Addis Ababa: Wonchi Village Farming Tour with Picnic
ID: GYG1287129-1968576
Category:
Country: Ethiopia
Duration:
08:00 hours
Description
Experience the local culture of Wonchi villages on a full-day tour from Addis Ababa. Learn about enset processing and barley farming, enjoy a picnic lunch, and take a short farm walk or horse trek.
Begin your tour with a drive from Addis to Ambo, passing through farmlands. Make a brief stop at the Ambo Agricultural Research Center for a crop research overview if open, focusing on Ethiopian plant protection.
Next, visit Ambo town to taste mineral water and view resort areas amid farming landscapes. Then, drive to the Wonchi rim and arrive at a crater lake viewpoint in Wonchi-Dandi Eco-Tourism Village.
Experience practical farming in a Wonchi village. Get hands-on with enset processing: harvest pseudostems, scrape pulp, and ferment it into kocho. Observe barley fields and participate in kocho preparation, tasting it with local meals.
Enjoy a lakeside picnic with kocho, gomen (greens), and fresh apples amid farms. Take a short farm walk or horse trek to see enset plantations and crater views. Finally, return to Addis.
Highlights
- Immerse yourself in the local culture with a hands-on farming experience
- Learn about enset processing and barley farming in Wonchi villages
- Enjoy a picnic lunch with local kocho, gomen, and fresh apples
- Take a short farm walk or horse trek to see enset plantations
- Visit the Ambo Agricultural Research Center and learn about crop research
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The tour starts at 7 AM from Addis and lasts for 8 hours.
Expect 2-3 hours of driving each way.
The tour includes interactive farming activities.
A picnic lunch with local kocho is provided.
INCLUDED
- Drive to Ambo
- Visit to Ambo Agricultural Research Center
- Ambo town visit
- Drive to Wonchi rim
- Crater lake viewpoint
- Practical farming in Wonchi village
- Hands-on enset processing
- Barley field observation
- Kocho preparation and tasting
- Lakeside picnic
- Short farm walk or horse trek
- Return drive to Addis
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
