Get a taste of Ethiopia’s fascinating history of Ethiopia with Magic Ethiopia Tours during this immersive five-day journey. From the captivating rock-hewn churches of Tigray to the ancient marvels of Axum, uncover the layers of Ethiopia’s storied past. Immerse yourself in its fascinating historical sites and cultural treasures, gaining a deeper understanding of this remarkable land.
Itinerary
Day 1 :
Axum City Tour
Up on arrival in Axum airport you will be welcomed by our agent and go straight to Axum 60km an hour and half drive. You will start your tour after you check in your hotel.
To day, you will visit the historical city of Axum and its main attractions; the giant obelisks of Axum, underground tombs, Ezana inscriptions, tombs of king Kaleb and G/meskel, St.Mary of zion church and the Queen of Sheba's palace as well as highlights of the beautiful town .Overnight in Axum
Day 2 :
Axum - Adigrat
Early in the morning after breakfast , we drive to the great temple of Yeha ,the center of sabean civilization 55km east of Axum via the historic mountains of Adwa. Then we continued our tour to visit one of the ancient monasteries of Debre Damo dated back to 6thc A.D. The only access to climb to the magnificent church is using leather rope and climbing a 15m high cliff.
This flat topped mountain is a spectacular and very religious site for Orthodox Christians found in Ethiopia.
After that we head to Adigrat town passing through the chain mountains , beautiful landscape of Tigray and we will drive over 3000m to reach the town.
Overnight in Adigrat
Day 3 :
Visit Gheralta Churches
After breakfast, drive to hawzen then hike some of the marvelous ancient rock hewn churches around Gheralta mountains mainly to Mariam korkor and daniel Korkor in the morning and afternoon we continues to see Mariam Papasit church.
Overnight: Hawzien
Day 4 :
Gheralta and Gheralta Mountains
After breakfast, we drive to west of Hawzien to see one of the most outstanding church of Abune Yemata built on top of a hill with an hour hike and the church is unique for its paintings , difficult climbing , treasure as well as its spectacular view of gheralta area.
Afternoon , we continued to see another ancient and beautiful church of Georgis Maykado built in the 4thc A.D according to the priests, then returned to the town of Hawzen and walked around to see what it looked like.
O/n Hawzen
Day 5 :
Wukro - Mekelle
After breakfast , we drive to south of Hawzien to see one of the most outstanding church of Abune Abraham built on top of a hill with an hour hike and the church is unique for its paintings , size and height , treasure and tunnel as well as its spectacular view of gheralta area.
Then, we drove to Abraha we Atsbeha church built by the two Axumite kings in the 4th century A.D and stopped at wukro for lunch . Finally , we drive to the northern star city of Mekele and transfer to Alula Aba Nega Mekele airport in the evening to Addis Ababa.
