Afar Danakil Depression Holiday
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There are just three words which spring do mind when thinking about Afar Danakil Depression Tours, Dallol where colors seem to burst forth from the ground & you get to walk on earth the color of rust among chimneys spouting out acrid fumes of sulfur, Erta Ale the sloshing lave pool is located with a base diameter of 30 km and a 1 km square caldera at its summit and the salt caravan trail of Berahile.
The Danakil Depression is effectively a southerly terrestrial extension of the rifting process that formed the Red Sea, set a juncture of the African, Arabian and Somali tectonic plates, and it low lying surface was once fully submerged bas alien water. Relics of those distant days include lakes Asale and Afrera. Both of which lie at the center of an ancient salt-extraction industry
It is some measure of the Danakil’s geological activity that more than 30 active or dormant volcanoes- roughly one-quarter of the African total as listed by the Smithsonian Institute Global Volcanism Program- are shared between its north to north-westerly direction, these volcanoes are all geological infants, having formed over the past million years, and a great many took their present shape within the last 10,000 years.
Footprint Ethiopia Tours ranked this impressive area of geological fascination, a place dotted with active volcanoes’, hot springs, Lava Lake, Salted Basins and above all lunar landscapes as the Best Ethiopia Tourist Destination site.
Erta Ale Tours
Erta Ale Ranks as one of the most alluring-and physically challenging- natural attractions anywhere in Ethiopia Rising from below sea level to an altitude of 613m. Erta Ale is a shield volcano with a base diameter of 30 km and a 1 km square caldera at its summit.
Dallol Tours
Dallol is the main attraction of this area –indeed , a highlight of any Danakil adventure – is a surreal multi-hued field of sulphurous hot springs studded with steaming conical vents , strange ripple- like rock formations
Berhale Tours
A large and attractive town, set in a valley below stark twin peaks, is neither truly of the highlands nor truly of the desert. Nevertheless, which its combination of typically Tigraian stone houses and more austere Afar huts,
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