7-Day Historic Ethiopia
Ethiopia's Historic Route: Lake Tana monasteries, the Blue Nile Falls, Gondar's castles, Axum's stelae and Lalibela's churches.
Ethiopia is unlike anywhere else in Africa: its own ancient Christian traditions, calendar and alphabet, rock-cut churches at Lalibela, the dramatic Simien Mountains and endemic wildlife such as the gelada and Ethiopian wolf.
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Ethiopia's Historic Route: Lake Tana monasteries, the Blue Nile Falls, Gondar's castles, Axum's stelae and Lalibela's churches.
Meet "Lucy" in Addis Ababa, then fly to Lalibela to explore its extraordinary rock-hewn churches.
Royal castles of Gondar and the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, connected by short domestic flights.
Trek the escarpments of the Simien Mountains among gelada troops and walia ibex, starting from historic Gondar.
Travel into southern Ethiopia's Omo Valley to meet diverse communities, visit weekly markets and explore the Konso terraces.
Monasteries, castles, three nights trekking in the Simien Mountains and the churches of Lalibela — Ethiopia's highlands on foot and…
Ethiopian wolves in the Bale Mountains, gelada in the Simiens and the Historic Route's monasteries, castles and churches.
The complete Historic Route plus the Simien Mountains and an expedition into the extraordinary Danakil Depression.
Ethiopia's churches, castles and Simien Mountains, then fly to Kenya for the Maasai Mara and Amboseli.