Coffee Tour
Package Details
Day
01: city tour of Addis Ababa, the diplomatic capital of
Africa, headquarters of the African Union and home to over 100 embassies. Visit
the National Museum where the 3.5 million-year-old bones of Lucy lie. Visit the
Holy Trinity Cathedral and enjoy a panoramic view of the capital from the
Entoto Hills.
Day 02: Drive to Jimmavia Weliso&Welkite, about 350kms
Day 03: Drive to Bebeka via the highland town of MizanTefari, about 260kms
Day 04: Visit Bebeka Coffee plantation, the largest
plantation in Ethiopia and drive to Tepi, about 80km.This drive will take you
through panoramic landscape, tea and coffee plantations and extensive tropical
forests
Day 05: Morning visit Tepi coffee plantation (the second largest in the country), the
Crater Lake within the plantation and experimental spice plantations.
Day
06: Tepi to Bonga (the administrative center of Kaffa-Sheka
province), This is a drive through the Kaffa region of Ethiopia; whose name is
immortalize as the derivative of the word ‘coffee’ and ‘café’. Kaffa is
generally regarded to be the region from where the Arabica strain of coffee
originated, and it is also where this plant was first cultivated. A popular
legend, said variously to date to between the 3rd and 10th centuries, claims
that a young herdsman called Kaldi first observed the stimulating properties of
wild coffee.
Visit the Bonga Forest Reserve, which sprawls
over some 500km2 of the surrounding hillsides. These are among the
last remaining sub tropical moist forests of
any significant size to be found in Ethiopia, and are renowned for their
abundance of sustainable timber
forest products- coffee, forest cardamom, forest pepper and honey.
Day
07: Drive from Bonga to Weliso
via Jimma, which is about 310km.Jimma,
located at about 150km from Bonga or 350km south west of Addis Ababa. It is
known for its history and intact natural beauty. Continue driving to the resort
town of Weliso, which is about 160km from Jimma or 116km southwest of Addis
Ababa. Weliso is known for its spa recreation. This spa recreation renders
activities like swimming and thermal bath.
Day
08: Back to Addis Ababa
& Departure
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