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Time to Travel: Celebrating Ashenda Holiday in Tigray

Time to Travel: Celebrating Ashenda Holiday in Tigray

As the calendar turns to late August, the vibrant and culturally rich region of Tigray in northern Ethiopia comes alive with the festivities of Ashenda. This unique holiday, celebrated predominantly by Tigrayans, is a joyous occasion marked by music, dance, and traditional attire. If you’re looking for an authentic cultural experience, there’s no better time […]

Axum Airport Reopens, Signaling Hope for Tourism and Economic Growth in Aksum

Axum Airport Reopens, Signaling Hope for Tourism and Economic Growth in Aksum

The recent reopening of Axum Airport stands as a beacon of hope and renewal for the historic city of Aksum in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Closed amidst conflict, the airport’s revival promises to reinvigorate not only local economies but also the broader tourism sector, marking a significant milestone in the region’s path to recovery. Impact of […]

Bale Mountains National Park

Bale Mountains National Park

Ethiopia’s most important biodiversity hotspot, Bale Mountains National Park supports a rich mosaic of high-altitude habitats including lush evergreen forest, stands of giant bamboo, pastel-shaded moorland, and sheltered river valleys swathed in fragrant juniper-hagenia woodland. Nominated as a tentative UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site in 2009, the park is the most important stronghold to three […]

Lower Omo Valley

Lower Omo Valley

Centered on the pretty green town of Jinka, South Omo is Ethiopia’s most culturally and linguistically diverse administrative zone, supporting 16 different ethnic groups who all staunchly keep to their unique traditional costumes, customs and beliefs. The Mursi, inhabitants of South Omo are remarkable for their body art. Hamer women are notable for their long-fringed, […]

Negash

Negash

The town of Negash or sometimes referred to as Al Nejash is Africa’s first Muslim settlement. During the prophet Mohammed period when the Quraysh Arab Merchant chases the prophet and his family, the prophet advised his daughter Rukiya and her husband Uthman along with their 12 companions make their journey to Ethiopia. The then king […]

The Semien Mountains National park

The Semien Mountains National park

Ethiopia’s premier trekking and walking destination, the 412km2 Simien Mountains National Park was inscribed as a Natural World Heritage Site in 1979, whereupon UNESCO lauded it as “one of the world’s most spectacular landscapes, with jagged mountain peaks deep valleys and sharp precipices dropping some 1,500m”. In addition to the splendid scenery and hiking opportunities, […]

Axum

Axum

Axum is one of the most culturally significant places in Ethiopia. As with much of Ethiopia, exploring this town is to walk the tightrope between facts and legends, and no doubt the local guides will try and sway you towards the latter. That’s all part of the fun.  Axum is most famous for its Stelae field, where giant obelisks […]