Djalelo And Lac Abbe Tour

Day 1 On the territory of the gazelles-giraffe

Morning arrival at Djibouti – We welcome you your arrival at the airport and transfer you to Guest House La Terrasse, the place of accommodation. Depending on the time of your arrival, we will do a short visit to the city of Djibouti, or we will enjoy a moment of relaxation at Villa Camille.

Lunch at restaurant at the port of Djibouti

Afternoon : departure for Djalelo’s camp located one hour by car from the capital. The Djalelo camp is in a valley listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site. It is a very comfortable ecotourism camp with solar lighting, where the straw huts are charming and in a perfect harmony with the natural environment.

Evening meal : barbecue

Night at Djalelo’s camp.

Day 2 On the Lac Abbé planet

Morning : Hike to meet a nomadic population. With a little luck we will see the gazelles-giraffes. Departure to Dikhil, first stage on the way to Lac Abbé. We will visit the palm grove before lunch at the restaurant.

Afernoon : we will drive on 80 kms of track, we will cross the villages of As Eyla and Koutabouya. We will arrive at Lac Abbé to admire the sunset in the middle of the lime-stone chimneys. The lunar landscapes of Lac Abbé are very amazing, it is rumored that the 1968 film « Planet of the Apes » was filmed here.

Some of these chimneys reach 50 meters in height, others let out fumaroles that smell of sulfur.

Wetland, lac Abbé is also a place where nomadic children, every day, bring their herds to graze.

We have dinner and spend the night at the Lac Abbé camp, located a few hundred meters from the lake.

Day 3 Pink flamingos

Very early in the morning, we witness the sunrise. After breakfast where we will enjoy the local galettes, we will approach the flamingos by the lake ; then we ll walk among chimneys and hot springs.

Afternoon, we will take the way back. We ll have lunch on the heights of the sunny Hill restaurant in Arta with a magnificent panorama. We will arrive in Djibouti at the end of the afternoon.

Evening meal : we ’ll taste the famous Yemeni fish at Youssouf’ restaurant, before transfer to the airport

Important :

Our agency is insured for the reimbursement of payments made before the start of the stay, in the event of default by the agency.

In addition, we contractually undertake to reimburse any payment in the event of trip cancellation due to a pandemic, with the exception of expenses advanced on your behalf, not reimbursed to the agency.

In the latter case, a credit note of an amount identical to that of our supplier may be sent to you.

The price includes :

Transfer to/from the airport ; Private vehicule with driver and all transports within the country (ferry...) ; Services of guides qualified in French or English during the whole voyage ; Full board meal ; meals at the restaurant are iincluded for the fixed price indicated in the detailed program which will be given to you, an adjustment is made at the end of the stay according to the real cost of the meals taken ; One and a half liters of water per day per person ; Accommodation in double room at the hotel at Djibouti city, or in the apartment of our local agency according to your choice ;

The price does not include :

International flights and visa ; lcoholics beverages ; Medical expense insurance or medical repatriation ; Tips