Nature Activities

Dramatic Landscape Home Dramatic Landscape Traveling across Ethiopia you experience great heights and plummeting depths unfolding at every awe-inspiring turn. From the majestic Afro-Alpine Simien Mountains and the softer Bale Mountains, both in the highlands, to the Danakil Depression – the lowest and hottest place on Earth. For Ethiopia has peaks over 4000m, weird and wonderful geothermal features, hot springs, active volcanoes and huge salt beds but also lush rain forests and fertile farmlands, rolling savannah and cool underground caverns. And fast owing rivers, stunning waterfalls and glistening lakes such as those dotting the Great Rift Valley. Konso Cultural Landscape – UNESCO World Heritage site, is an arid property of stone walled terraces and fortified settlements. Ready to Travel With Real Adventure Check Availability

Forest Coffee Tours Home Forest Coffee Tours Ethiopia is the original home of the coffee plant (Coffea arabica), which still grows wild in many forest areas. The word ‘coffee’ itself comes from Kaffa, a coffee-growing region located in southwest Ethiopia. Nowadays, coffee is produced in different regions, the production being largely concentrated in the western, southern and eastern parts of the country. Coffee production systems are quite unique since coffee is still harvested from natural forest populations in many cases. Moreover, about 95% of the coffee comes from subsistence farmers who have developed efficient traditional production systems through practices that have evolved over a long period of time. Such production systems, which are usually devoid of chemicals, are generally noted for yielding organic coffee, in quite high demand by consumers these days. Coffee is a highly consumed precious crop. The Arabica type is drunk unblended. When coffee is prepared, the green beans are roasted in a pan. The beans are pounded with a mortar and pestle, and the ground coffee brewed in a black pot. It is then drunk in small cups. The coffee ceremony is deeply rooted and posseses a high social significance in the Ethiopian tradition. This rather ceremonious drinking is a time to exchange news and good wishes with friends and relatives. Also, it is meant to express respect to guests and elders. Coffee is a very lucrative cash crop, and therefore it is an important source of income for farmers and traders. In line with this, it creates a very significant employment opportunity since a large number of people are involved in harvesting, sorting, packing and transporting. Moreover, it is the most important agricultural export commodity and the country’s major foreign currency earner. Nowadays, it is believed that coffee has had a tremendous economic, social and spiritual impact on many people of different areas in the world. It is drunk every day all over the globe. In this respect, coffee can be considered as a very important gift of Ethiopia to the world. Ready to Travel With Real Adventure Check Availability

Wildlife Safaris Home Wildlife Safaris With so many other things to see and do in Ethiopia, wildlife safaris have been kind of neglected in the country, despite the Great Rift Valley running up through Tanzania and Kenya right into the center of Ethiopia. While many people come to Ethiopia to see the afroalpine fauna, there are also plenty of traditional safari-type animals to see. Though lion spotting is not an activity that locals have developed, it is sometimes possible to see these beasts in Ethiopia. However, the real gem among Ethiopian safaris is the white-eared kob migration phenomenon where about a million of white eared Kob population seasonally moves across, Gambella National Park into South Sudan’s Boma National Park. When combined with other antelopes species this forms the second-largest terrestrial wild mammal migration in the world next to the Great Migration of the Serengeti and Massai Mara wildbeest migration. To witness this Serengeti-like experience, it is essential to come to Gambella National Park at the right time of year. The white-eared kob grazes in Gambella during the dry season from November to April and crosses the border south to South Sudan for the wet season from May to October. Ready to Travel With Real Adventure Check Availability

Bird Watching Home Bird Watching The enthusiasm display by bird –watching is truly amazing. It is not a coincidence that Ethiopia is rich in birds, because many birds prefer and adapt to particular geographical features and subsequent unique flora and fauna. Thus, Ethiopia is a gifted land of diverse climate and landscape favoring habitat with unique bird species not found anywhere else. As Ethiopia is one of the richest ecosystems on the planet wetlands, Rift Valley lakes, alpine moorlands, the highland massifs, the lowlands, and the arid semi- deserts. Each of these habits has its own characteristic bird communities. There are over 900 species of birds, over 30 of these are endemic to Ethiopia, 25 of these endemic or endangered species can be frequently spotted. This makes Ethiopia, the second largest home of endemism, next to South Africa. It is thus quite justified to describe Ethiopia as “the Ornithological Paradise”. Ready to Travel With Real Adventure Check Availability