Ethiopia

What We Love

From the Rift Valley up to the UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site in the Ethiopian highlands, there are numerous historical sites to visit as well as some incredibly diverse cultures along the Blue Nile and Omo Rivers.
Numerous endemic species of mammals, such as the Simien wolf, Walia ibex, and 29 species of endemic birds, are found nowhere else in Africa.
The people of Ethiopia are incredibly diverse, from the devout Orthodox Christians, who still read ancient manuscripts in 12th-century churches, to the Mursi, who adorn themselves with enormous clay lip plates, and the nomadic, Karo who paint their bodies with clay.

Visit the peoples of the Omo River Valley, the Dorze, Konso, Tsemaye, Mursi, Bure, and Karo and other tribes, all have different languages and customs.
Trekking into the highlands to visit some of the earliest Christian sites, like such as the 12th-c Century Orthodox churches hewn from rock at Lalibela.
Visit the obelisks of the Axumite Kingdom and the forested island monasteries of Gondar.

Combine With:

Visitors usually add on Ethiopia to a safari in Kenya or vice versa.