6 days Djibouti Itinerary

Highlights 6 Days in Djibouti Itinerary

• Day 1: Arrival at the Airport
• Day 2: Snorkeling with the Whale Sharks
• Day 3: Overnight tour to the Salt Lake ‘Lac Abbe’
• Day 4: Tour to Lac Assal & on to Plage des sables Blancs
• Day 5:  Les Sables Blancs & return to Djibouti City
• Day 6:  Departure 

Detailed Itinerary 6 Days in Djibouti Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival at the Airport

On your arrival at the Airport, definitely there will be a driver guide welcoming you & then transfer you to where you will check in, you will also have a clear view of the city along your transfer. If time does permit, you can still get involved in around activities such as having a stroll around the neighborhood, taste their local dishes-Yemeni food in any local restaurant. Dinner & overnight stay.

Accommodation – Les Acacias Hotel

Day 2: Snorkeling with the Whale Sharks

Have breakfast & then head to the haven where you will have a reserved boat taking you down to the Arta beach coastline where you will relish swimming with the incredible Whale Sharks.

Now much need for fun to dive with these creatures is highly recognized in the dry season of months amid November & early February where tourists are promised a clear spotting of these outstanding creatures, & without forgetting diving with them is such a lovely experience though. Return back to your Hotel, Dinner & overnight stay.

Accommodation – Les Acacias Hotel

Day 3: Overnight tour to the Salt Lake ‘Lac Abbe’

Of course after having breakfast you will have to transfer to Lac Abbe –categorized under the salty lakes bordering Djibouti & Ethiopia, settling in a distant despair that has been generated by the Earth’s tectonic cups separating from one another. These salty cups are characterised with features such as being spotted with soaring steam-spewing marble flues (some are tall by 50m), they also expanse for kilometres. 

Accommodation – Asboley Camp

Day 4: Tour to Lac Assal & on to Plage des sables Blancs

Breakfast, then transfer to Lac Assal-a crater type of lake that settles 155m, ranking the 3rd lowermost socket globally & lowest point in Africa. This lake was connected to the country of Ethiopia via caravans courses by the Afar nomads who exchange salt. Remember mining of salt from the crater lake shoreline is still an activity engaged in until to date.

Then proceed to Plage des Sables Blancs, where you will pass via the city of Tadjoura which is a cultural center of the Afar Sultanate, & it is well branded with a range of mosques & the glossy white structures. Dinner & overnight stay.

Accommodation – Hotel Bungalows 

Day 5:  Les Sables Blancs & return to Djibouti City

Enjoy yourself while still at the beach, like get engaged in swimming at the hotel, after you have had your morning breakfast. Since you are close to the shoreline, then you are able to get an opportunity to engage in activities such as scuba diving, snorkeling. This destination does contain outstanding features like the corals & varied sorts of prying fish therein. Dinner & overnight stay.

Accommodation – Les Acacias Hotel

Day 6:  Departure 

Enjoy your breakfast, after transfer to the Airport for your departure flight back home.