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Adventure 3 Days Dankile Depression
Adventure 3 Days Dankile Depression
Adventure 3 Days Dankile Depression
Adventure 3 Days Dankile Depression
Adventure 3 Days Dankile Depression

Adventure 3 Days Dankile Depression

By Manos Going
Free cancellation available
Price is P 19,929 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 3d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Danakil Depression

A geological depression caused by the continental drift of three tectonic plates, the Danakil Depression is one of Earth’s most unusual environments. Renowned as the ‘hottest place on the planet’ and home to salt lakes, lava lakes, volcanoes, and colourful acidic springs, it’s a wonderful, alien environment.

Activity location

  • Hamedela Campsite
    • Sabba, Afar, Ethiopia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Ethiopian Skylight Hotel
    • Airport Road
    • 1755, Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Adventure 3 Days Dankile Depression
  • Activity duration is 3 days3d3d
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
P 19,929.44 x 1 AdultP 19,929.44
Total
Price is P 19,929.44

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedBottles of water for the trip.
  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport expense with four-wheel drive Land-cruiser including fuel expense and driver allowance
  • What's includedWhat's includedCooking, camping equipment,
  • What's includedWhat's includedsecurity, and transportation
  • What's includedWhat's includedSleeping bags
  • What's includedWhat's includedLocal guide service for the afar regions as per the program
  • What's includedWhat's includedScout and police service in the Afar Region as per the program
  • What's includedWhat's includedAll Entrance fees and licenses are as per the program.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedDomestic flight
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedpersonal expanse
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedinternational flight

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Travelers should have a high level of physical fitness

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Semera–Hamedela
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: overnight camping at Hamedela
Hamedela Campsite
  • 5h
  • Admission ticket included
You will fly from Addis to Semera, and you will drive about 5-6 hrs to reach Hamed Ela. On the way, you will stop at Lake Afdera for lunch and maybe even swim a bit. In the next camping village this evening, we will visit Lake Asale with salt flats and have wine or beer drinks in the stunning place while you are swimming in the salt lake. o/n open-air camping at Hamedela
Day 2: Dalol-Erta Ale (volcano)
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: Erta Ale camping
Dallol
  • 4h
  • Admission ticket included
After breakfast, you will drive to the colourful attractions of Dalol, which is located at -125 below sea level. Here you will visit the different landscapes formed by volcanic activity: Dallol, Lake Assal, and camel caravans. Excursion to Dallol (116 meters below sea level, one of the lowest places in the world): colourful salt mining. After we visit all the attractions, continue driving to Erta Ale, which ranks as one of the most alluring and physically challenging natural attractions in Ethiopia. It is a shield volcano with a base diameter of 30 km and a 1 km square caldera at its summit. Erta Ale contains the world’s only permanent lava lake. It is 613 meters in altitude, with a lava lake. The drive may take about 4 hrs, passing through a changing landscape of solidified lava rock and sand. After passing several small hamlets scattered here and there in this deserted land, you will arrive at the Erta Ale camping site. After a short break and early dinner, just before sunset.
Day 3: : Ertale-Semera
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Not included
Erta Ale
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
Early in the morning, you visit boiling lava again, and after breakfast, drive to Afdera, about 2 hrs. away. From Afdera, drive on the asphalt road to Semera for about 3:30 hrs to Semera airport.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESHamedela Campsite
    • Sabba, Afar, Ethiopia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEEthiopian Skylight Hotel
    • Airport Road
    • 1755, Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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