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Historic Route TourTour code:   JHN- 014 Duration:      9 days &8 nights / by Air Destination:   North Custom: Yes, This tour can be customized

HIGHLIGHTS

Day 01. Arrive in Addis Ababa; meet your guide holding a J.H.SIMEX Tour & Travel sticker and transfer to hotel. Afternoon Half day tour of the capital to Visit the Entoto Mountains, the National Museum and Trinity Church and also Merkato, the biggest open-air market in Africa. O/N (Overnight) in Intercontinental hotel.

Day 02. Fly to Bahir Dar, and transfer to hotel for check-in. If time permits, visit Bezait Palace, with its view over Lake Tana and the Blue Nile. Afternoon boat trip of about 4-5 hours on Lake Tana to admire the island monasteries, e.g. Ura Kidane Mehret, Mahal Zeghie Gyorgis and, if time permits, Asua Mariam. O/N in Bahir Dar.

Day 03. Morning drive to admire the Blue Nile falls. You will return just in time for Lunch to Bahir Dar. You will be fetched for an Afternoon drive to Gondar, city of castles and churches. O/N Gondar.

Day 04. Enjoy a morning of leisure which will give you time for shopping and visiting places of interest. You will be fetched for an Afternoon City Tour which includes the castles and churches in Gondar: visit the castle compound, Debre Birhan Sellasie church (light of Trinity) with its wonderful murals, King Fasiladas' bath, the old Qusquam monastery, Empress Mentewab's palace and more. O/N Gondar.

Day 05. Fly to Axum, site of the beginning of civilization in Ethiopia. Check into hotel then visit the steles, various archeological sites, the bath and palace of the Queen of Sheba, tombs of kings; and churches such as St Mary of Tsion (where legend says the Ark of the Covenant lies). O/N in Axum.

Day 06. Fly to Lalibela, defined as the eighth wonder of the world, and in the afternoon visit the first group of rock-hewn churches. Meals and O/N in Lalibela.

Day 07: Morning visit to one of the churches outside of town. We propose an excursion by mule to Asheten Mariam Church and its spectacular views. Or travel by car to the cave church of Naktuleab. Afternoon visit to the remaining churches in Lalibela.

Day 08: Fly to Addis Ababa. Afternoon free. O/N Intercontinental hotel.

Day 09: Departure