Blog: Ethiopia

Check out our blog posts about Ethiopia written by our travel specialists and partners below

Festivals in Ethiopia

Ethiopia is home to some of the most spectacular Christian festivals in the world.

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Ark of the Covenant

Stuart Butler ponders the mysteries surrounding the Ark of the Covenant.

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Lucy: Re-Thinking Our Ancestry

2014 marked the 40th anniversary of the discovery of ‘Lucy’, the 3.2 million year old skeleton of an early human ancestor.

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Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela

Located in the Highlands of Ethiopia is Lalibela, a fascinating town of pilgrimage for Eastern Orthodox Christians. Lalibela is famous for its monolithic churches that rise out of its rocky surfaces.

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ETHIOPIA: ‘NEW SPECIES’ OF EARLY HUMAN FOUND

'History is history', as they say. But as we see in Ethiopia new volumes keep being published...

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ETHIOPIA: THE BALE MOUNTAINS

This travel diary shares the wonders Ethiopia has to offer from North to South, and the experience of the Timkat Festival.

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ETHIOPIA: MEETING THE MURSI

This travel diary shares the wonders Ethiopia has to offer from North to South, and the experience of the Timkat Festival

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Ethiopia: The Omo Valley

This travel diary shares the wonders Ethiopia has to offer from North to South, and the experience of the Timkat Festival.

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ETHIOPIA: ARBA MINCH

This travel diary shares the wonders Ethiopia has to offer from North to South, and the experience of the Timkat Festival.

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ETHIOPIA: LALIBELA

[Part I] This travel diary shares the wonders Ethiopia has to offer from North to South, and the experience of the Timkat Festival.

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ETHIOPIA: DEBRE DAMO & HAWZEN

[Part II] This travel diary shares the wonders Ethiopia has to offer from North to South, and the experience of the Timkat Festival.

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ETHIOPIA: DRIVING TO LALIBELA

[Part III] This travel diary shares the wonders Ethiopia has to offer from North to South, and the experience of the Timkat Festival.

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ETHIOPIA: ADDIS ABABA

Rahul recounts his time in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's highland capital.

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Destination of the Month: Ethiopia

September 2019

Ethiopia is not only a country filled with natural beauty, it is also home to a fascinating history and culture. As Africa’s oldest independent country and one of only two African countries not to have been colonised (ignoring the short stint of Italian rule), find out what makes Ethiopia unique to many other African destinations...

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