WE WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THIS FASCINATING DESTINATION. YOU DON'T EXPLORE ETHIOPIA FOR A BEACH HOLIDAY OR A RELAXING GETAWAY, YOU COME HERE TO EXPLORE ONE OF AFRICA'S MOST CULTURALLY INTACT AND GEOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE DESTINATIONS.
SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA IS HOME TO THE REMOTE, YET EASILY ACCESSIBLE OMO VALLEY. THIS FASCINATING TRIBAL REGION IS A PHOTOGRAPHER'S AN ETHNOGRAPHER'S DREAM. THESE PAINTED, PIERCED, LIP PLATE WEARING FARMERS AND CATTLE HERDERS CAN BE VISITED IN THEIR VILLAGES, HOMES AND MARKETS. THE GATEWAY TO THE OMO VALLEY, ARBA MINCH CAN BE REACHED BY AN EASY ONE HOUR FLIGHT FROM ADDIS ABABA. ONCE THERE OUR GUIDES, WHO ARE PROFICIENT IN NUMEROUS DIALECTS, WILL INTRODUCE YOU THE THE TRIBAL PEOPLE WHO WEAR GOAT SKINS, HUNT CROCODILES, AND CONDUCT RITUALS SUCH AS THE HAMER BULL JUMPING CEREMONY.
IN NORTHERN ETHIOPIA IS SIMIEN MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK. RAS DASHEN AT 4,500 METERS AND KIDIS YARED AT 4,450 METERS OFFER TREKKING OPPORTUNITIES. THERE YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY TROOPS OF GELEDA BABOONS AND SEE THE RARE ETHIOPIAN WOLF, WALIA IBEX AND CARACAL. ADVENTUROUS TRAVELERS CAN EXPLORE THE LUNAR LIKE LANDSCAPE OF THE DANAKIL DEPRESSION. BEING 100 METERS BELOW SEA LEVEL IT IS A SULPHUR SPRING AND ONE OF THE HOTTEST PLACES ON EARTH.
THE NORTHERN HISTORICAL CIRCUIT WILL BRING YOU TO AKSUM WITH ITS ANCIENT TOMBS AND OBELISKS AND MYSTERIOUS MAMMOTH STELAE. GONDER IS HOME TO ANCIENT CASTLES THAT ARE EASILY VISITED AND REMOTE TRADITIONAL FARMING VILLAGES. LAKE TANA HAS A WEALTH OF INTACT ANCIENT MONASTERIES WHICH CAN BE VISITED BY BOAT. THE INCENSE IS STRONG AND THE PRIESTS ARE GARBED IN ALL WHITE AND CONDUCT CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX SERVICES DAILY. THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE LALIBELLA IS EASILY REACHED BY FLIGHT. THESE ROCK HEWN CHURCHES WILL CAPTIVATE YOU WHILE YOU HEAR THE PRIESTLY CHANTING DURING CHURCH SERVICES. SOME NEED TO BE REACHED BY DONKEY, OTHERS BY 4X4 VEHICLE ALL OF WHICH WILL ADD TO THE COMPLETE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE.
IN THE EAST IS THE ANCIENT WALLED CITY OF HARAR. WITH OVER 100 NARROW ALLEYWAYS, WALLS PAINTED IN VIBRANT HUES OF DEEP BLUE, TEAL AND FUCHSIA THE TRAVELER MAY ASK THEMSELVES WHAT COUNTRY THEY ARE IN. THE WOMEN WEAR MULTICOLORED TIE DYED SHAWLS AND THE MEN FREQUENT THE LOCAL KHAT MARKET. THIS ANCIENT ISLAMIC CITY IS TRADITION BOUND AND LITTLE CHANGED FROM 1000 YEARS AGO.
COFFEE IS AN ECONOMIC CATALYST IN ETHIOPIA AND WE CAN ALSO ARRANGE TOURS FOR INTEREST GROUPS AND INTERNATIONAL COFFEE BUYERS.
SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA IS HOME TO THE REMOTE, YET EASILY ACCESSIBLE OMO VALLEY. THIS FASCINATING TRIBAL REGION IS A PHOTOGRAPHER'S AN ETHNOGRAPHER'S DREAM. THESE PAINTED, PIERCED, LIP PLATE WEARING FARMERS AND CATTLE HERDERS CAN BE VISITED IN THEIR VILLAGES, HOMES AND MARKETS. THE GATEWAY TO THE OMO VALLEY, ARBA MINCH CAN BE REACHED BY AN EASY ONE HOUR FLIGHT FROM ADDIS ABABA. ONCE THERE OUR GUIDES, WHO ARE PROFICIENT IN NUMEROUS DIALECTS, WILL INTRODUCE YOU THE THE TRIBAL PEOPLE WHO WEAR GOAT SKINS, HUNT CROCODILES, AND CONDUCT RITUALS SUCH AS THE HAMER BULL JUMPING CEREMONY.
IN NORTHERN ETHIOPIA IS SIMIEN MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK. RAS DASHEN AT 4,500 METERS AND KIDIS YARED AT 4,450 METERS OFFER TREKKING OPPORTUNITIES. THERE YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY TROOPS OF GELEDA BABOONS AND SEE THE RARE ETHIOPIAN WOLF, WALIA IBEX AND CARACAL. ADVENTUROUS TRAVELERS CAN EXPLORE THE LUNAR LIKE LANDSCAPE OF THE DANAKIL DEPRESSION. BEING 100 METERS BELOW SEA LEVEL IT IS A SULPHUR SPRING AND ONE OF THE HOTTEST PLACES ON EARTH.
THE NORTHERN HISTORICAL CIRCUIT WILL BRING YOU TO AKSUM WITH ITS ANCIENT TOMBS AND OBELISKS AND MYSTERIOUS MAMMOTH STELAE. GONDER IS HOME TO ANCIENT CASTLES THAT ARE EASILY VISITED AND REMOTE TRADITIONAL FARMING VILLAGES. LAKE TANA HAS A WEALTH OF INTACT ANCIENT MONASTERIES WHICH CAN BE VISITED BY BOAT. THE INCENSE IS STRONG AND THE PRIESTS ARE GARBED IN ALL WHITE AND CONDUCT CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX SERVICES DAILY. THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE LALIBELLA IS EASILY REACHED BY FLIGHT. THESE ROCK HEWN CHURCHES WILL CAPTIVATE YOU WHILE YOU HEAR THE PRIESTLY CHANTING DURING CHURCH SERVICES. SOME NEED TO BE REACHED BY DONKEY, OTHERS BY 4X4 VEHICLE ALL OF WHICH WILL ADD TO THE COMPLETE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE.
IN THE EAST IS THE ANCIENT WALLED CITY OF HARAR. WITH OVER 100 NARROW ALLEYWAYS, WALLS PAINTED IN VIBRANT HUES OF DEEP BLUE, TEAL AND FUCHSIA THE TRAVELER MAY ASK THEMSELVES WHAT COUNTRY THEY ARE IN. THE WOMEN WEAR MULTICOLORED TIE DYED SHAWLS AND THE MEN FREQUENT THE LOCAL KHAT MARKET. THIS ANCIENT ISLAMIC CITY IS TRADITION BOUND AND LITTLE CHANGED FROM 1000 YEARS AGO.
COFFEE IS AN ECONOMIC CATALYST IN ETHIOPIA AND WE CAN ALSO ARRANGE TOURS FOR INTEREST GROUPS AND INTERNATIONAL COFFEE BUYERS.
