Central
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia’s capital: museums, markets and the birthplace of many a coffee ceremony.
Destinations
Where in Ethiopia will you go?
Rock-hewn churches, high mountains, a volcanic desert and living cultures. Start with a place, then see the journeys that reach it.
Central
Afar
Danakil Depression
Discover Danakil Depression.
Southern
Omo Valley
Discover Omo Valley.
Northern
Simien Mountains
Discover Simien Mountains.
Northern
Lalibela
Eleven medieval churches carved down into solid rock, and still in use today.
Northern
Gondar
The royal enclosure of Fasil Ghebbi, with castles built from the 17th century.
Northern
Axum
An ancient capital, known for its towering carved stelae and its churches.
Northern
Simien Mountains
A high plateau of sheer escarpments, gelada baboons and long-distance trails.
Northern
Bahir Dar & Lake Tana
A lakeside town close to island monasteries and the Blue Nile Falls.
Eastern
Danakil Depression
Salt flats, sulphur springs and lava lakes in one of the hottest places on Earth.
Eastern
Harar
A walled trading city with a distinct culture, narrow lanes and lively markets.
Southern
Omo Valley
A river valley home to many distinct cultures, with colourful weekly markets.
Southern
Bale Mountains
Alpine moorland and forest, and the best place to look for the Ethiopian wolf.
Central
Rift Valley Lakes
Crater lakes and lakeside lodges, a short drive south of Addis Ababa.
Central
Bishoftu
Volcanic crater lakes an hour from Addis Ababa, and the Irreecha gathering at Lake Hora.
Central
Debre Libanos
A monastery founded in 1284 on a cliff terrace above a gorge that drains to the Blue Nile.
Central
Wenchi
A lake inside an extinct volcano, an island monastery and hot springs west of Addis Ababa.
Central
Tiya
Engraved stelae, a rock-hewn church and stone tools 1.7 million years old, south of Addis Ababa.
Southern
Arba Minch
“Forty springs”: two Rift Valley lakes, crocodiles on Lake Chamo and the Dorze highlands above.
Northern
Gheralta
Painted churches cut into sandstone towers in Tigray, reached by barefoot climbs.
Southern
Konso
Stone-walled hill towns and hand-built terraces, a UNESCO cultural landscape still farmed.
South-western
Chebera Churchura
Ethiopia’s least-visited national park, where elephants are tracked on foot with park scouts.
South-western
Kafa
Cloud forest around Bonga where Arabica coffee still grows wild, a UNESCO biosphere reserve.
Western
Gambela
Hot lowlands on the Baro River and a vast dry-season migration of white-eared kob.
Central
Gurage Zone
Round thatched houses in groves of enset, the false banana, three hours south of Addis Ababa.
Western
Benishangul
Asosa and Bambasi on the Sudan border: Berta music, bamboo hills and the Blue Nile.
Central
Guassa and Ankober
Ethiopian wolves and gelada on a community-protected plateau, and Menelik’s first capital.
Eastern
Awash National Park
Beisa oryx on acacia plains, a waterfall into a gorge and hot springs among doum palms.
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