Dire Dawa City (Flight Service ) 5 Days
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Dire Dawa, city, east-central Ethiopia, located on the eastern edge of the East African Rift Valley, 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Harer. It lies at the intersection of roads from Addis Ababa, Harer, and Djibouti and has an airport. Dire Dawa, for long a caravan centre, developed as the chief outlet for Harer trade after 1904, when it became the terminus of the railroad from the port of Djibouti (since extended to Addis Ababa).

The Dachatu River, whose bed can be crossed on foot during the dry season, divides the city into modern and old quarters. The former, built by the French, contains a Coptic church and a royal palace. Within the old quarter are a mosque and a large Muslim cemetery.

Grain is imported from the highlands to the south because the dry fields around Dire Dawa (which means “empty plain”) yield little to cultivation. The city has railway workshops, textile and cement factories, and coffee- and meat-canning plants and trades in coffee and hides. Most of its inhabitants are Oromo, Somali, or Amhara people..

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  • Destination:Dire Dawa
  • Duration:5 days
  • DATES : Apr 01 - Apr 06
    • Accommodation:standard Hotels & lodges
    • Transport:Flight and surface
    • TOUR CODE:TC014
    • TOUR CODE:TC014
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    Bole Airport
    Bole Airport

    DAY 1

    Arrival in Addis Ababa

    Arrival in Addis Ababa, transfer to the hotel and you’ll have time for a city tour.

    Dire Dawa
    Dire Dawa

    DAY 2

    Flight to Dire Dawa (city tour)

    Flight to Dire Dawa to visit the colonial quarter, Kezira, features wide streets and a rail station.

    Harar
    Harar

    DAY 3

    Dire Dawa to Harar

    Drive from Dire Dawa to visit the old walled city of Harar.

    Babile Elephant San.
    Babile Elephant San.

    DAY 4

    Harar to Babile Elephant Sanctuary

    Drive from Harar to Babile Elephant Sanctuary

    Bole Airport
    Bole Airport

    DAY 5

    Drive back to Dire-Dawa and flight back to Addis.

    End of the trip and departure depending on flight times.

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    1. admin

      The historic North is the most popular tourism place of Ethiopia. The tour will continue until Harar (East part of Ethiopia) known as one of Islam’s holiest center. Harar, which is not too large to be visited on foot, is a place of unique and unforgettable charm and has much to offer to the discerning tourist. Walking down its narrow, cobble stoned and twisting lanes, one can easily feel transported back in time to the days of Richard Burton – or even earlier when Amir Nur constructed the city’s stout old walls.

    2. admin

      Dire Dawa is one of two chartered cities in Ethiopia (the other being the capital, Addis Ababa). It is divided administratively into two Woredas, the city proper and the non-urban woreda of Gurgura. There are 24 urban kebeles and 28 rural peasants associations under the chartered city. Currently, more than half a million people resides in Dire Dawa.

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