Sidama, Yirga Cheffe and Jimma
Coffee Tour
Duration: 06 nights/ 07 days
Transportation: Surface drive
Accommodation: 4* hotel in Addis and the best lodges outside
Day 1: Arrival in Addis Ababa, then Drive
to Awassa
Drive Addis Ababa
to Awassa on the way visit rift Valley lakes Region. Then visit the surrounding
Coffee plantations. Haile resort
Day 2: Drive Addis Ababa
to Yirega Alem
AM you will drive
to Yirega Alem (350 Km from Addis). En route, you will visit Lake Abijatta-Shala National Park, Lake. Lunch will be in Awassa .
Then you will drive
to Yirega Alem (50 Km from Awassa and check into the lodge. After a brief break, explore the surrounding Sidama Village and
its organic garden
Coffee. Aregash Lodge
Day 3: Day trip
to Aleta Wondo (Sidamo
Coffee Cooperatives)
Morning you will drive
to Alet Wondo (25 Km from Aregash Lodge)
to visit the Wottona Boltuma or Fero
Coffee Cooperative (Wet processed), and visit the farmers garden
Coffee. You will have lunch in Aregash Lodge.
Day 4: Day trip
to Yirga Cheffe
Coffee Cooperatives
Morning you will be driven
to Yirga Cheffe (82 Km from Yirega Alem), visiting an interesting village on the way. In Yirga Cheffe visit the
Coffee cooperatives and all round the
Coffee plantation sites. Lunch will be in Dilla.
Then in the afternoon, depending on the time you will visit also the stelae sites Tututi (consists of some very large, tapering, generally un-carved standing stones with marking grave). Then back
to Aregash lodge for overnight.
Day 5: Yirgalem – Jimma.
Morning drive
to Jimma from Aregash Lodge. On the way see the locals
Coffee farm lands. Honey land, hotel
Day 6: Drive Jimma – Limu Kossa then back
to Jimma for overnight.
Visit the Limu Kossa
Coffee Plantation. Sitting atop 2, 000-meter-high Mountains, workers at the 300-hectare Limu Kossa
Coffee plantation swing machetes at weeds between
Coffee bushes and apply organic fertilizer
to the soil. After this visit drive back for lunch in a local restaurant in Jimma. Honey land, hotel
Day 7: Drive back
to Addis Ababa
Drive back
to Addis Ababa through the beautiful landscapes including Gibe River Valley, the northern part of the famous Omo River.
Evening farewell dinner party in one of the traditional restaurants in Addis with folkloric dance.
Departure
Cena: € 600
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