Festivals

Ethiopia has a number of festivals, many of them unique: Timket (Epiphany), falling on 19 January, is the greatest festival of the year, followed in importance by Meskal (Finding of the True Cross) on 27 September. Easter is the most solemn of the festivals but the Ethiopian New Year (Enkutatash) falls on 11 September in [...]

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The People and Culture

Ethiopia is old: Old beyond all imagination. More than three million years ago the earliest known hominids walked here. Many prehistoric discoveries, including Stone Age tools up to 1.7 million years old and vibrant cave paintings, support the claim that this part of the world was, indeed, the Cradle of Civilisation.
Three thousand years before [...]

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Adventure in Ethiopia

Ethiopia is increasingly becoming recognised as a premier venue for a range of outdoor activities. White-water rafting, trekking, caving and paragliding are all on the increase for the young – and not  so young – along with the more gentle and traditional pursuits of fishing and bird watching. 
White-water rafting is a highly popular activity enjoyed [...]

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Land of Legends…

Ethiopia’s culture and traditions date back over   3 000 years, but human habitation began here much, much earlier. Undoubtedly Ethiopia’s greatest archaeological discovery – and one of the world importance – was the finding, in 1974, of an almost complete hominid skeleton, estimated to be at least 3.5 million years old, at Hadar, in the [...]

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Delicacies

Ethiopian cuisine is unique by way of ceremony, flavour, colour and presentation. first decorated metal or clay water jugs are brought to the table and their contents poured over the guests’ outstretched hands into a small bowl below. This cleansing is sometimes followed by a short prayer of thanksgiving.
The first course, which immediately follows [...]

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Bahar Dar

For centuries Bahar Dar has been a place of commercial importance. Situated on Lake Tana’s south-eastern shore, it is the starting point of any visit to the Blue Nile Falls. The visitor will no doubt see tankwas on the lake shore. Still standing is the building erected by the Jesuit Pero Paes, which can be [...]

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Gondar & its Fairytale Castles

 Gondar, once the Ethiopian capital, was home to a number of emperors and warlords, courtiers and kings. Gaze down from the balconies of the many castles and palaces to imagine the intrigue and pageantry that took place back in the 17th and 18th centuries of this great city.
The graceful city of Gondar, founded by Emperor [...]

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Lake Tana

Covering more than 3 600 square kilometres, Lake Tana is Ethiopia’s largest lake. Known to the ancient Greeks as Pseboa, its sometimes stormy waters are traversed by reed boats, called tankwas. The blue Nile river flows out of the lake with tremendous force and volume over the basalt shoulder in a giant cataract and onwards from [...]

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The Great Rift Valley and its Lakes

The Great Rift Valley, which extends from the Middle East to Mozambique, passes right through Ethiopia, endowing the country with some spectacular features that range from hot, dry, and barren places to a string of beautiful lakes. Volcanic activity, which greatly contributed to the formation of the Rift Valley, continues up to present times.
In Ethiopia, [...]

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