Harar – 4 Days
Highlights
Tour Plan
Arrive in Addis Ababa- the third highest capital in the world lies between 2300 - 2500 meters, met by our representative and get transferred into your hotel.
Overnight: Hotel
Today After breakfast transfer to the airport for your flight to Dire Dawa and up on arrival meet our driver and visit the largest market of Dire Kefira, often attended by rural Oromo and Afar in traditional garb, and the Ethio - Djibouti railway station,Finally continue drive to Harar about 54 Km .en route visit the Awadai chat market.Then continue drive to Harar medieval walled city of Harar stands amid green mountains, on the east wall of the Great Rift Valley near the Somali border. Harar's heritage is almost entirely Muslim and Oriental; with its 90 mosques and shrines. Harar is considered to be the fourth most sacred center of the Islamic world. Its Islamic character is best expressed in the Grand Mosque (AL JAMI), which dominates the town. Rightly renowned for its intricately worked filigree jewelry of Silver, Gold, and Amber.
In the evening visit the most enduring attraction "a hyena man show" where you can get a chance to stretch out your hands to feed hyenas by your own.
Overnight: Hotel
After breakfast, you will have city tour of Harar Exploration of the old Walled town of Harar includes; the Harari Museum, Rimbaud House, the 16th-century Grand Mosque with its elegant twin towers and slender minaret, the church of Medhane Alem, which houses a gallery with traditional religious artworks, the tomb of Abu Said an early Muslim ruler, Bedal forge (blacksmiths) and the colorful Shoa Gate Market where one can Shop indigenous handicrafts and jewelry. And, recently UNESCO registers Gegol within the wall of Harar as a world heritage site. and after lunch drives back to Dire Dawa for overnight
Overnight: Hotel