Inside Ethiopia Coffee tour

Ethiopia is considered as the top coffee producer country in Africa. Inside Ethiopia coffee tour aims at guiding you through the main areas of Ethiopia where the coffee industry is significant. You will witness the unique and ancestral coffee farming and processing with time to enjoy the wildlife of the natural parks and the ancient lifestyles of some ethnic groups. If you have never enjoy having coffee after the Ethiopian ceremony, you will certainly feel like changing your coffee routine after being offered coffee the Ethiopian way. What are you waiting for to join our Inside Ethiopia coffee tour?

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ROUTE

• Experience the Ethiopian coffee production
• Stelaes of Tuli Fela
• Konso’s settlements
• Boat trip on Lake Chamo

Day 1
Inside Ethiopia coffee tours starts with the drive to Awassa and visit the coffee plantation around Wendo Genet. After enjoying the beautiful landscape surrounding the Awassa Lake, visit the Sidama coffee plantation. Overnight in Awassa (hotel).
Day 2
Early in the morning walk to Amora Gedel to enjoy a typical fish market day with the locals. After breakfast, drive to Yirgalem to spend the day surrounded by coffee plantations that produce Sidama coffee, one of the three coffee brands of the well-known Arabica coffee. Overnight in Yirgalem (lodge or camping) .
Day 3
Drive to Dilla town. On the way, visit coffee mills and processing factories. After check-in at the hotel, continue driving north to a highland area where they grow forest coffee. There, walk inside the scenic coffee plantation while enjoying the outstanding views of waterfalls. Overnight in Dilla town (hotel).
Day 4
Drive to Yirgacheffe, home to the so called coffee brand and have a detour to the UNESCO short listed places of Tuti Fela, where over three hundred steles can be seen. Overnight in Yirgacheffe (lodge or camping).
Day 5
Drive to Bulle Hora for an excursion to the nearby coffee plantation, famous for its unique farming and processing. Overnight in Bulle Hora (hotel or camping).
Day 6
Full-day excursion to visit a rare coffee plantation known as Amaro Gayo and grown by the Guyi ethic group. This coffee has been recognised as coffee of the year for two consecutive times at the New York Cup of Excellence competition. Overnight in Bulle Hora (hotel or camping).
Day 7
Five hours drive to the village of Konso where you can witness the century old terrace coffee farming. Then, visit Kesergeyo, Konso King’s Palace and the 800 years old village of Mecheke. Overnight in Konso (lodge, hotel or camping).
Day 8
Drive to Arba Minch and visit the Nechisar National Park, where you can take a boat trip on Lake Chamo to see crocodiles, hippopotamus and abundant bird species. After lunch, visit the highland village of the Dorze tribe, famous for their cotton-weaving skills and their bee-hives looking houses. Overnight in Arba Minch (lodge or hotel).
Day 9
Drive back to Addis Ababa. In the evening, Inside Ethiopia Tours offers you a farewell dinner at a traditional restaurant with local dancers and musicians representing some of the country’s ethnic groups. End of the tour.