You can't do everything in a week, so it's better to focus on the north for this trip. We will start by visiting Djibouti City, before crossing the great plains and palm groves towards Ethiopia.
Day 1: Visit to Djibouti City
Day 2: Road to the Grand Bara
Day 3: Ali Sabieh and its environs
Day 4: Dikhil Palm Grove
Day 5: Road to Abbot Lake
Day 6: Magic morning
Day 7: Last day in Djibouti
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The European district and its streets pulled in line, its café terraces under arcades. The lively, colourful, fragrant market. At the market, the women's clothing and music reflect the diversity of the local population: Afars, Issas, Yemenis, Ethiopians, Eritreans, Indians. Dinner in a Djiboutian, Ethiopian or Yemeni restaurant. Night in Djibouti.
Walk on the huge clay plain beaten by the winds. Night on site or to Ali Sabieh.
In this region of Somali nomads, choose between Assamo, border village, Hol Hol and its Eiffel viaduct... Night to Ali Sabieh.
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Drive to Dikhil, a pleasant relay town on the road to Ethiopia and visit its palm grove, the oldest in the country. Night in Dikhil or drive to As Eyla, a village far from everything, in the centre of the immense Gobaad plain, and night on the spot.
"Alien" landscapes, lunar and magnificent at dawn. Amazing mineral formations, hot springs, abundant fauna: pink flamingos, ibises, ostriches, hyenas, gazelles. Overnight in a camp.
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Wake up on the shores of the lake, envol of pink flamingos, walking. Return to Djibouti (night at Dikhil).
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Return to Djibouti with, possibly, stopping at Arta, climatic station.
Each Travel Idea is customizable according to your wishes
