I can guarantee that the more you read about Ethiopia, the more you'll want to go there. The incredible historical and religious sights are reason enough. But couple that with white-water rafting down the Omo River to end up spending time with some of Africa's most remote tribes -- and you've got an incredible vacation on your hands. The trekking in the Simien Mountains is quite spectacular as well.In order to see Ethiopia, you have to plan ahead a bit. You'll need to look into visas, flights, health issues and other mundane but important practicalities. Click on the links below to get a head start on your plans to visit Ethiopia:
- Ethiopian visas, health, safety, best time to go and money matters
- Getting to Ethiopia by air, rail or land
- Getting around Ethiopia by air, rail, car, taxi, tour or horse-drawn cart
Image © Charles Roffey Boy in the Simien Mountains, Ethiopia
I am from Ethiopia and it is a nice place. Just please respect the people and the culture.
Thanks!
In the basalt mountains around Lalibela, stay in local communities. See their ancient world, their churches and their way of life.
Walk through the age-old agrarian landscape of the Ethiopian Highlands following escarpments with birds of prey soaring in the thermals and Gelada baboon scrambling up and down the cliff face. Local shepherd boys keep an eye on their flocks, while their fathers plough the fields, and their sisters collect water in clay pots.