Stay : One week radiating from Djibouti City
It is quite possible to stay in the capital and to travel around. As the distances are not long, day trips can be organized, including to Lake Assal. A good option for those who come to visit relatives, for example, or who wish to discover this atypical country, while staying in the city, with the comfort of a high standard hotel.
Summary of the stay
Best time to go
7 days
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Detail of the stay : One week radiating from Djibouti City - 7 days
Day 1: Djibouti-City
Steps: Djibouti
Visit of Djibouti-City. The European district and its streets drawn to the cord, its terraces of coffee under arcades. The lively, colorful and fragrant market. At the market, the women's clothes and the music show the diversity of the local population: Afars, Issas, Yemenis, Ethiopians, Eritreans, Indians. Dinner in a Djiboutian restaurant
Day 2: Musha Islands
Excursion to the Musha Islands, about fifteen kilometers off the capital and about 45 minutes crossing. Swimming in a warm sea, snorkeling or scuba diving in transparent waters and coral gardens, discovery of the mangrove, a forest half-terrestrial, half-marine, essential for wildlife. Fish and seafood on the menu of course
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Day 3: Djibouti-City
Steps: Dikhil, Djibouti, Doraleh, Loyada
Return to Djibouti and excursion to Doralé, Khor Ambadon, the beaches at 10/20 km from Djibouti-City, or further south, the beaches and the palm grove of Loyada. Return to Djibouti in the late afternoon. Taste the excellent Yemeni fish in a restaurant of the African district
Day 4: The Goubet
Steps: Ardoukoba
Road to the Goubet, from which one dominates the extraordinary landscape. Walk on the Ardoukoba volcano, born in 1978 and died a week later, and whose eruption opened a fault of 12 km. Black flows of frozen lava, fumaroles. The thickness of the earth's crust here is one of the weakest on the planet. Walk along the side, at the bottom of the Goubet. Night at the rift or Goubet camp
Day 5: Lake Assal
Steps: Lac Assal, Arta, Djibouti
Early in the morning, walk on the ice of the lake Assal, located at -57 m under the sea level. Infinite expanse of salt, waters in the whole range of blues. If you are lucky, you may see a salt caravan passing by, which has become rare. Back to Djibouti with a stop in Arta.
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Day 6: Small and large Bara
Steps: Djibouti
On the land side, an hour or two from the capital, you will discover the fascinating desert landscapes of the small and large Bara, whose landscapes contrast with the mountains of the North and the region of the lakes. A well-equipped 4x4 is required. On the sea side, you will be able to explore some scuba diving sites around Djibouti
Day 7: Arta
Day trip to Arta, , a pretty town in the hills with a magnificent view of the Gulf of Tadjourah. Walk in the mountains towards Arta beach, and swim with the whale sharks if the period is favourable. And why not finish by sipping a cocktail to enjoy your last Djiboutian sunset on the terrace of the Kempinski.
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