Trekking · Small Group
Choke Mountains Trek
Village to village onto the moorland that feeds the Blue Nile — the northern trek almost nobody has done.
The Journey
4 nights, designed around the hours that matter
A community-run trek on the Choke massif in Gojjam, recognised by UN Tourism as one of the Best Tourism Villages of 2022. Three days on foot from the farming villages up onto the high moor and back, camping as guests of the ecovillage — simple, uncrowded, and best for walkers who have already done the Simien.
Places
- Bahir Dar
- Choke Mountains
- Debre Markos
- Addis Ababa
Tailor-made journey
Priced to your plans
Quoted individually once we know your dates, lodges and group size.
- Duration
- 5 Days · 4 nights
- Best season
- Oct – Feb
- Group size
- 2 – 8 guests
- Style
- Trekking · Small Group
Final pricing depends on season, room category and group size. No deposit is taken until the itinerary is right.
Day by Day
The itinerary, as it usually runs
A working draft rather than a fixed schedule — we move days around for weather, festivals and how you are feeling.
Day 1
Arrive Bahir Dar
Met at the airport, a kit check and route briefing, and a night by the lake.
Day 2
To the ecovillage
South into Gojjam and up to the foothills of Choke, where the villagers who host the trek hold a welcome for arriving walkers.
Day 3
Onto the moor
Up through terraced farmland onto the Afro-alpine moor of giant lobelia and tussock grass, where dozens of Blue Nile tributaries begin, to camp in a high village.
Day 4
The high massif
A full day on the upper moor toward the summit ridge above 4,000 metres, watching for the endemic Abyssinian longclaw, then back down to camp.
Day 5
Down to Addis Ababa
A morning descent to the road, then south through Debre Markos and across the Blue Nile gorge to Addis Ababa by evening.
What Is Included
- Community ecovillage fees and local guides
- A senior trekking guide from our own team throughout
- Three nights camping in the high villages, one in Bahir Dar
- Tents, mats and full board on the trek
- Road transfer from Bahir Dar and on to Addis Ababa
- A cook travelling with the group
Not Included
- Flight to Bahir Dar
- Sleeping bag (hire available in Bahir Dar)
- Travel insurance (required)
- Gratuities for guides and cook
Enquire
Make Choke Mountains Trek yours
Send us your dates and we will confirm availability, quote precisely, and suggest the two or three changes we would make if it were our own trip.
Runs Oct – Feb · 2 – 8 guests · priced to your plans
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