Ethiopia Travel Guide + Vlog | Addis Ababa and Awassa
What are the best things to do in Ethiopia? This travel guide slash vlog will show you everything I did during my two weeks there! From Addis Ababa to Awassa, I'll take you to two beautiful regions of the country and share some of my best travel tips.
I visited Ethiopia for work, so didn't get to do many typical touristy things like the churches in Lalibela, Danakil Depression or hiking the Simien Mountains. But my experiences were perhaps a little more local and authentic than your average guided tour, so I hope you'll take this video for what it is.
Have you ever been to Ethiopia? Did you just pass through the capital of Addis Ababa, or did you have time to go sightseeing? Let me know in a comment below, I'm so curious!
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Top 5 Reasons to Visit Ethiopia
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This country might not be on your bucket list, but it should be. Welcome to MojoTravels, and today we’ll be counting down our picks for the Top 5 Reasons to Visit Ethiopia.
For this list, we’ll be exploring some of the many reasons why this landlocked African nation of over 100 million people is deservedly garnering more attention from tourists.
5: It’s Where Life Began
4: Wildlife and Bird-Watching
3: Architecture and History
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, panorama and tourist attractions
Addis Ababa (Addis Abeba) is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. The city is home to the Ethiopian National Library, and many museums. Notable buildings include St George's Cathedral, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Menelik's old Imperial palace, the National Palace formerly known as the Jubilee Palace, Africa Hall, The Hager Fikir Theatre and the Itegue Taitu Hotel.
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Ethiopian Food in 500 YEAR OLD Konso Village in Ethiopia - AMAZING AFRICAN CULTURE!
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Due to some unforeseen flight changes in our schedule, we didn’t have much time to explore the Konso Village, but we did have enough time to experience this amazing cultural heritage site, to taste some local food. Visiting the village was a humbling experience, an area of Ethiopia that has been through famine, and to sit down and sample some food from a local family in the village, food they had grown and prepared, was truly special. It is important to remember how fortunate we are to have food on the table.
Konso Village - We began the day in Addis Ababa, where we flew to Arba Minch in southern Ethiopia. After having a quick lunch, some delicious Ethiopian food fish, we drove the bumpy road to Konso. Konso culture and villages are a UNESCO world heritage site, for their preservation of culture and traditions, and it was incredibly special to visit. We toured the village, and I was amazed how advanced their systems were, and their construction.
It was evening and in one of the homes we met a lady who was cooking the family meal for dinner. She was cooking sorghum, moringa leaves, and cassava. It’s not the most flavorful food you’ll taste, but cooked with love, ingredients grown right there, it was a huge honor to share some of their food. It’s a remember of how privileged and fortunate we are to have such abundance.
Thanks to Dessie from Go Addis Tours ( for arranging everything on this trip.
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Ethiopia Tourist Attractions: 11 Top Places to Visit
Planning to visit Ethiopia? Check out our Ethiopia Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Ethiopia.
Top Places to visit in Ethiopia:
Lake Tana, Simien Mountains National Park, Blue Nile Falls, National Museum of Ethiopia, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Awash National Park, Mago National Park, Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion, Ras Dashen Mountain, Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela, Great Ethiopian Run
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Ethiopia - Konso Market
On the bustling twice weekly market all kinds of local produce are sold.
We visited Ethiopia on our overland trip from the Netherlands to South Africa and South America; see our channel for hundreds of clips.
Incredible UNSEEN FOOD of AFRICA - Dorze Ethnic Group in Ethiopia!
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This is Part 2 of our Ethiopian village cultural food tour. If you haven’t already seen Part 1, you can watch it here:
From the incredible Konso Village, we drove back to Arba Minch in Ethiopia, and then continued driving into the mountains, to a Dorze ethnic people village, high into the misty peaks. This is the village where Dessie is originally from, and also our driver, so they know everyone there. It was amazing to arrive to the village.
One of the amazing parts of Dorze Ethiopian culture are their elephant shaped traditional huts, which are unique and one of a kind, shaped like elephants. One of the main most important foods of the Dorze is false banana, also known as ensete. It’s called a false banana because they plant does not produce banana fruit, but just giant leaves, and you eat the stump.
Aunty made a number of extremely unique dishes, including a false banana porridge, and a false banana pancake, along with coffee leaves tea - something I had never seen or ever heard of before.
Visiting the Dorze of Ethiopia was an incredible culture and food learning experience, and it was an honor to have a chance to visit on this Ethiopian food tour trip.
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Must-See In Ethiopia ✈
Places I visited in Ehtiopia: Addis Ababa, Arba Minch, Lake Chamo, Konso, Omorate, Turmi, Jinka and Awasa
ETHIOPIA VIDEO TRAVEL GUIDE-WORLD BEST TOURIST AND FAVORITE CULTURAL DESTINATION FOR 2015
European Council on Tourism and Trade travel guide to Ethiopia encompass views from: the ruins of the city of Aksum- the heart of ancient Ethiopia, Fasil Ghebbi- the residence of the Ethiopian emperors during the 16th and 17th century, Harar Jugol- 82 mosques, 102 shrines, and unique interior design in the townhouses, Lalibela- holy site encompassing eleven medieval stone carved churches from the 13th century, Konso Cultural Landscape (containing 55 kilometers of stonewalled terraces and fortified settlements), Lower Valley of the Awash-where humanity made his first steps and where was found the Eva of all mankind-Lucy fossil’s, Lower Valley of the Omo also containing fragments pertaining to early humanity development and the fossils of Homo Gracilis.
You can also watch prominent landmarks such as: Sheik Hussein Religious, Cultural and Historical Site, Melka Kunture- Paleolithic site in the upper Awash Valley, Gedeo Cultural and Natural Landscape, Bale Mountains National Park, Sof Omar Cave- the longest cave in Ethiopia at 15.1 kilometres long; and the longest system of caves in Africa-sacred for Islam and for local Oromo population.
In order to fully grasp the natural potential of Ethiopia natural parks and natural reservations we must look at the potential of Simien National Park garnering mountain peaks, deep valleys, and sharp precipices dropping about 1,500 m.
Finally this small video documentary will let you see the selection of AWARD FOR BEST TOURIST DESTINATION FOR 2015 held in Addis Ababa-Ethiopia.
Enjoy the travel experience! Enjoy Ethiopia!
Northern Ethiopia
The Johannesburg Branch of the South African Archaeological Society organized a trip to the northern part of Ethiopia in 2009. A flight from Addis Ababa took the members to Axum, the former capital of the Axumite Empire, a lesser known of the great civilisations. Crossing the up to 4500 meter high Semien Mountain Range, they descended to Gondar with its medieval castles, residences of ethiopian emperors during the 16th and 17th centuries. On Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile, are very interesting ancient churches and monasteries. A short flight took them to Lalibela with its world-famous rock hewn churches. They continued with 4x4 vehicles to the Afar Region in the north west of Ethiopia, a seldom visited arid desert, where they were fortunate to meet american palaeontologists at the site where Lucy the famous 3.2 million year old hominid was found in 1974. Further east lies the walled city of Harar, one of the holy cities of Islam.
Die Niederlassung der South African Archaeological Society in Johannesburg veranstaltete im Jahre 2009 eine Reise zum nördlichen Teil Äthiopiens. Ein Flug von Addis Ababa brachte die Teilnehmer nach Axum, der ehemaligen Hauptstadt des Aksumitischen Reiches, eine weniger bekannte der großen Zivilisationen. Nachdem sie das bis zu 4500 Meter hohe Gebiet der Semien Berge überquert hatten, erreichten sie Gondar mit seinen mittelalterlichen Festungen, den Wohnsitzen der äthiopischen Herrscher während des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts. Am Tanasee, der Quelle des Blauen Nils, befanden sich historische Kirchen und Klöster. Ein kurzer Flug brachte sie nach Lalibela mit seinen weltbekannten, in Basaltlava gemeißelten Kirchen. Mit 4×4 Fahrzeugen setzten sie ihre Reise zur Afar Region fort, den Nordwesten Äthiopiens. In der trockenen und selten besuchten Wüste hatten sie das Glück, amerikanische Paläontologen an jenem Platz zu treffen, an dem im Jahre 1974 Lucy, der bekannte 3,2 Millionen Jahre alte Menschenaffe, gefunden wurde. Weiter östlich lag die ummauerte Altstadt der islamischen Hochburg Harar.