1 Day Lalibela Tour
- Private full-day tour
- Licensed local guide
- A visit to St. George church
Walk with us through the tunnels & What you’ll see will leave your mouth hanging open — Churches Chiseled and carved out of hard stone. learn stories from our expert local guide. enjoy church services the rhythms, prayers and the heavenly scent of frankincense the churches are not a pieces of museum rather active shrines that had been in constant use for 900 years. in most days there are service but sunday is the main day.
Highlights
- Visit Bete medhanealem the biggest Rock-hewn church in the world.
- Climb on top of the rock next to church of Mary & wonder birds eye view of the churches.
- Walk through the rock cut passageways & visit the graveyard of King Lalibela who build the churches.
- Marvel at Bete. Giorgi’s (St. George) the architectural masterpiece of King Lalibela.
- Adventure through the dark tunnel symbolising heaven & hell it’s here where feel like being part of a real-life Indiana Jones movie then pass through & visit Bete Emanuel church & Bete Aba Libanos also known as African petra.
Tour Details
Price: All prices are per passenger and in USD
- 1 passenger $ 239
- 2 passengers $ 189
- 3 passengers $ 175
- 4 passengers $ 160$
For bigger group please contact us
Price Includes
- Best Local Guide
- Tranportation (Private Car)
- Accomdation 1 night with breakfast (at Panoramic view hotel or spa Lodge)
- Bottled water
- All Entries/Admissions (by the way the church charges 100$ price quoted above)
Excluded
- Personal expenses, tips
Departure time:
2pm or 3pm
Meeting point:
Hotel pick-up & drop-off anywhere in Lalibela including from the airport pick up & drop off
Duration:
6 hours
What to bring:
Comfortable walking shoes, hat, sunscreen, sunglasses
Day 1: Lalibela churches
Take the morning flight from addis in the afternoon 2pm or 2:30, after hotel check in & lunch, we will start visiting the first group of the magnificent rock-hewn churches of Lalibela which are carved out of living volcanic tuff with super architectural skill that the world has never seen yet elsewhere. UNESCO registerd these churches as world heritage. Among churches of this group Bete Medahine Alem (house of the redeemer) is the biggest Rock-hewn church in the world with 5 aisles, 72 pillars, vaulted dome and molding decoration. Bete Mariam (house of St. Marry) is the most decorated among the rock hewn churches.
Finally, visit the most famous of all the churches – Bet Giyorgis, a huge monolithic in the shape of a cross, and constructed in honor of St. George, the patron saint of Ethiopia carved out of the ground, and shaped from the inside out, it is one, unbroken piece of stone, All parts of the church – the doors, windows, domes, pillars, were chiseled out by hand from the natural rock. and is connected to the other sunken stone churches through a series of elaborate tunnels.
Day 2: Next morning Lalibela Addis
7:30 AM or 8AM, till 10am for about 2 hours Before your flight with no rush continue to visit the Southeastern Cluster of Lalibela churches – Bet Gabriel-Rufael, Bet Merkorios, Bet Lehem (Bethlehem Hebrew: בֵּית לֶחֶם House of Holy Bread) Bet Amanual, and Bet Abba Libanos ( which resembles petra in Jordan) While on tour visiting the churches you may see the church service if there is. Then see you off to Lalibela airport for your flight to Addis.
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