2 Day Harar City Tour & Hyena Feeding

Fly from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa and drive to Harar. Visit the walls and gates of Harar, the local market, and the house of Arthur Rimbaud. Watch the Hyena Man feed wild hyenas. On the second day, drive to Dire Dawa and fly back to Addis Ababa.

On the first day, take a domestic flight from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa. Drive for about an hour to Harar, enjoying the great scenery of the surrounding mountains. Before lunch, visit the walls and gates of Harar which mark and identify the city’s peculiarity.

After having lunch at a local house of the Adere or the Harari people, visit the local market of Harar which is attended by the tribal people of Amhara, Oromo, and Hararis (Adere). Attend the ceremony of Chewing Chat (mild stimulant, and Adere (Harari).

Then, visit the House of Arthur Rimbaud, a famous French poet who lived in Harar in the late 19th century. Explore "Jugal," Harar’s old walled town by walking with a local tour guide. If interested, check out one of Ethiopia's breweries, Harar Brewery.

In the evening, drive to one of the gates of Harar where you can visit the ‘Hyena Man’ as he feeds wild hyenas by hand and mouth. Accommodation at Harar is organized at Ras Hotel or at Harari Cultural Guest House - Rewda Guesthouse.

On the second day, drive to Dire Dawa and visit a coffee processing small-scale industry. The coffee from around Harar is one of the best types from Ethiopia. Then, attend a typical traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony.

Explore some of the oldest mosques and shrines of Harar. Finally, drive back to Dire Dawa and visit the colorful spice market and the old train station which was founded by the French in the 1900s. Take a domestic flight from Dire Dawa back to Addis Ababa.