3 Days Omo Valley Tour
Overview
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3 days
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Our tour is unique in that we deliver all with due regard to customer convenience and have a lot place as complimentary service to our prospective customers.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Addis - Jinka
Accommodations
Overnight at Jinka
Jinka
Arrival to Jinka by Ethiopian Airlines flight ET171 (at 13:20). Meet with driver and guide at the airport. After a quick lunch visit the Jinka Museum and Ari Village.
Visit Mursi and Hamer
Accommodations
Overnight at Turmi Lodge
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
Turmi
Early in the morning drive to Mursi Village. Mursi tribe is the most anticipated of those in the Lower Omo Valley. The unique chance to meet half-naked women with giant lip and ear plates and ritually scarred bodies simply proves irresistible. But visiting comes with a catch. After lunch drive to Turmi and visit the Hamer tribe. The Hamer are agro-pastoralists in the southern Omo Valley, numbering about 30,000. They are known for their body adornment, wearing a multitude of colorful beads. Women adorn their necks with heavy polished iron jewellery. Hamer society consists of a complex system of age grades. Passing from one grade to another involves complicated rituals.
Visit Karo village and take a flight back to Addis
Food and Drinks
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
Dasenech Village
Early departure from the hotel, driving to the village of Karo people. The Karo tribe, consisting of about 1,500 people, is the smallest ethnic group in the Omo Valley of South-western Ethiopia. ... Karo men and women decorate their faces and bodies with paint made from chalk and ochre to increase their attractiveness to the opposite sex. Return to Jinka for early lunch, then drive to the airport and return flight to Addis Ababa. Flight ET171, (at 13:50)
What‘s Included
All Fees and Taxes
Air-conditioned vehicle
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3 Days Omo Valley Tour
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Reviews
2 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Fantastic experience for our Family
Matt H,Oct 15, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00We had a great time visiting the tribes of the Omo valley. Our guide and driver, Yosef, took care of us and made sure we had everything we needed. We did this trip as a family with two minor children, which it was a little apprehensive of both but everything worked out just fine. Our kids were 12 minutes and 17. A couple things to note is that the company pays the tribe a set amount per visitor in exchange for pictures so you don't need to pay individual people for pictures. The only thing you need to pay for is a tip for your local guide and any souvenirs you might buy. We always tried to buy one or two things from each tribe.
Exploitative and a complete shake-down; Not what you're hoping for
Jimmy M,Aug 31, 2025
- Review from Viator
2.00My tour guide Dani, was great. Truly was an exceptional driver, guide and all-around person. Unfortunately, the rest of the tour was forgetful. After a 90 minute flight Addis -> Jinka, and then a two hour car ride, we reach our first Tribe. I got the sense immediately that the tribe clearly didn't want outsiders there, but they want your money. It felt like a complete shake-down. Everyone wanted a "tip", or "contribution", and you're pressured into buying random little things that you don't even want. After I politely declined hundreds of times, I noticed a rising sense of hostility from the tribe, so out of an act of self-preservation, I bought some random clay chachki. Each tribe has their own “guide” which of course when he introduces himself to me he gives me a long story about how he has 11 kids and is the sole provider…. I was on this tour alone and felt completely vulnerable. It was so unsettling that after the first tribal visit, I told Dani I wanted to leave and fly back to Addis. Fortunately, again, Dani was AMAZING and very accommodating. He worked to ensure my flight was changed and I flew back to Addis the next day after and forgetful night in Karat (in which the electricity went out at night and stayed out the whole night, because why not)
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