Travel Blog

Once in Addis Ababa, visiting Harar should be inescapable. Harar is one of the most impressive of Ethiopia’s historic sites, reflecting the long and colorful history of the country. Located in the East of Ethiopia, it was founded in the late first millennium BC and became a stronghold of Islam. Harar has been ruled by seventy-two successive imams since its formation. Harar, Islam’s fourth holiest city covers just a single square kilometer in eastern Ethiopia, and this walled citadel contains…

An exotic setting with unique wildlife and jaw-dropping views of the amazing landscape below, the Simien Mountains National Park is a remote and rugged chain of mountains that stretch across northern Ethiopia. Among its main attraction is the deep, canyon-style gorges filled with various natural sights. The escarpment forms small elevations that offer splendid natal lookout points in some places. The picture-perfect views from the observation points at Imet Gogo and Gidr Got in the center of the park offer unrivaled panoramas…

Ethiopia is home to around eight Omo Valley Tribes comprised of over 200,000 people speaking 47 different languages. Historically, these ethnic groups have exhibited a fascinating range of cultural practices and four of Africa’s major linguistic groups including the endemic Omotic languages are represented within one relatively small area. The fact that this small area happens to be the place where people of totally different cultural groups meet making the Omo Valley one of the most popular melting pots in Africa. Here…