in Lalibela a medieval maze of Rock-hewn churches like frozen in stone.

- Lalibela: a medieval settlement in the Lasta area of Wallo, lies at the center of of an extensive complex of rock churches. Lalibela has 11 remarkable rock-hewn monolithic churches, believed to have been built by king Lalibela in the late 12th or early 13th century.

-The wealth of history continues in Gondar, where grand 17th-century castles overlook the celebrated source of the Blue Nile, Lake Tana. The Lake's waters host centuries-old monasteries and countless religious artifacts.

HISTORICAL ROUTE BY SURFACE

11 Nights & 12 days

DAY 1. Addis Ababa - Bahir-Dar

    - Early in the morning we drive to Bahir-Dar via the Blue Nile Gorge.  On the way visit the Debre Libanos Monastery and Blue Nile gorge. Break fast stop at one of small town then  lunch stop will be taken at Debremarkos. O/N Hotel

DAY 2. Bahir-Dar - Bahir-Dar

- After having a breakfast, we will take a boat trip over Lake Tana to visit the amazing Monasteries. The Monasteries are full of painting. Then for lunch we go back to the town. After having a little rest, we drive to Blue Nile fall, which is 30 k.m out of Bahir-Dar.

- After having a dinner, we go for a famous traditional club / "Azmari bet" / called Balageru.  O/N Htl

DAY 3. Bahir-Dar - Gondar

- In the morning after having a breakfast, we drive to Gondar, which is 170k.m. After check in, we continue our trip to the ROYAL ENCLOSURE OF KING FASILADAS. Around 7 palace is kept in the same compound. Then we go back for a lunch break. Later on we drive to Debre-berhan Selassie church, this church is famous with full of painting. O/N Hotel

DAY 4. Gondar - Simen Mountain National Park           
 
           - In the morning after having a breakfast we drive to Simen Mountain National park via the Falasha village of Jewish. Lunch stop at Deberk town. In the afternoon we visit around the park O/N Semien lodge or Sanka-ber camping site.

DAY 5. Simen Mountain National Park - Axum

- Early in the morning we drive to Axum through the amazing part of Simen Mountain, lunch stop on the way. O/N Hotel.

- DAY 6. Axum - Axum

- Full day excursion tour around Axum. We visit the ancient city, palace, Obelisk and church.O/N Htl

DAY 7. Axum - Mekele

- In the morning we drive to Mekele, on the way we will visit the Yeha temple as well Debre-Damo monastery. O/N Hotel

DAY 8. Mekele - Lalibela

- Early in the morning we drive to Lalibela through the beautiful scenery highland. O/N Htl

DAY 9. Lalibela - Lalibela

- Full day excursion around Lalibela, visiting the 11 rock -hewn churches. O/N Hotel

DAY 10. Lalibela - Lalibela    

 - Another excursion tour out side of Lalibela, to visit some more churches. O/N Hotel

DAY 11. Lalibela - Combolcha / Dessie

DAY 12. Comolcha / Dessie - Addis Ababa

- Drive back to Addis Ababa.

HISTORIC ROUTE BY AIR

DAY 1. Addis Ababa - Bahir-Dar

- Fly to Bahir-Dar, in the morning visit Lake Tana Monasteries, in the afternoon Blue Nile fall and at the night traditional ethiopian music, called "Azmari bet". O/N Hotel

DAY 2. Bahir-Dar  - Gondar

- Fly to Gondar and visit the Castle of king Fasildas and the church of Debre-Brihan sellasie. O/N Htl

DAY 3. Gondar - Lalibela

- Fly to Lalibela to visit the 11 Rock-hewn churches, which is built by King Lalibela in the 12th century and the beginning of 13th century. O/N Hotel


DAY 4. Lalibela - Axuum

- Fly to Axum and visit the ancient city, monolithic obelisk, Tsion Mariam church and the palace of queen Sheba. O/N Hotel

DAY 5. Axum - Addis Ababa

- Fly back to Addis Ababa and some souvenir shopping.

BALE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK

FOR TREKKING LOVERS... / WILD LIFE...

DODOLA - HORSE TREKS IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS:

- Resting between Shashemene and the Bale Mountains National Park, the diminutive town of Dodola  has become a base for some unique trekking, it's all due the pioneer ( IFMP), which was initiated in 1995 by the German aid organization GTZ. Now self-sufficient, the nonprofit programme works to conserve natural Afro-alpine forest environment by offering local people an alternative income to feeling the local forests.

 3 NIGHT & 4 DAYS

 DAY 1. Addis Ababa - Changiti / 2750m 

 - Early in the morning after having a break fast, we drive to Dodola via the Rift Valley lakes. Here we stop our Car and continue by trekking around 3 hours to the first camping site called Changiti. O/N Camping.

DAY 2. Changiti - Angafo / 3460

- In the morning after having a break fast we will have
another 4 - 5 hours trekking through the huge forest.
Option that offers better views and chances of spotting an Ethiopian wolf. After lunch we will climb the Tullu Hangatu ( 3546 ) for an astounding view. O/N Camping

DAY 3. Angafo - Wahoro

- Early morning we will go for a short trekking to see other side of Angafo area then back for a breakfast. After that we will take another 4 hours trekking to Wahoro. After having lunch and some rest, we walk around to visit the cave as well water fall. O/N Camping

DAY 4. Wahoro - Addis Ababa

- In the morning after having a break fast, we will take a trekking back to Dodola about 4-5 hours. In this day we will have a horse riding half of the way. Then after having a bit rest, we drive to Langano. Here we will have a lunch break by Sabana Lodge then going to swim in the Lake.
             Later on we drive back to Addis via Butajira. The end of the tour..!!!