Drive Mekele -afdera 220km, Danakil Depression can be said to ‘begin’ here. It is one of the spectacular　most inhospitable regions of the world, but is nonetheless spectacular, Drive to afdera via small village of eribt. afdera　is one of the city in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the saline Lake Afdera, located in the southern part of the Afar Depression. swimming on the salt lake and enjoy the hot spring near the lake,camping near the lake,

Erta Ale

Afdera – Dodom 70km. visit the salt Mainers(local people are pumping the salt water and evaporating the water)　 near the lake, start let drive to Dodom (at the base of Erta Ale). Dodom is about 8.5km from Erta Ale and it takes about 3 hrs trekking. Early dinner around 17:00 and trek up to Ertale at 20:00 hours. Camels transport all the camping materials and some food (sleeping materials like light mattresses and water) to the rim of the volcano, where we spend the night watching the dramatic action of the boiling lava. Erta Ale ranks one of the most alluring and physically challenging natural attractions anywhere in Ethiopia. It is a shield volcano with a base diameter of 30 km and 1km square caldera at its summit. Erta Ale contains the world’s only permanent lava lake. Overnight on the top of the mountain. Erta Ale is 613 meters high, with a lava lake one of the five in the world with two creates north　 creator with native( sleepy)creator It is notable for being the longest existing lava lake, and south creator is the most active with lava lake summit

Afar Region

waking up early for sunset and visit north crater, Descend from Erta Ale around 7:00am artale-dedom　Leave back to Dodom you will reach latest at 09:300 am at the camp , after　 breakfast time to relax. At 10:30 drive to hamadEla 100km,picnic lunch on the way on shed of palm tree, reach HamadEla 04:30, better village with a total population about 500 people. Overnight camping at Hamed Ela.

Danakil Depression

Morning tour Drive to Ragad (Asebo), the place where the localities are mining salt. 1,200 km2 (460 sq mi) the Afar Depression is covered by salt, and salt Look the activity of breaking the salt from the ground, local people are cutting in to rectangular pieces and loading on camels. You drive ahead to Dallol and visit the difference landscape formed by volcanic activity; Dallol + Lake Assal + salt canon, camel caravans, follow up camel caravans and drive back to Hamedela and proceed to Mekele.