Day Trip to Melka Kunture, Adadi Maryam and Tiya MELKA KUNTURE
ID: GYG678615-1124353
Category:
Country: Ethiopia
Duration:
12:00 hours
Description
Archeological site of Melka Kunture. Stone Age tools aging 1.7 million years and remains of HomoErectus 600,000 years old which the earliest humans left behind are excavated in Melka Kunture.
Day Trip to Melka Kunture, Adadi Maryam and Tiya
OVERVIEW
* MELKA KUNTURE
52km south of Addis Ababa is located an archeological site of Melka Kunture. Stone Age tools aging 1.7 million years and remains of Homo Erectus 600,000 years old which the earliest humans left behind are excavated in Melka Kunture. Fossilized bones of Hippo, Rhino, Elephant and different Antelopes have been unearthed here
* ADDADI MARIAM CHURCH
This church is believed to have been constructed by King Lalibela. Actually the church is differs from that of Lalibela’s in Lasta. This one is round in its shape, it is unfinished, and probably the rock from which it is curved is also too soft. This Rock Hewn church has step descending to the main entrances. There are numbers of gates, window and a trench around the church, which serves as a drainage.
* Tiya
Where 36 prehistoric monoliths or stelaes are found at Tiya, 80km from the capital, 30 of them are decorated with carving. This historically significant place dates back to 12th to 15th century AD. UNESCO registers the site as a world site.
Tour Itinerary
We pick you from your hotel after breakfast and leave Addis Ababa to the south through the fertile rolling hills. After about an hour drive we arrive at the prehistoric site of Melka Kunture. Half an hour further south the rock-hewn church of Adadi Maryam is found, build in the same style as the famous contemporaries in Lalibela. Somewhere in the area we enjoy a picnic lunch we brought from
Addis Ababa. From Adadi Maryam it is about an hour (45 km) drive to Tiya where mysterious stelae are found, most probably grave markers. From Tiya it is about 1,5 hour (85 km) back to Addis Ababa where we drop you at your hotel late afternoon.
End of Tour
Highlights
- Archeological site Stone age tools 1.7 million years remains of HomoErectus
- Rock Hewn church
- This historically significant place dates back to 12th to 15th century AD
- UNESCO registers the site as a world site. Mysterious Grave Markers are found
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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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.
