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Top Tour: Culture and Nature
The tour begins in Addis Abeba: Sight seeing tour, visiting some important monuments and/or museum, enjoying sunset on Entoto Mountains with a splendid view on Addis Abeba. O/n hotel Addis Abeba. Drive from Addis Ababa to Jimma (350 km.), crossing the Spectacular Gibe Canyon from the upper course of the Omo River. Here we climb the mountain of Abelti for a stunning panoramic view on the Canyon. On the way visits the Guragi a...
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Ethiopia
Take some time to read more about magnificent and mysterious Ethiopia to get a good taste of the country!
- The South - Our home
- The North - The heart of Ethiopia's history and legends - the North
- Western Ethiopia, the homeland of coffee and a treasure of natural beauty
- East and North-East Ethiopia, from the mountains through the desert to the lowest place on Earth
- and Addis Ababa!
Noord Ethiopie
Waar de vele monumenten getuigen van een fantastisch rijke geschiedenis
De meeste mensen komen naar Afrika voor safari of om primitieve stammen te zien. Maar tijdens een rondreis door Noord Ethiopië ontdek je een totaal ander Afrika met monumenten die getuigen van een oude beschaving die vergeleken kan worden met de Griekse en Romeinse beschavingen, 17e-eeuwse kastelen waar de koningen leefden in buitengewone luxe en waar politieke intriges aan de orde van de dag waren en talloze uit rotsen gehouwen eeuwenoude kerken als parels verborgen in het ruige, onherbergzame berglandschap van Tigray
Development projects
As a travel agency we like to show you the beautiful sides of Ethiopia but during our 10 years stay in Ethiopia we have not been blind for the needs around us, caused by poverty and poor health care. We have been involved in different small scale development projects for which we feel still concerned since we came to Holland. Hereunder you can find links to some of these projects where nearly all income is used for those who need help instead of using the gifts for paying big salaries to the helpers, office rent or expensive cars . The helpers do their work voluntary or for a small salary paid from donations and they do their work with great enthusiasm.
Ethiopia: the story of coffee
Although it might not be known, Ethiopia gave the gift of coffee to this world! Ancient legend tells the story of Kaldi, an Ethiopian herder who lived in the Kaffa-region, believed to be the first to discover the mythical properties of coffee.
He was so amazed at the dancing of his goats after they had eaten some berries from nearby shrubs where he decided to try some of the ripe, red "Cherries" for himself. After eating the cherries he felt as energetic as his goats and he told his discoverie to the monks of a nearby monastry. When the monks started to eat the cherries they found out that they could pray for hours without getting tired.
Coffee quickly evolved into a ceremonial religious drink keeping the monks awake during their long hours of prayer.
Historical route
The “Historical Route” is one of the most interesting roundtrips you can make in Ethiopia. On the Historical Route you will discover the rich past and ages old civilization which was the foundation of nowadays Ethiopia.
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