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To visit Omo valley we know that there are indigenous village people who provide cultural tours and and also you can experience a good knowledge with tribal families in the remote villages of tribes. We believe that the best way to travel to Omo Valley is this. So for your interest you can contact omovalleytribes@gmail.com they can provide you a good service including all the necessary information and service because they are familiar for the area and their people

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I highly recommend from my last experience of cultural tour towards omo Valley. I met an indigenous tribal guide and tour operator originally from the remote village in Hamar called Fitret, his village is the real cultural village that even people do not ask any money for picture it is about 26 km from Turmi. So I believe this guide can arrange you the right way of staying with families and villages in Omo Valley!! you have so many opportunities to experiance a good time. You can contact him omovalley_boy@yahoo.com
have a nice trip
Mark

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Check the following travel companies and they should give you information
http://www.bronzeagetours.com
http://www.greenlandethiopia.com/
http://rootstravel.de/

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Mark10000q, we have fitretu as our guide on the 20th dec. I will keep the forum posted on how it goes.

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Hi Nikke, my husband and I are also wanting to visit the tribes in the Lower Omo Valley around the same time as you. We fly into Addis Ababa on the 20th December from Muscat in Oman. Are you still interested in sharing costs at all?

Alternatively, is there anyone else wanting to do a tour around the villages anywhere between say 22-28th Dec and share costs? We have thoughts of flying from Addis to Arba Minch and starting from either there or Konso.

Regards Chris.

Edited by: DaleChris

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Hi! My boyfriend and I (late 20's / 30, from Sweden and Canada) would like to travel to the Omo Valley between Dec 20-27, approximately. Would love to use a local tour guide, not interested in expensive "human zoo" tours. Very flexible on itinerary, and have a fair bit experience traveling, though not yet in southern Ethiopia. We would love some travel companions and/or help sharing costs. I am staying in Addis right now, and my boyfriend arrives the 18th. Please let us know if anyone else is traveling around that time and would like to join up!!

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Hi, we're in touch with a local fellow from Konso who is working out a total "non human zoo" trip for us. We'll be flying into Arba Minch the afternoon of 21Dec, then departing the afternoon of 26Dec. He's working on taking us to tribal villages as far south as Omorate, and visiting local markets etc where we can. This fellow comes with a recommendation and sounds lovely in emails. At the moment there are just the two of us (Australians living in Muscat, Oman), but we would love another couple to join us for company and to share costs. Swenada24 if you're interested, please let me know. Chris.

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Hi, I'm planning a trip to South Omo in mid-March and was particularly interested in hearing from DaleChris about his "non human zoo" trip with the fellow from Konso.
I want to do a similar trip and was wondering if Chris has any tips, contacts and general feedback on how his trip went!
And I'm of course eager to hear from anybody else too!
Thanks!
Brice

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Hi Brice
I have some great information to share, but I've just sent a query to Thorn Tree to see what they have done re Private Messaging. Cheers Chris.

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Guide recommendation:

We flew from Addis Ababa to Arba Minch the afternoon of 21Dec2012, then returned the afternoon of 26Dec. Via internet surfing I came across a local guide from Jinka who agreed to arrange all our travel plans through the Omo Valley. His name is Lalo Desse of Lalo Tours www.lalo-tours.com (contact details - Tel +251913363077, email lalotravel@gmail.com or lalojinka@gmail.com). He met us at the airport and had everything planned for us. We insisted on a medium budget trip, ie not backpacker $2.50 accommodation, but not high end tourist hotels either. Our criterion was a good bed, mosquito nets and hot showers at the end of the day. Food - we wanted to taste local food and not be placed in hotel dining rooms for each meal. Being a local, he was able to speak a lot of the local dialects which was extremely handy when visiting the tribal villages. We visited Konso, Weyto, Turmi, Dimeka, KeyAfar, Jinka, Omerate, and up to Dorze. We met Hamer, Karo, Ari, Bena, and Mursi people. Each day was timed well for local markets and on one day, a bull-jumping ceremony, which was amazing! On the last day we went out on Lake Chamo to see hippos and the large Nile crocs. Up front, we asked for an all up no more to pay price, and he just took care of everything as we went along - such a treat!

Via LP Thorn Tree we found another couple to share the adventures with us, so all in all we had an amazing Omo Valley experience. For a real local trip, I can't recommend Lalo more highly. Chris.