Timket festival in Lalibela or Gondar and historic route
This trip allows you to be the privileged witness of the oldest and most colorful festival celebrated in Ethiopia Timket Festival . It commemorates the baptism of Christ for three days of religious fervor culminating takes place on January.
These exceptional festivities are punctuated by prayers, songs, dances, are ready dressed in their embroidered and colorful umbrellas and capes . Processions Tabot – replica of the Ark of the Covenant ” complete these commemorations.
Main features
Code
ATE 601
Duration
11 days / 10 nights
Accommodation
hotel / lodges
Itinerary
Addis Ababa - Axum - Gondar - Bhirdar - Lalibela
Highlights:
• Timket Festival in Lalibela or Gondar or any other city
• Picturesque scenery of the historic Route
• Discovery of the royal cities of Abyssinia
• private boat trip on Lake Tana
Departure date
JANUARY
Price
From 2 795 €. Prices are subject to a minimum basis of 9 to 12 participants
You will attend this festival of TIMKET in one of the high places of Orthodoxy around the rock churches of Lalibella or around the swimming pool of King Fassiledes of Gondar. Depending on your choice, your trip will start on two different dates in January, Timket being celebrated on January.
You can also attend TIMKET in Addis Ababa or even more atypical and off the beaten track on LAKES TANA or ZIWAY. An experience aboard private boats following the boat processions.
On this journey of discovery, you will visit the incomparable sites of Ethiopia’s historical route among which four sites are listed in the UNESCO World Heritage List, including: Aksum, Lalibela, Gondar, the island of monasteries from Lake Tana, the palace of the Queen of Sheba.
Your program will be adapted accordingly, if you choose LAC ZIWAY for your TIMKET.
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