Departs 17 Jan
Popular 4 days, 3 nights Cultural
Addis Ababa
Timket in Addis Ababa
Walk beside the tabots to Jan Meda on the eve, then stand in the crowd at dawn as the blessed water falls.
Tours
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Small-group and private tours, with clear prices, dates and cancellation terms.
Length 02 days
Popular Cultural
Harar
Harar Overnight
A walled Muslim city of painted houses and narrow lanes, explored with a Harari guide, and wild hyenas fed by hand at dusk.
Departs 26 Dec
9 days, 8 nights Cultural
Addis Ababa
Christmas and New Year in Ethiopia
The week between the holidays in the Omo Valley and walled Harar, with New Year’s Eve dinner back in Addis Ababa.
Departs 25 Sep
5 days, 4 nights Cultural
Addis Ababa
Meskel in Addis Ababa
A tower of poles and yellow daisies burns at dusk in Meskel Square; next morning its ash marks foreheads across the city.
Departs 05 Jan
4 days, 3 nights Cultural
Addis Ababa
Genna in Addis Ababa
Candles, white shawls and Ge’ez chant through the night of 6 January, then a doro wat feast that ends a 43-day fast.
Length 07 days
Cultural
Harar
Addis, Harar and the Omo Valley
One week, two very different Ethiopias: Harar’s walled lanes and its dusk hyena feeding, then Ari and Mursi communities around Jinka.
Departs 29 Apr
4 days, 3 nights Cultural
Addis Ababa
Fasika: Ethiopian Easter
Good Friday prostrations in white, a candlelit vigil, and the first meal after a 55-day fast.
Departs 09 Sep
5 days, 4 nights Cultural
Addis Ababa
Enkutatash: Ethiopian New Year
The rains end, yellow daisies cover the hills, and on 12 September 2027 Ethiopia begins the year 2020.
Length 10 days
Cultural
Omo Valley
Omo Valley and Arba Minch
Five days in the lower Omo, timed to its weekly markets, then crocodiles on Lake Chamo and Dorze weavers in the hills above Arba Minch.
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