Duration
2–3 days
Group
2–8 travellers
Best season
Year-round
Walk the 400-year-old stone terraces of Konso, a UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape — walled hilltop villages, carved waga memorial statues, and the wind-cut spires of Gesergiyo canyon the locals call New York.
Highlights
- UNESCO-listed walled villages and stone terraces
- Waga memorial carvings of Konso heroes
- Gesergiyo sand canyon ("New York")
- Traditional mora community houses
- Highland viewpoints over the Rift Valley
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On this trip
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Actual clips from the road — no stock footage.
Day by day
- Day 1Arrive Konso, walk Gamole walled village and climb through generations of terraces.
- Day 2Morning at Gesergiyo canyon, afternoon with a waga carver and the village elders.
- Day 3Market day in Karat-Konso, then onward to Arba Minch or the Omo Valley.
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