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1st Departure:
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Unknown
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Global Descents
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Destination:
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Africa > Eastern Africa > Ethiopia
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Duration:
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11 days
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Omo River Expedition
The Omo River Canyon remains one of the wildest, one of the most remote, and one of the most scenic places on Earth. Having been explored by only few western visitors, the Omo offers the greatest in all aspects of adventure: challenging terrain, exotic wildlife, extraordinary culture, and breathtaking scenery. Trickling off remote portions of the Shewan highlands in northern Ethiopia, the Omo gains momentum from five major tributaries over its course, dropping more than six thousand feet in just under five hundred miles. Streaming through deep, forested gorges over the most desolate course in the world, tribal members said to have descended directly from the earliest homo sapiens to walk the planet - and still virtually unknown to the modern world - subsist off the river's abundance of flora and fauna. Beasts of all proportions lurk within the corridor's shadows and pools, and some of the most spectacular scenery on the planet remain hidden within the gorge. The river drains into Lake Turkana near the Sudan border. The mystical Omo awaits those who yearn for an adventure of epic proportion!
Omo Brief River Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive in Addis Ababa and met by your expedition leader at the airport. Transfer to deluxe accommodations.
Day 2: Drive short distance to Wolisso Hot Springs Hotel for night.
Day 3: Drive to river, rig rafts, and begin river journey.
Day 4-10: Rafting upper half of the Omo River expedition.
Day 11: Arrive at Bele Bridge for resupply. Those only participating in the upper half will depart for Addis Ababa from here. For those only participating in the lower half, this will be the point where you will join the trip.
* Please note that this trip is through a very wild and remote part of the world. This itinerary is subject to change due to various potential circumstances.