Day trip to Dallol
- 8–10 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 3 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Small group tour escorted by professional and experienced guides, cooks and drivers. The vehicles are 4WD with air-conditioning.
Inclusions
What's included
- All Fees and Taxes
- Scout and police service
- Bottled water
- Lunch
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Breakfast
- Local guide service
What's not
- Alcoholic Beverage
- Services which are not mentioned on the inclusion
Itinerary
You will set off early in the morning at 04:00 AM towards Dallol- via Berhale. You pass through a small town of Berhale where the camel caravan stops before they proceed to the northern highlands. En route you see many long camel caravans coming to the salt mine and others going out of the Danakil with their salt loaded camels. The colorful landscapes formed by volcanic activity and iron-rich minerals that come straight from the core of our planet are like nothing you have seen before. Drive to Ragad (Asebo), the place where the localities are mining salt. Visit the activity of breaking the salt from the ground, cutting into rectangular pieces and loading on camels. You will visit the local Afar and Tigrian people who are farming salt from the dry lake. They spend all day working in the open sun at temperatures that often reach more 50 degrees Celcius (122°F). The Danakil Depression is the hottest place on earth. Because of the hot spots under the earth change frequently, this entire area changes its appearance every couple of weeks. In addition to the beauty of the colorful Dallol sulfur fields, you also will stop by this incredible whole in the salt crust of the lake and Potash Lake.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 15 travellers
- Operated by
- Simien Tour and Travel
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
How it compares in Mek'ele
- Its from-price is 56% below the median of the 31 experiences we list in Mek'ele.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 19 of 31.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Mek'ele
Mekelle, capital of Tigray in northern Ethiopia, is a highland city and a base for rock-hewn churches and the salt flats and volcanoes of the Danakil.
Mekelle stands at more than 2,000 metres on the northern Ethiopian plateau, in the region of Tigray, and has grown into the main city of the north. Emperor Yohannes IV made it his seat in the 1880s, and his stone palace, with its towers and carved wooden doors, is now a museum of the imperial period. The surrounding country is a landscape of sandstone ridges and flat-topped mountains.
