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Meskel(the
foundation of true cross) celebration with the historic route by Air ( Tour Code SGTT05 Duration
11 Days ) |
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This is one of religious ceremonies not to be missed in Ethiopia .At
the eve of Meskel celebration there iwill be a big bone fire (Demera)
the will be prepared on the centre of Addis (Meskel
scuar).Thousendes of Ethiopian Christians with thir traditional
dressing style will be gather at the meskel square hundreds of
priests from different church of Addis will come with very colourful
church dress and processional cross to perform their amusing
chanting for the gathered people
Ghion travel and tours has a fixed date departure tour for this
colrful Meskel celebration with the historic rout
Sept 25: ADDIS ABABA: Arrive at
the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. Be met and welcomed by
Ghion travel and Tours representative and transferred in to Ghion
Hotel.
Sept.26: Meskal Festival at
Addis Ababa: Morning, After break fast you will have a sight seeing
of Addis Ababa which includes Trinity Cathedral beautiful church
with a baroque style of European Architecture unique to both
Ethiopia and Africa, National Museum-the home of the famous complete
hominid fossil remain of Lucy dated 3.5 millions years
back.Afternoon after lunch you will attend the very colourful Meskel
Festival (the finding of the true cross) at the Meskel square.
Sept.27: Transfer to air port
and fly to Bahir dar, after check in to the hotel and lunch, boat
trip on lake Tana and visit the ancient monasteries of
Ura-kidanmihret and Kibran Gabreal (please note that kibran is not
allowed for females), over night in Tana hotel.
Sept 28: 10 After break fast
drive 30 km to the majestic Blue Nile falls commonly called -Tis
Isat meaning water that smokes. Drive back to the city in the
afternoon and visit Bahir dar market and Weyto village, where
papyrus boat is locally produced. Overnight at Tana hotel.
Sept 29: 10: BAHAR DAR-GONDAR:
In the morning Drive to Gondar over the rolling countryside and
scenic landscapes. Gondar is a town, which was the capital of
Ethiopia in the 17th century. It is the site of ancient castle
building palaces of different emperors constructed in the European
middle age architectural style, Debre Berehan Silassie church with
its ancient mural paintings, Emperor Fasil's pool, which is still
use for the Timket (the Ethiopian Epiphany) festival held every
January 19. Overnight Goha Hotel.
Sept 30: GONDAR- AXUM: transfer
to the airport and fly to Axum. Axum is famous for its more than
2000 year old Axumite long standing steles measuring some of them up
to 33m high, the bath and palace of Queen of Sheba, King Kaleb's and
other kings tombs, archaeological museum which is widely rated as
Ethiopia's best, the church of St. Mary of Tsion, where the original
Ark of covenant is housed. Legend has it that the son of the Queen
of Sheba and King Solomon of Israel, King Menelik I brought the
original Ark from Israel to Axum. Overnight in the Yeha Hotel.
Oct 1: Axum-Yeha- Axum after
break fast drive to Yeha to visit old temple built before the birth
of Christ, and the surrounding area. In the afternoon drive back to
Axum and over night at Yeha hotel in Axum.
Oct 2: AXUM-LALIBELA: Transfer
to Airport and fly to Lalibella, famous for its rock hewn churches
dating back 800 years, and transferred to the Hotel. The brilliant
feats of engineering and architecture of rock hewn churches of
Lalibella referred to as the "Eighth wonder of the world". There are
11 rock -hewn churches in the Town of Lalibella which 3 of them are
Monolithic (free standing completely detached from the ground), 7 of
them are semi-monolithic and 1 church is cave church. And there are
more cave, monolithic, semi-monolithic churches in the district of
Lasta region. Overnight at Roha hotel.
Oct 3: LALIBELA. In the morning
half-day excursion by mule to Asheton Mariam to visit the Church
that lie on the top of the mountain. The Church itself is similar in
style to other rock churches, but the panoramic view of the
surroundings is spectacular from the mountaintop. Return to the
hotel for lunch. Afternoon spent visiting more of the rock churches
in Lalibella town. Overnight at Roha hotel.
Oct 4: LALIBELA-ADDIS ABABA:
Transfer to the Airport and fly back to Addis and transferred to the
hotel. The remaining time will be at leisure or more sightseeing
tour of the town. Overnight at Ghion hotel
Oct 5: Departure Depending on
your flight time you will have shopping and sight seeing of Addis
which includes Ethnological Museum-presents different collections to
have an overview of the history, culture, tradition and religions of
almost all tribal groups in Ethiopia, St. George Cathedral and
Museum-a historical church with the traditional Ethiopian Orthodox
Church architecture founded by Emperor Menelik-II, Mount Entoto
panoramic view point at the highest pick in Addis with an altitude
of 3200 meters, which was the site for the first palace of Emperor
Menelik-II, the founder of Addis Ababa. The Merkato:-which is the
largest open-air market in Africa. Evening welfare dinner party with
national music and dancing, and transfer to Bole International
Airport for your flight back home.
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