You will be met at your hotel by your guide and driver, and transferred in your private 4-wheel drive vehicle to the small town of Bekopaka, where your local national park guide will join you. The morning starts with a boat trip on the Manambolo River. The small wooden boats are similar to dugout canoes, joined together in pairs to provide stability. The guides will offer assistance, but if you ha...
After breakfast you will be collected from your hotel and transferred by road to the point from where boats (mostly motorised dugouts or 'pirogues'), depart to Lokobe National Park, on south-east Nosy Be. The excursions actually entail exploration of forest just outside of the national park periphery, where there are well- made trails. (Grading: easy). After the boat transfer (about 40 minutes), d...
Ambaro Ranch on Nosy Be offers excellent horse-riding excursions - our clients have tried and tested these and have given great reviews. At the stables, there are 8 horses. At any one time, a maximum of 4 guests can be catered for. (5 at a push). A local guide always accompanies riders. If staying at the nearby Vanila Hotel, the horses will be brought to the hotel and you commence riding from that...
We offer sightseeing tours of the bustling capital of Antananarivo in old, open-topped Citroen cars. Your driver and guide will collect you from your hotel after breakfast, at a pre-arranged time. (Best to wait until rush-hour traffic is over). The stops that you include in the excursion will depend on your personal interests, so these can be modified to suit you. Aside from the better -known att...
After breakfast, your guide will collect you from the hotel. Head out by speedboat on the deep Lake Tana, for the densly-wooded Zeghie (Zege) Peninsula to see some of its famed monasteries. While on board your private boat, keep an eye out for a variety of birds as well as the traditional reef 'tankwa' boats crossing the lake. After a short hike through local villages and coffee plots, you...
Africa's second largest waterfalls can be visited either as part of the road journey between Bahir Dar and Gondar, or, as an afternoon excursion if you arrive in Bahir Dar off a morning flight. Your guide and driver will take you from your hotel to the Blue Nile Falls, which, when in full flood, can be impressive with a width of 400 m and a height of 45m. The excursion to the falls entails an...
Visiting the town of Gonar is a must. Your guide and driver will take you to explore the incredible Royal Enclosure and its buildings. The fortress, which is surrounded by a 300-foot-long wall, is one of Ethiopia's many UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The oldest and most impressive structure in the Imperial Compound is the two-story palace of Emperor Fasilidas, which was constructed using solid b...
If you have a full day in the Simien Mountains National Park, we recommend a visit to Chennek, where it is possible to explore the Afro-alpine habitat. Your guide and driver will collect you from the lodge after breakfast. You can either drive quite deep into the national park for a shorter excursion, or, if you are keen on hiking, head out on a day trail with a picnic lunch. People come to Chenne...
Your guide and your driver will collect you from the hotel just after lunch. You will be taken to visit the 'first group' or cluster of the remarkable monolithic or semi-monolithic churches which represent the 'earthly Jerusalem'. This group includes Bete Medhanialem, Bete Maryam, Bete Denagel, Bete Meskel, Debre Sina, and Bete Golgotha. Standing 38 feet tall and with seventy-two pillars, Bete Med...
Your guide and driver will collect you from your hotel after breakfast. You will be taken to visit the second group or cluster of the churches, which represent the 'heavenly Jerusalem'. In this group are the Bete Gabriel & Bete Raphael; Bete Merquorios; Bete Emmanuel (God with us), and Bete Abba Libanos. Those who wish, can take a 40 meter walk through a very dark tunnel between two of th...
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