After breakfast, we will transfer to the airport and fly to Lalibela.
Lalibela is home to the 12th century hand-carved rock churches of King Lalibela ,after whom the town is named.
Lalibela is truly an ancient world and includes 11 magnificent, medieval, rock-hewn churches, dimly lit passageways, and hidden crypts and grottoes carved into the red volcanic rock underlying this remote Ethiopian town and constructed almost a millennia ago by the See dynasty. Today that world still remains, frozen in stone, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
7r lunch at the hotel we will begin an afternoon’s exploration at the first group of churches of Lalibela which are found northeast of a stream named ‘River Jordan’
The first groups of churches are:
- The twin churches of BeteDebreSina and Golgotha with Selassie Chapel
- BeteMedhaneAlem (the house of the Redeemer of the World)
- Bete Mariam (the house of St. Mary)
- BeteMeskel (the house of Cross)
- BeteDanagil (the house of Virgins)
In the afternoon, we will visit and photograph the second and third group of Lalibela’s churches.
- Bete Gabriel — Raphael (The house of Archangels)
- BeteMercurious (House of Mercurious)
- BeteLehem (the chapel of Bethlehem)
- Bete Emanuel (the house of Emanuel)
- Bete Aba Libanose (the house of Aba Libanose)
- BeteGhiorgis (the house of St. George)
The final church, BeteGhiorgis is the most spectacular of all Lalibela’s churches.
Meals –Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight at Hotel