Let’s Go to Omo & Turkana in 2021 (Ethiopia & Kenya)

A Scheduled Trip to Ethiopia, Kenya

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About this Safari

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• Feb-March 2021
• 6-Person Small Group Safari
• Trip starts in Ethiopia on February 27, 2021 & ends in Kenya on March 9, 2021

An “Undiscovered Country” Series Adventure – #SafarisWithSangeeta

Hello Dear Adventurers,

Our Omo-Turkana adventures have been planned to take us through some of the remotest and most ancient landscapes of Africa, where few people live, and even fewer people roam. Our path will follow in the footsteps of famous explorers of yore (except for a few small deviations, such as a couple of nice scenic charter flights that the old-timers would have killed for, hehehe).

Our first scenic flight will be over Gambella National Park, and with some luck, we will fly over herds of white-eared kob that are migrants to Ethiopia from South Sudan at this time of the year. If we are extraordinarily lucky, we may even spot a few Nile lechwe, a very rare sighting of another stunningly beautiful antelope.

From here, we’ll move on to the Omo Valley, which is located in the south-western part of Ethiopia, bordering South Sudan and Kenya. Our first stop will be in a small village in the Upper Omo Valley that is so off-the-beaten-track that Google maps sometimes geo-locates it on the Ethiopian side of the border and sometimes on the South Sudanese side (not to worry though, it is firmly in Ethiopia!)

From the Upper Omo Valley, we will meander southwards, along the Omo River, to the Lower Omo Valley, visiting a variety of hamlets and villages, and fantastically attired tribal people along the way. We will cross the border into Kenya at the little town of Omorate, and from there, head down to Ileret Beach, where we will be collected by boat, and make our way into the heart of the Jade Sea. Here we will visit a Turkana homestead, as well as Central Island National Park.

Last but not least, we will take one last scenic flight over some of the wildest and most rugged landscapes of nothern Kenya – including volcanic craters and soda lakes with magical names like Suguta Valley, Lake Logipi and Nabiyotum Crater. Yes, this is not your garden-variety safari. This is for adventurers and explorers, for people who welcome surprises. This part of Africa is truly an Undiscovered Country, all the way down from Mizan Teferi’s runway (which also doubles as their football) in Ethiopia, to the smoking craters and Nile crocodile colonies on the shores of Lake Turkana in Kenya.

The stunning tribal photos on this itinerary all belong to Latika Nath’s oeuvre. Latika had traveled with us to the Omo Valley in years past, and has very generously shared some of her images with us here.

I look forward to having you join me on this exciting trip,
Sangeeta

Trip Highlights

• Scenic flight over Gambella National Park, for visiting herds of white-eared kob
• Upper Omo Valley for the Surma people, one of the least visited Omo Valley tribes
• The Lower Omo Valley visiting the Nyangatom, Kara, Hamar and Dassanech tribes
• Hopefully a Hamar Bull Jumping ceremony
• Boating down Lake Turkana to Central Island
• Scenic flight over Northern Kenya, including Lake Logipi and Suguta Valley

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