On this Guided tour, get an enriched local insight into the history and cultural experience of the walled city of Harar, Ethiopia.
This tour of Harar is a great way to discover the walled city of Harar. It provides an enriched local insight into the history and cultural experience. You will be waked with a local guide while the history of the city and culture is explained to you.
Harar is an ancient trade center famed in Ethiopia, for its welcoming culture towards new people. Thousands of people live just within 1 KM square.
To defend the city and its people from constant aggression from the neighboring tribes and kings. Emir Nur built a protection wall called Jegol in the 1560s. The old city is now still circled by this wall a new one extended outside of the wall. It has 5 gates to enter into the old city. It has narrow streets with colorful houses, lots of mosques, and shrines.
A person from Harar considered being simple loving and welcoming. So people from Harar famed to make friends easily that even goes about the Hyena in Harar.Hayen is a formidable predator animal in Africa but They are feed and co-exist peacefully with the people,
Harar Tour Itinerary
Day 1 Addis Ababa – Harar
Fly from Addis Ababa to Diredawa meets your Guide/driver at the airport and drive to Harar. or Take a 5 AM Bus from Addis Ababa to Harar. Our representatives will wait (at Bus station or Airport) for you with a sign of your name on it. Drive to Harar check-in to your Hotel. After rest go out for a city tour of Harar.
On Harar city tour you will walk in the narrow alleyways of city paths passing through its colorful house and visit Sheriff Museum (former Ras Teferi Honeymoon house), Rimbaud House, and Harari National Cultural Center. Visit Harari’s colorful house and local market.
One of The Best Experiences of Harar is to see the hyena man. He is a man who Tames the wild Hyena. He is usually found at his place after 6:30 AM. He feeds Meat to the wild hyenas every night. Sometimes by holding meat in his mouth and a Hyena comes to Grab. The Hyenas obey him and they will not come unless he calls them by their names. It is a nice experience to feed the Hyena, many do it and you may also feed them some meat mouth to mouth :).
Overnight Hotel or In Harai Traditional Guest
Day 2 Harar – Babile- Addis Ababa
Morning Drive from Harar to Babile Camel Market and Valley of Marvels. Babile is the largest Camel Market in the region . It happens every Monday and Thursday. Somali and Oromo farmers will walk to Babile to sell their Camels Goats, and cattle. we will also drive further to the Valley of Marvels. It has wonderful landscapes, famous for its balancing rock formations. It is amazing to see how a big stone balanced and stays on a tip of a single stone.
If It is not happen to be on a Market Day and not worth visiting Babile On your way back to Diredawa you will visit Koremi. Koremi is a village older than harar itself. Its houses are built by stone in aver old style that may show the ancient architecture of the area. The People is Koremi plant a mild Narcotic plant called Qat and coffee.
Drive back to Diredawa airport to fly back to Addis