DJIBOUTI TOURS PROGRAM – 5 Nights / 6 Days

AIRPORT – HOTEL – AIRPORT / LAC ABBEH & SOUTH CIRCUIT / FORET DU DAY & NORTH CIRCUIT/ TADJOURAH & SABLE BLANC BEACH TRIP / LAC ASSAL & SURROUNDINGS TOUR / CITY TOUR  

DAY 1: ARRIVAL – HOTEL TRANSFER 

Arrival time is unknown!

After customs custody and visa, meet Bambu staff & transfer to hotel. Overnight: Chosen hotel in Djibouti town (2 nights) (B)

DAY 2:VISIT SOUTH CIRCUIT & SUNSET IN LAC ABBEH   

Morning after breakfast, drive to the South. The Southern part of the Republic of Djibouti, (which Arta Village, Grand & Petit Bara and Ali Sabieh are part of it), is the most Desert area of the country. Also mountainous as well as the Northern part of Djibouti but the colours of the mountains are different – reddish in the South and greens in the North.

After visiting the village of Arta and the desert of Grand & Petit Bara, drive to Ali Sabieh for lunch and visiting the town. After lunch, drive to Lac Abbeh and you reach the area before the sunset. Visit the chimneys and you explore the area of THE PLANET OF THE APES until the sunset and it is end of the tour of the day. You drive to tourist camp for dinner and overnight. Overnight: Lac Abbeh tourist camp (1 night) (B)

DAY3: LAC ABBEH SUNRISE AND DRIVE TO FORET DU DAY

The wakeup call for the sunrise is early in the morning; you drive to the small chimney’s area for sunrise and for visiting hot springs and Pink flamingos at the lake.

Lac Abbeh, also called “the rotten lake” in Afar (the inhabitants of the region) due to the awful odours discharged by the boiling and sulphuric water sources (80˚-100˚C), is situated at the junction of 3 rifts - East African, the Red Sea, and the Golf of Aden – but it is also particularly situated at the meeting of the Rift Valley and the Assal Rift.

After visiting and exploring Lac Abbeh, back to tourist camp for breakfast, then you drive back to Dikhil for lunch, on the way you stop in Kouta Bouya to visit the village. Dikhil sight seeing!

After lunch at La Palmaraie, you drive to Foret du Day or Day Forest in English, which is part of the North Circuit. On the way, you stop for visiting scenic views of Canyon Adaleh and La Faille du Goubet; part of the Danakil depression. Late in the afternoon, you reach the tourist camp of Day. After dinner is your own time.

Overnight: Day tourist Camp (1 night) (B)

DAY 4: VISIT FORET DU DAY – DRIVE TO TADJOURAH & SABLE BLANC BEACH 

Morning after breakfast, you explore the millennium forest of Day and visit the nomad Afar people in the village. After the visit of the forest and nomad village, back to tourist camp for lunch and afterwards you drive to Tadjourah for sightseeing.

The Sultanate of Tadjourah is exactly where the history of the Republic of Djibouti starts. After visiting Tadjourah, you drive to Sable Blanc for swimming and snorkelling.

La Plage de Sable Blanc or White Sand Beach in English is 10min from the historical city of Tadjourah. The White Sand beach is one of the best spot for snorkelling because the area has magnificent corals full of colourful fishes and it is also a great spot for fishing big size fish like dorades, carangus and barracudas. The area is wonderful for hiking, exploring the mountains and animals photographing. After dinner is your own time. Overnight: Sable blanc tourist camp (1 night) (B)

DAY 5: VISIT LAC ASSAL / GOUBET / VOLCANO AREA – DJIBOUTI CITY TOUR

Morning after breakfast; you drive to Lac Assal (the lowest spot in Africa). On the way you stop to visit the volcano area. The last big volcano eruption in Djibouti was Ardoukoba which means in Afar “flooding”. It happened in November 1978. Today there is no active volcano in Djibouti, but the Danakil depression is divided between Djibouti, Ethiopia and Eritrea. The volcano Erta Ale in Ethiopia is active.

About 2 kms distance from Lac Assal, you stop once again in KORILLI to visit hot springs before visiting the lowest spot in Africa, “ THE LAC ASSAL”  or Bahr al Assal in Arabic, the sea of honey (153 m below sea level) is located 107 kms west of Djibouti town.

After visiting Lac Assal & around, you drive back to Djibouti town for lunch and sight seeing. After lunch; you go to City tour and souvenirs shopping. After dinner is your own time. Overnight: Chosen hotel in Djibouti town (2 nights) (B)

DAY 6: DEPARTURE – AIRPORT TRANSFER 

Departure time is unknown!

Morning after breakfast, you will be transferred to the airport if your flight is in the afternoon or transfer in the afternoon if your flight is in the evening.

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