Rock-hewn churches at Lalibela, the Simien mountains and the Danakil depression.
What people go to Ethiopia for
- The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, cut down into the ground.
- Trekking the Simien Mountains among gelada baboons.
- The castles of Gondar and the island monasteries of Lake Tana.
- Sulphur springs and salt caravans in the Danakil Depression.
- Coffee where it was first cultivated, and a calendar with thirteen months.
Trips to Ethiopia
We have nothing published in Ethiopia yet — which is not the same as not going. Tell us roughly when you want to travel and what you want out of it, and we will put an itinerary together and price it.
If you would rather look at something already running, the trips we do have are all here.
The rest of Africa is at the bottom of this page.
Elsewhere in Africa
Kenya
The Mara, the Rift Valley lakes and a coast of coral reefs and Swahili towns.
3 tours · Maasai Mara · Great Migration · Mount Kenya
Morocco
Medinas, the High Atlas and the dunes at Erg Chebbi, all within a day of each other.
1 tour · Marrakech · Sahara · High Atlas
Tanzania
Serengeti plains, the Ngorongoro crater, Kilimanjaro and the Zanzibar archipelago.
Serengeti · Ngorongoro Crater · Kilimanjaro
South Africa
Kruger's big five, the Cape winelands and the long road along the Garden Route.
Kruger · Cape Town · Garden Route
Egypt
The Nile from Luxor to Aswan, the Giza plateau and the reefs of the Red Sea.
Pyramids of Giza · Luxor · The Nile
Namibia
Sossusvlei's red dunes, the Skeleton Coast and some of the emptiest roads anywhere.
Sossusvlei · Etosha · Skeleton Coast