This was my second trip to the Omo Valley with Haile. I can only say that it got better. The more we knew what we wanted to see, the more... read more in-depth this trip was. We felt like family. From going to an Orthodox Ethiopian Church service to visiting different tribes and hearing stories, songs and dance. It’s an eye opening experience, that we are all the same. Thank you

  We did Omo valley tour and it was truly once in a lifetime experience. Our guide Haile was excellent, gave us lot of information about the tribes, culture etc. Made... read more our journey very enjoyable and fun. Also adjusted to our needs. We learnt a lot of the tribes way of life and felt very welcome when we visited their homes.

Huge shout out to the tour driver Abbey, who was fantastic and took great care of us all the way.

  Dreams do come true with Haile Ethiopia Tours. I requested a calabash journey. And, that’s what I got. Two years ago, I was introduced to many ethnic groups. We shared... read more calabash stories. This year, I was reunited with some of the same ethnic groups and introduced to others. We shared calabash skills. It was authentic. It was original. It was family. Thank you, Haile for another fabulous calabash journey.

  I did a three day tour (in reality two and a half day tour + half day for driver to go back to Arba Minch).

I flew to Arba... read more Minch on Day 0 and was received at the airport by Haile, and taken to the Arba Minch Tourist Hotel and settled in. The hotel was OK but no WiFi on the third floor at all.

Day 1: at the breakfast, Haile told me he had a death in the family and needed to stay back but he included my breakfast and dinners and promised I would have local guides everywhere. He also gave me his WiFi card with 100 Birr a day loaded. We started off with China who is an excellent driver. We visited Komso tribe (local guide took me around and showed things but no home visits). Then we continued on to Turmi where we had late lunch at the Tourist Hotel and visited a Hamer village with guide Gale - Gale was excellent and we spent close to two hours at the village and had lot of excellent interaction with the Hamer village people. This was an excellent experience. Back to Turmi and overnight in Dobo Hotel.

Day 2: we started early at 7, had breakfast at Touirist Hotel and continued to drive down to Omorate which is a border town with the Northwest Kenya to visit the Dasenetch tribe - had a river crossing in a dugout canoe and visited a Dasenetch village which was also another excellent experience. Returned to Turmi to attend the Hamer Market. Continued drive to Jinka - en route we also visited a Bunna tribal people at their farm and had great interaction with them. Continued to Jinka and visited the museum and the Ari Tribe. Overnight at the Jinka NASA hotel, which was excellent - so was the restaurant in Jinka.

Day 3: again we started at 7, had an excellent breakfast and drove down to see the Mursi village (popularly known for their attractive culture, women wearing large clay plates into their lower lips) with an escort as well as army convoy. This was another excellent experience, though very dusty drive! Drove back to Jinka and was transferred to Airport for flight back to Addis Ababa.

All in all, this was a very enjoyable and informative tour and everything Haile said we will do, we did. China was helpful and courteous thru-out as well as very punctual. Haile kept in constant touch twice a day to ensure everything was taken care of.

I highly recommend to do this tour with Haile and China - if possible add a day or two to visit a few more tribes. This is an experience you are not likely to forget anytime soon.

  We spent 2 days in Arba Minch area visiting Donze Village and Lake Chamo. The tour was great and our driver is helpful.
Haile is a kind person and... read more he is superb! He speaks good English and answered quickly upon our inquiry. He is very helpful on your requests, and keeps following up on your situation even after the tour. Thank you very much, Haile, for giving us a great experience in Ethiopia!

  We were travelling 17 days in Ethiopia,with Haile, 2 couples.
We were travelling south and north.
Haile was our guide all over our trip.
The car and drivers were... read more excellent.
He was worried all our needs, food ,drink exc....
He booked the hotel before, some of them were o.k and some not, from one side ,when I asked him to change the hotel ,he changed for us, but from other side ,I expect my guide to choose for me a good hotel.
I suggest to check the hotels before.
Haile is very friendly, and funny.
He is warm person, and make you feel comfortable, and free.
I suggest to check all programe ,hotels and places before, and not to compromise.
Finally ,it was a great trip.

  He put together interesting route. Haili seems experienced, it turns out that he has a network of good local guides.  and good knowledge of the region. I had villages of... read more local tribes, local market, where neiboring tribe members meet, roadsides full of everyday life. I got hèlp in buying to get fair price. Personal driver, personal guide and local guides worked flexibly as one team. So I had a good company.
Efficient organizing, good teamwork, good and trusteworty agency. I am totally satisfied.

  Haile picked us up at the airport and accompanied us until we left; he was an extremely friendly, knowledgeable and fun guide to be with. He knew what hours were... read more good to visit the various tribes and he was right. We had a wonderful experience visiting the Mursi tribe and thoroughly enjoyed being invited in Ari houses and talking with the Benna. Our walk around Jinka market was fun too. Meanwhile, Haile was flexible with the things we asked for which was nice. He was very accommodating. Nice hotel. Overall a wonderful experience and will certainly go down to the Omo valley again with Haile.