Duration
5–7 days
Group
2–6 travellers
Best season
Sep–Mar
Seven days deep in the Lower Omo — Mursi villages inside Mago National Park, Hamar bull-jumping ceremonies around Turmi, Karo body-painting on the river bluffs at Korcho, and the great weekly markets of Key Afer and Dimeka.
Highlights
- Mursi villages in Mago National Park
- Hamar bull-jumping ceremony (when held)
- Karo body-painting at the Korcho viewpoint
- Dassanech villages beyond Omorate
- Key Afer & Dimeka weekly tribal markets
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Day by day
- Day 1Arba Minch to Jinka via the Key Afer market, with Ari village stops en route.
- Day 2Into Mago National Park at dawn to visit Mursi villages; afternoon at the Jinka museum.
- Day 3Jinka to Turmi. Dimeka market day, evening visit to a Hamar homestead.
- Day 4Turmi to Omorate — cross the Omo river to Dassanech country, sunset back in Hamar lands.
- Day 5Korcho: Karo villages perched above the great bend of the Omo. Bull-jumping if a ceremony is called.
- Day 6Slow morning with a coffee ceremony, then the road north through Konso country.
- Day 7Konso to Arba Minch, farewell dinner overlooking Lake Chamo.
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