Garowe to the High Sheikh Mountains to the Port of Berbera and the Coast

PUNTLAND TO SOMALILAND ITINERARY - BEST PROGRAM

Start Garowe | End Hargeisa

This tour may NOT be ok or may need to be customized to minimize kidnapping risk in Puntland and the country's center. Depending on your nationality, you may or may not be a target. In many circumstances, we have taken Somalis on this tour. 

The trip stays at the area's best midrange hotels and includes fantastic SUV's and guiding and security. Hotels in the first part of the trip in Somalia (Puntland) are not very aligned to western standards but are adequate. Security and Sync is more important. 

We do not include food in the tour for flexibility and control for the client's budget, but can arrange all of the food if they'd like to get an accurate synopsis and cuisine-cross-section of Somaliland as well.

For certain people and organizations, we can do this trip for $450 to $850. Most individuals and companies do NOT qualify for this and need to go with certain standards, still contingent on security conditions. Local Somalis and certain groups have a budget option for everything in the area.

If you need something done or delivered or installed, for example for a pilot tech project in Somalia, we can usually do a great job on these sorts of things without your presence there.

WORKING ITINERARY

Day 1: Garowe Town 

Pickup from a hotel of choice or the international airport in Garowe, and we head around the cultural markets and historical monuments of the capital of Puntland, experience local every-day life, see the economic engines of industry and trade of the city, and villages and farms outside and the rural realities. 

Day 2: Cross the Somali Red Desert to the High Sheikh Mountains

We criss-cross an otherworldly landscape across multi-color pastel deserts and rocks, barren of many people save a few nomads, and head to climb the cooler and soaring Sheikh mountains to top off our views and begin our odyssey into Somaliland. We arrive after a day in the mountains finally on the coast.

Day 3: Berbera Port and Beaches Tour and over to Sheikh Mountains

We tour Berbera and the port of the ancient trade in the Mediterranean and Red Sea, and the coastal fishing villages. Berbera is not far from Hargeisa and the road infrastructure is good as the road is modernized by United Arab Emirates. 

Day 4: Ancient Caves and Prehistoric Coves  

We head to Dhagah Gure first to see ancient cave drawings, before heading to more at the famous Laas Geel Caves (which dates back to 9000 years BC, with astonishing history where many international tourists visit each and every day). The European Union and Somaliland government also launched a project to preserve this place, as Somaliland is still not officially recognized to access UNESCO aid. The day is spent touring archeology and history. We end in Hargeisa

Day 5: Hargeisa and Departure

We transfer you to exit the safe sleep capital of Somaliland, Hargeisa

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Included

-Excellent Guides in English, experienced and expert on the area, local and loving of their culture.

-Armed Trained Security Guard Authorized by the government and experienced

-Air Conditioned SUV's

-Fuel

-Entrances

-Accommodation

-Airport Transfers

-Assistance with visa documents for most nationalities

Not Included

-Food and Beverages (However we can arrange an ethnic and cultural cuisine meal program for extra cost)

-Travel Insurance (Required to attend the trip) that includes medical, evacuation, delay, cancellation, baggage

-Visas

-Flights or Border Crossings from Sea or Ground

-Extra activities or late night activities outside of tour hours (our guides and drivers need to get enough sleep to be safe)

-Room Upgrades or Room Service or Any Hotel Tabs and Bills Aside from the Room.

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*Notes: Tours can be slightly different than the above itinerary but if changes need to be made, you will be informed beforehand in most circumstances. Exact times and orders of sites visited are flexible. If you spend more time than advised at a destination you may miss aspects or stops on the tour and as s result will not be entited to any refunds. We do not take groups of more than a set maximum for ease of management and quality. We can typically customize and add special needs and activities and extensions to all of these tours. You are legally bound to follow the laws of the nation and also follow the authority on tour at all times and obey the safety rules. Guides and guards are the authority on tour and you are to pay attention to their directions. There will be no toleration of breaking the safety rules or endangering the guides and the group. Somalia is not an expensive destination but is not a budget travel country either. Tours are low price guaranteed already and though we can beat and match, we are a direct supplier and do not bargain. No cancellations are allowed nor refunds under any circumstances outside of our booking terms and condition and policy, and it will be your problem and loss if you cannot make your flight or trip and have failed to read the conditions. If the country or a section of it is closed or we cancel the tour you will always receive a full refund for the trip only and be notified of such. Ask us for special projects and customized itineraries

*Photos credit of warscapes and local photographers, past clients, and tourists