Harar Add-On Adventure
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2 Nights
2 - 12
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French-imported blue and white vintage Peugeot taxis cruise beneath Italian-built colonial buildings decked with tropical flowers, giving a strange Cuban twist to Sunni Islam’s fourth most holy city after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
The narrow winding streets within the perimeter walls are alternatively whitewashed then painted in pastel shades of blue, viridian, vermillion. Khat, the highly addictive leaf grown on the surrounding plains, releasing an amphetamine buzz when chewed, occupies the daily thoughts and actions of many of the city’s inhabitants.
Men dye their beards orange. Women wear the most ostentatious, beautifully designed and brightly coloured shammas in the whole country. Hyenas roam the city walls looking for food. This is a city not to be missed.
Day 12: Fly to Dire Dawa from Addis Ababa. Drive to Harar. Visit Hyena Man.
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After breakfast, transfer to the airport and fly to Dire Dawa. On arrival in Dire Dawa, transfer to local restaurant for lunch. In the afternoon, visit the city of Dire Dawa and the Ethio-Djibouti Rail ways station which dates back to the beginning of the first decade of the 20th Century. Then drive 55Km to the old and walled town of Harar visiting the colorful spice market at Kefira. Kefira is a traditional open air market with lots of camels, donkeys and two wheeled horses with a vibe of medieval time trade. Its multi-ethnicity trade allows for wide range of exploration of cultural dresses and hair styles. We will also visit the interesting multicultural market of the people of Amhara, Oromo, and Adere (Harari) people in Harar.
In the evening, we will visit the hyena men feeding wild hyenas from their mouth. One of the city`s most unique attraction, Hyena Men, who make their living by collecting offal and bones which they feed to the wild hyenas that live in the surrounding hills.
Day 13: City tour of Harar. Drive to Dire Dawa for overnight.
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Today we will make full day sightseeing tour of Harar- the medieval Muslim Capital of Ethiopia which is regarded by many as the fourth holy city of Islam next to Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem. Harar is one of the historical and religious cities of Ethiopia. The fortified historic town of Harar is located in the eastern part of Ethiopia, 525 km from the capital of Addis Ababa, on a plateau with deep gorges surrounded by deserts and savannah. The city’s encircling wall, locally known as the Jogol was erected in the 16th century by one of the city’s best remembered local ruler, Emir NuribnMujahid, who is said to have also dug up a defensive trench around the city.
Our visit in Harar includes the walls and gates of Harar (UNESCO World heritage site), the former palace of Emperor Haile Selassie, the village of the Harari people, and the house of the famous 19th Century French poet – Arthur Rimbaud. Later, Drive back to Dire Dawa for an overnight.
Day 14: Fly back to Addis Ababa.
After breakfast, catch your flight to Addis Ababa. Later, you will have half day city tour of Addis. The city tour includes visit to Merkato and Lion Park. In the evening, you will have a fare well dinner and you will be transferred to the airport to catch your departing flight.
Merkato:-It is the largest open-air market in Africa. Here you will be presented with confusing, but fascinating, glimpse of the vast range of goods and artefacts available from all parts of the country and you will enjoy the Ethiopian trade exchange tradition in the open air, you can purchase anything you desire here.
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Single rooms are available on a first come, first served basis. We will charge on a pro-rata basis if a single room is only available for part of the trip.
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Plus USD$ 375 per person for the domestic airfare, subjected to change.
The domestic airfare will be USD£ 205 per person, if the clients fly with Ethiopian Airlines in the international flight.
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