3 Days Omo Valley Tribes Tours

Day 01 Fly Addis Ababa to Jinka

You will meet upon arrival at Jinka airport and drive to Turmi to visit

Hammer people, distinguished by the fact that their women wear leather skirts decorated with shells, wear several copper bracelets on their hands and heavy iron necklaces around their necks, symbolizing their social status and their hair is colored with ocher and animal fat. Men in case of victory over the enemy or a dangerous beast fix the hairstyle with clay and decorate with ostrich feathers. This hairstyle is carefully guarded the Hammer sleep with a special borkotos chair under their neck. they are also known for their unique custom of “bull jumping,” which initiates a boy into manhood, practice of body adornment and wearing a multitude of colorful beads.

Overnight Paradise Lodge in Turmi

Day 02 Drive Turmi – Nyangatom tribe — Karo tribe – Turmi – Jinka

This morning, we continue through the savannah with shrubs and umbrella acacia trees.

Kangaten (Nyangatom tribe) To adore their long and lean bodies, the Nyangatom women wear numerous necklaces and long Skirts from goatskins that are richly decorated They are indeed fierce warriors which is supposedly demonstrated by their custom to scar their chest; one scar for each killed enemy. Herds of cows are their most valuable property. Later drive to Kolcho, the village of

Karo people at the eastern bank of Omo River with beautiful views, Karo are famous for their intricate face and body painting practices, which they apply on their heads and torso before major events and on the weekly markets. Karo is the smallest tribes of the Omo Valley and Karo men also sculpts and shave their hair into extravagant shapes, with special ochre “caps” of hair usually containing several ostrich feathers.

Mursi village, the Mursi women, like their Surma cousins, live on the other bank of the Omo River, are famous for their large round (and not only) lip plates worn by women. There are several theories of the wearing of lip plates: disfiguring to prevent enslavement by Arabs in antiquity; protection against the penetration of evil spirits into the body through the mouth; determination of social status, showing the amount of cattle that the groom must pay as a dowry for the bride owning the plate. Mursi are unsurpassed masters of scarification. The scars on their bodies symbolize social status and past merits. The scars are created by using a razor blade and camel thorn. To achieve a bulge, an ash or a fly larva is planted in the wound, which, among other things, eliminates all possible infections. Later drive to Jinka.

Overnight Jinka Resort Jinka

Day 03 Visit Ari Tribes and Fly back to Addis Ababa

After breakfast at your hotel, you will visit the Ari people, the largest ethnic group in the lower Omo Valley. They live mainly in the fertile highlands around Jinka and are primarily settled farmers.

Their lifestyle and economy are based on agriculture, cultivating crops such as maize, sorghum, coffee, fruits, and false banana. Thanks to their productive land, they supply a significant portion of food to the wider Omo Valley region. In addition to farming, they practice livestock keeping and are known for their craftsmanship, including pottery, weaving, blacksmithing, and the distillation of traditional liquor.

Ari homes are often beautifully decorated with natural materials like charcoal, clay, and ash, reflecting their rich cultural traditions. Later drive to Jinka airport for your flight back to Addis Ababa End of Service.