Addis Ababa – Adadi Maryam - Tiya World Heritage Site – Lake Ziway – Awassa

• Tiya World Heritage Site

  1 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included

  Take a guided tour visit the incredible stone grave markers at Tiya. The Steles of Tiya is one of Ethiopia’s sites listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Here you will visit beautiful carved stone grave markers erected between the 12th and 14th Century AD in honor of important local heroes (warriors).

• Butajira

  1 hoursAdmission Ticket Free

  Stop at a couple of outlooks for the picturesque scenery of the Ethiopian part of the Great East African Rift Valley. You will also visit one of the villages of the local people of Silte for cultural experience.

• Lake Ziway

  1 hoursAdmission Ticket Included

  Spot Ethiopian Lowland water birds by walking by the shores of the Rift Valley Lake of Ziway to see families of hippos (if lucky) and a number of birds such as Great white pelicans, Marabou Storks, African Fish Eagle, Sacred Ibis, Hammer Kops, etc Finally, drive 115 km south to the Rift Valley Lake of Awassa. If the weather is good, enjoy the beautiful sun set over the lake.

• Melka Kunture

  40 minsAdmission Ticket Not Included

  Visit Melka Kunture archaeological site to learn about humanity's evolutionary story. Set by the Awash River, visit Melka Kunture’s Museum to step back 1.8 million years. Discover stone tools from Homo erectus, witness fossilized footprints, & visit an open-air 800,000 years old butchery site.