Stay : A week in the South
The visits of the big and the small Bara, the discovery of the Abbé lake, represent the strong points of this southern circuit. You will discover extraordinary landscapes, full of thrills. Depending on the season, you should not miss the excursion to meet the whale sharks. Mask, fins and snorkel are enough to swim alongside them. An unforgettable experience.
Summary of the stay
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7 days
€€ - Charm and comfort
Where to stay - Djibouti ?
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Detail of the stay : A week in the South - 7 days
Day 1: Djibouti-City
Steps: Djibouti
Visit of Djibouti-City. The European district and its streets drawn with the cord, its terraces of coffee under arcades. The lively, colorful, fragrant market. At the market, the women's clothes and the music show the diversity of the local population: Afars, Issas, Yemenis, Ethiopians, Eritreans, Indians. Dinner in a Djiboutian, Ethiopian or Yemeni restaurant. Night in Djibouti
Day 2: Small and Big Bara
Steps: Ali Sabieh
After one or two hours of driving in 4x4, you will discover fascinating desert areas. The sandy desert of Petit Bara and then the Grand Bara, a huge clay plain beaten by the winds, about 300 km², also very popular for sand yachting. Night on site or in Ali Sabieh
Day 3: Ali Sabieh
Steps: Ali Sabieh, Hol Hol, Djibouti
Visit ofAli Sabieh, located 90 km from the capital and 10 km from the Ethiopian border. In this region of Somali nomads, choose between Assamo, a border village, Hol Hol and its Eiffel viaduct... The new electric train linking Djibouti to Ethiopia crosses this region and makes a stop at Ali Sabieh.
Day 4: Dikhil
Steps: Dikhil
Road to Dikhil, capital of the region of the same name, at the limit of the Afar and Issa sociolinguistic groups and pleasant relay city on the road to Ethiopia. Visit of its palm grove, the oldest in the country. Night in Dikhil or road to As Eyla, a village far from everything, in the center of the immense Gobaad plain, and night there
Day 5: Abbot Lake
Steps: Djibouti
Road to Lake Abbe, a huge expanse of water, straddling Ethiopia and Djibouti. Unfortunately, its surface area decreases with time. Alien" landscapes, lunar and magnificent at dawn. Amazing mineral formations, hot springs, abundant fauna: pink flamingos, ibis, ostriches, hyenas, gazelles. Night in camp
Day 6: Lake Assal
Steps: Lac Assal, Dikhil, Djibouti
Wake up in a grandiose setting on the edge of the lake. Trekking is organized in the immensity of this flat and silent surface, dotted with sandstone pyramids. With a little more time, it is possible for experienced hikers to go from one lake to another, up to the Assal Lake, following the tracks of the ancient Afar salt caravans. Return to Djibouti.
Day 7: Return to Djibouti
Return to Djibouti with, eventually, a stop at Arta, a climatic resort. Arta is also a site of hiking, its beach can be the occasion of a bath before returning in the heavy heat of the capital. And off Arta, when the period allows it, it is possible to observe whale sharks
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