Experience a part of Africa like you will not find anywhere else on the black continent. Travel through a region marked by the transition from the Abyssinian highlands to sub-Saharan Africa. Coming from the north, you first travel south in the Great Rift Valley along the great lakes through savannah-like landscapes.

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Along the lakes of the Great Rift Valley and their wildlife:

The rugged mountain ranges of the Rift Valley rise up to the east and west. On the way you pass through the area of the Oromo-speaking peoples like the Borena, who traditionally live from cattle breeding, but increasingly also from agriculture. On the further journey to the southwest, leave the mountains behind and travel down into the hot plains of the Omo River, on the banks of which you will find a unique mosaic of different peoples who, with their unique hairstyles, body paints and body decorations, have been ethnologists from the all over the world.

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Peoples of the Omo Valley: Mursi, Karo, Hamer and Arbore:

You can experience the everyday life of these people at the colorful weekly markets. With a little luck you will witness the Hamer initiation ritual - the bull jump. Another highlight is the visit to the Mursi, whose wives are known for the ideal of beauty of the plate lips. An overnight stay in the garden city of Awassa on the lake of the same name concludes this varied and eventful trip to southern Ethiopia.