Afar Danakil Depression

rrival at Semera Airport at Mid Day your Driver and your Guide welcome you to all your Group and you will take a short Break for introduction of the tour and your Guide will offer to you and your Groups a fresh Juice or snacks, After A Short Briefing on the Entire tour Program. You will be prepared for your trip to Ertale. Overnight Stay at Semera.

’ in the Afar language) is Ethiopia’s most active volcano and contains one of just six active lava lakes on Earth. Sitting in the Danakil Depression under 40°C (104°F) heat, it’s as unforgiving as it is visually staggering.

The–sometimes difficult 4×4 drive–through the desert northwards to–the large, mostly dry salt lake–near Ahmed Ela is our goal of the–day . In the afternoon and–evening we can watch the–endless camel caravans coming–and going arriving empty they–are met by the ones leaving packed full with precious salt blocks. After nightfall, we can assist the procedure of assigning Walt cutters (the focolo) to the camel owners (the Arho). Ahmed Ela – DALLOL volcano-–Ahmed Ela. Explore the–fascinating volcano of DALLOL- a–volcano hidden under a kilometer-–thick deposit of salt. The volcano–marks its presence by the up–doming of the salt and hundreds–of fumaroles and hot springs in–all colors. We can visit the–remains of a ghost town, almost–entirely built in salt, at DALLOL, where miners lived in the 1930s to extract potash from the DALLOL area. The town is the hottest inhabited place on earth.

d took photographs all the way to the Semera Airport flight back to Addis Ababa .