A HIGH-COMFORT STAY IN DJIBOUTI

From $2562 per person, for 4 peopl

Level: Discovery

Difficulty:

This trip has been designed to enable you to visit Djibouti's must-see attractions in maximum comfort, with a choice of accommodation and the country's best restaurants.

But you'll still be an "active" traveller, with excursions on foot, snorkelling and buggy trips all on the programme.

Finally, authenticity and relations with the local people are not neglected, with a visit to a family in their traditional home, and to the village of Dougoum.

Naturally, as with all Africorne Travel holidays, this programme can be adapted to best suit your requirements.

   Djibouti 
Djibouti nord et sud
  Sea & Mountain
  Itinerant stay
  9d/8n

DAY 1 Visit to Djibouti and the DECAN refuge

Pick-up from Djibouti airport

Transfer to the Kempinski Palace, the most prestigious hotel in the country, with its superb swimming pool and several restaurants.

Suivant votre heure d’arrivée, visite du quartier d’Arhiba ou des places Mahmoud Harbi ex place Arthur Rimbaud),  du 27 juin (ex place Ménélik), rue commerçante des caisses…des Mouches

Choice of lunch in one of the Kempinski restaurants or in the Red Sea restaurant

Afternoon : visit to the DECAN animal sanctuary or visit to the city of Djibouti, depending on your day and time of arrival and the morning's activities.

Evening meal at the Moon Light restaurant on the Route de Venise

Night at the Kempinski Palace

 

DAY 2 Departure for the Sables Blancs hotel near Tadjourah

The Hôtel des Sables Blancs is located on the most beautiful sandy beach in the country.

Early morning departure from Djibouti.

About forty kilometres before reaching Lake Assal, we stop to admire the breathtaking scenery of the Dimbiya Canyon, nicknamed the "Grand Canyon of Djibouti" ....

A few kilometres further on, another stop at the stele of B. Borrel, the French magistrate whose partially charred body was found at the bottom of the cliff on the morning of 18 October 1995. The "Borrel affair" soured relations between Djibouti and France for several years.

We then leave the road to take the "slip road" to Lake Assal. Located 153 metres below sea level, Lake Assal is one of the saltiest lakes in the world (over 300 grams of salt per litre of water). This fact, combined with the very high evaporation rate due to the intense heat, explains why salt has been mined here for hundreds of years. No living organism can survive in the waters of Lake Assal.

We'll be able to take a dip here, as we're taking fresh water on board for the shower; plastic shoes are necessary to avoid injuring ourselves on the sharp salt crystals.

The very high temperatures that prevail in this place do not make it very hospitable, but its legendary beauty, described in particular by the adventurer writer J. Kessel, makes it a site not to be missed.

Note: On request, we can organise a bivouac on site so that you can enjoy the sunrise the next day. From here, it is also possible to walk to the Ardoukoba volcano after an approach in a 4×4 vehicle.

Lunch: picnic at Le Goubet near the shark pit

Arrival at Les Sables Blancs late afternoon

Evening meal and night at Sables Blancs

 

DAY 3 Snorkelling at Sables Blancs in Tadjourah Bay before leaving for the Day

Morning : snorkelling on the splendid drop-off, where the underwater fauna and flora are of great beauty and variety

Lunch at Sables Blancs

Afternoon : Departure for the Day camp.

We'll make a diversion to meet a family of Sedendar nomads in their traditional daboyta at Bolli, north of Randa.

We then take the track from Randa to the Day camp in the late afternoon. This well-equipped camp is at an altitude of around 1,500 m, so warm clothing is a must, even in summe

Le campement du Day est équipé de paillottes disposées sur un espace en terrasses joliment agencé et arboré. Ses installations sanitaires sont très satisfaisantes. A partir de cet endroit, il est possible de faire des excursions dans la forêt primaire éponyme ou bien des randonnées jusqu’aux autres campements des monts Goda, à condition d’être un bon marcheur. Ce campement est aussi le point de départ idéal pour se rendre sur le site des gravures rupestres d’Abourma.

Dinner and night at Day Camp

 

DAY 4 Hiking in the Day forest

Matin : excursion pédestre jusqu’au sommet dit « marabout Abayazid » (5 h aller-retour); une approche est possible en véhicule 4X4

or a short walk in the forest, in the fresh, green countryside

Lunch at Day Camp

Afternoon: Drive to Tadjourah - On our way visit the village of Dougoum (school, crafts, cheese factory)

Evening meal and overnight at the Gadileh Resort in Tadjourah

 

DAY 5 Water activities at Gadileh resort

Morning: Relaxing and swimming in the pool or fishing or diving and visiting Tadjourah

Lunch at Gadileh Resort

Afternoon: return to Djibouti by ferry

Evening meal at the Café de la Gare restaurant in Djibouti and overnight at the Kempinski

 

DAY 6: 1st day at the Neem farm

Départ pour la ferme de Neem d’AS Eyla sur la route du lac Abbé

Morning: drive from Djibouti to Dikhil on an asphalt road of 120 kms

Crossing the semi-desert expanses of Petit Bara and Grand Bara

where sand swirls, mirages and gazelles are observable with luck

Lunch at the restaurant in Dikhil

40 km track to the Neem farm where permaculture is practiced (several hundred neem trees have been planted here)

It is a real lodge with several pavilions, tastefully furnished, where everything has been designed for the comfort and well-being of the occupants (equipment, quality of materials, etc.)

Arrival mid-afternoon

Evening meal and night at the Neem Farm

 

DAY 7

Very early in the morning departure by buggy for 40 km of track to watch the sunrise in the middle of the chimneys of Lake Abbé–

Before returning, visit the boiling water springs, chimneys and approach the pink flamingos by the lake

After the return trip, lunch at the lodge

Afternoon: idleness or new buggy outing with supplement

Evening meal and night at the Neem farm

 

DAY 8 Return trip to Djibouti and Decan refuge

After breakfast return to Djibouti

Lunch at Sunny Hill restaurant in Arta

Afternoon: visit of Djibouti city or the DECAN refuge depending on the activities carried out on the 1st day

Evening meal at the Melting Pot restaurant in Djibouti

Night at the Kempinski

 

DAY 9 Maskali Island

Journée à l’île Moucha (1)

Lunch in the shade of a faré

Journée snorkeling avec sortie en bateau sur des sites où faune et flore sous marines sont superbes.

Possibilité de plongée en bouteilles; dans ce cas la journée Moucha sera positionnée sur un autre jour pour respecter le délai de 24 heures entre la dernière plongée et le retour en avion. Nos séjours sont entièrement sur mesure; n’hésitez pas à nous contacter !

Return to Djibouti in the middle of the afternoon

Evening meal at the restaurant in Djibouti (Yemeni fish at Youssouf)

Transfer to the airport at the end of the evening

(1)A la saison de mi-novembre à fin janvier), la journée à Moucha peut être remplacée par une sortie requin -baleine le matin et du snorkeling sur la plage d’Arta l’après-midi (spectacle sous marin garanti)

 

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