Ethiopia Experiences

If you are travelling to the Omo region from June to September, you may be very lucky to be able to attend one of these remarkable events, which are held by a family for a Hamar youth who has decided that he wants to make the transition from boyhood to manhood; gather a herd of cattle and get married. After breakfast at Buska Lodge near Turmi, your guide, your local Hamar guide and driver will mee...

You will be collected from Eco Omo Lodge in Jinka after breakfast, by your guide and driver. With them, you will meet a local guide who will take you to one of the Mursi villages which welcome visitors. He will explain the culture and lifestyle of this tribe to you and brief you on the specific photographic ettiquette including the rates. After you have visited the village and learned about the Mu...

Your guide and driver will collect you from your hotel or guesthouse after dark. Drive with them to a bare plot on the city outskirts, where your vehicle will be parked. Only the headlights will be left on, shining over the 'hyena-man', who sits in the middle of the plot, with a basket of meat scraps. As he calls out plaintively, the Hyenas - up to 30 or even as many as 50, arrive like ghostly spe...

The Konso region can be visited as a half-day excursion or longer, using either Kanta Lodge near Karat-Konso as a base, or Paradise Lodge at Arba Minch. Either way your guide and driver will collect you from your lodge after breakfast. Set off in your 4-wheel drive vehicle to this very interesting region, where scenery is characterised by the fairly steep. intricately terraced slopes. You may also...

You will be collected from your hotel by your guide and driver. (Time to be advised locally). Your city highlights tour will include 3 – 4 stops and can be adapted with your guide to suit your interests. Founded in 1886 by Emperor Menelik II, Addis Ababa the seat of the African Union (AU). It is the world’s third highest-lying capital and one of the largest cities in Africa, with a pop...

Your guide and driver will collect you from the lodge after an early breakfast, for a wildlife and birding drive in the national park. The route followed for most of the drives takes about 4 hours to complete and covers about 35km. From the main entrance gate, the road goes southwards to the Falls. From there, you head east to the gorge and northwards to the gate through the dry plains of Ilala Sa...

After breakfast at Buska Lodge, your guide and driver will take you to a Karo village, overlooking the Omo River. Here you will be able to meet some Karo (Kara) people, see examples of Karo homes and get to know about this very small tribe, of which only some 2,000 people remain. They are closely related to the Kwegu tribe. Living along the Omo River's east bank, they have long been practis...

We offer very carefully arranged three-night tours to this extraordinary place. Given the very harsh terrain, remote location and extreme heat, it is suitable for hardy travellers only. On the first day, you will be driven from Mekelle to the exceptionally active volcano Erta Ale. Here, camp is set up at Dodom, where you rest for a few hours. Ascents of Erta Ale are done by night, in order to av...