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Drive on to Mago National Park to visit the Mursi people in their village. The Mursi are well known for the large clay discs their women wear inserted in their lower split lip. The Mursi women start cutting their lips between the age of 12 and 16 and thereafter, they put small wooden plugs into the hole and change it every night with the bigger one to stretch the lips till it can hold a 6 inch (15cm) round clay disc. The Mursi men wear very little, although a cotton wrap is becoming more common now. After your visit proceed through the valley to Hamar for your overnight stay.

For the first time in your trip, witness Ethiopia's many ethnicities and cultural traditions in one place. The Southern Cultural Route takes you to the heart of the most remote tribes, whose animist beliefs stem from the very heart of Africa in traditional tribal culture. 

In the afternoon visit to Hamer people who partake in a bull-jumping ceremony; a transformation for young boys to adulthood; During the ceremony, you see the Hamer traditional dance called Evangadi, showing the tribe that the young man who is jumping is ready for adulthood.

After breakfast at your lodge, make your way through the southern countryside back to Arba Minch. Stop off at local markets en-route to explore the local area.

• Sample price based on 2 sharing.
• Full board package
• Ethiopian Airlines flights from London included
• Transfers included