The Danakil Depression, also called Dallol Depression, is a desert with some areas that are more than 100 meters below sea level. This is special because it is one of the lowest points on earth not covered by water. There are hot yellow sulfur fields among the sparkling white salt beds. Heat isn't the only thing people feel in the Dallol Depression. Alarming earth tremors are frequently felt. There are also several active volcanoes. So just how hot is it at the Dallol Depression. The people who are living in the region are Afar tribes, they are pastoralists and some of them engaged in salt mining as the depression is covered with salt. The most attraction in the region is Erta Ale, Active volcano, which is so magnificent attraction due to its different colorful lava flowing from the crust of the earth.

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7 - Days Tour to Dankile Depression, Afdera, Erta ale Volcano &
Dallol
Tour Code: FET-DDT 02 Tour Program to Dankile Depression
Attractions: History, Religion, Scenery & Wildlife
Duration: 7 Days & 6 Nights
Transportation: Surface drive, flights & Camel riding
Day 1: Flight to Semera
Early morning, a flight will take you to Semera. There you will check into a hotel. Finish all the
formalities in Semera where you will get your Afar permits and we will pick up the mandatory
scouts and road leaders. In the evening, you will have dinner and stay the night at the hotel.
Overnight stay in Local hotel.
Day 2: Drive to Afdera
Right after breakfast, an early morning drive will take you to Afdera (244 Km from Semra) via Serdo
on a track through the desolate
landscape with only some coned shaped
volcano’s here and there to Afdera salt
lake ( Lake Afdera is a wonderfully bright
green lake situated with black basalt
mountains behind. Here you can see
salt extraction from the Lake, where the
Afar nomads continue the same
activities for a century.
The salt
extraction here is the main supply of salt
to the country). Late in the afternoon
you will visit the salt extractors at the
lakeside. In the evening you will stretch
your tent. You will have dinner and stay
the night in the tent.
Overnight stay camping at Afdera.
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2. Day 3: Drive Erta ale via Kusurawde
You will have breakfast & drive to Erta ale
via Kusurawde (60km from Afdera) and
continue drive to Dodom (20 Km from
Kusurawde), a nearby settlement to Erta ale
(the Erta Ale volcano has been in a constant
state of eruption). Today is an early-to-rise
start at 2am to start your hike
(approximately 10km from Dodom) to the
crater rim of the Erta Ale volcano. At the
top, you will peer down at the permanent
lava lake (the only one in the world!) while
the sun rises over the horizon. After the
hike, back to camp and a bit of breakfast, you’ll continue driving to Hamed Ella for overnight.
Overnight stay camping at Hamed Ela.
Day 4: Drive to Hamed Ela
Right after breakfast, an early morning drive will take you to Hamed Ela (approximately 30 Km from
Erta ale). Late in the afternoon you will walk for a few minute following the camel caravan carrying
salt bars from the depression to the highland. In the evening you will stretch your tent. You will
have dinner and stay the night in the tent. Overnight stay camping at Hamed Ela.
Day 5: Drive to Dallol
An early morning drive will take a day trip to Dallol, (which
at 116m below sea level is the lowest point on the African
continent & 120km from Hamed Ella). Here the landscape
is beautiful, the ground many shades of red and yellow from
the hot water, acids and minerals spurting up from the
ground). You will also visit Lake Asale, which is the salt lake
from which the Afar nomads extract salt. Late afternoon
drive back to Hamed Ella for overnight camping. You will
have dinner and stay the night in the tent. Overnight stay
camping at Hamed Ella.
Day 6: Drive to Mekelle and flight back to Addis Ababa
Right after breakfast, an early morning drive will take you to Mekelle (170 Km from Hamed Ela) via
Berhaile. You will see the camel caravans along the way, carrying salt from the salt lake to Mekele
for sale. Then you will arrive in Mekelle (late afternoon). You will check into a hotel. You will have
dinner, rest & spend the night there. Overnight stay in Axum Hotel, Mekelle.
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3. Day 7: Flight back to Addis Ababa & departure
After a relaxed breakfast, a flight will bring you back to Addis
Ababa. You will arrive in Addis Ababa midday/early afternoon
where you will do some shopping for souvenirs. Finally you will
be taken to a farewell dinner depending on your scheduled
flight; you will be transferred out to Bole International Airport
for return flight back home.
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