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19/08/2024

The gelada sometimes called the bleeding-heart monkey or the gelada baboon, is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, living at elevations of 1,800–4,400 m (5,900–14,400 ft) above sea level.

19/07/2024

Depression

10/07/2024

Ethiopian High Land Tours is a tour company that offers a wide range of travel experiences in Ethiopia. They provide package tours for international travelers, including tailor-made tours, pilgrimage tours, holiday getaways, adventure tours, biking, trekking, horse riding, walking, city excursions, bird watching, church tours, and more https://ethiopianhighlandtours.com/.Their tours cover various aspects of Ethiopia's nature, culture, festivals, and ecotourism. The company prides itself on having professional multilingual tour guides with deep experience and knowledge of Ethiopia's historical, cultural, and natural tourist destinations https://ethiopianhighlandtours.com/.Some of the specific tour packages they offer include:• Trekking in the Simien Mountains• Visiting the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela• Exploring the Bale Mountains• Experiencing the unique cultures of the Omo Valley• Adventuring into the Danakil DepressionEthiopian High Land Tours aims to provide quality and reliable tour guide services at affordable prices, with a vision to be a leading tour company characterized by creativity, innovation, and competitiveness https://ethiopianhighlandtours.com/.

21/06/2024

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19/05/2024

Danakil Depression Dallol

19/01/2024

Surma (Suri)

Indifferent to any religion without organized political power , they live in autarky, isolated in their wild mountains covered with forests and savannas.
According to oral tradition , the Surma are from the region of the lower north of Lake Turkana Omo , even if their language rather resembles a Nilotic ancestry. They vigorously defend any kinship with the Mursi and Bodi , although they share many customs and they speak the same language . However, they belong to the same group as the Bale , the people of the region of Akobo River , straddling Ethiopia and Sudan, but are differentiated by a key point: the livestock.

The Surma , to be forced to farm too, proudly declare pastors. An anthrax epidemic in the seventies , in one fell swoop destroyed all their flocks , reducing them to poverty. If they were forced to grow sorghum and maize to survive, they did not change anything in their value system , and continued to regard cattle as a symbol of wealth, nobility and social status.
Trade in gold, they are in large enough quantities in the region, allowed them to rebuild their herds and discover, on this occasion, the yellow metal could also be used to obtain fi****ms and ammunition neighboring Sudan , perpetual civil war. Rifles , as it became easy for them to get the cattle ! Raids in Nyangatom , their traditional enemies , became more numerous. Here now nearly twenty years that Surma are at war with the southern neighbors .
The Surma enjoy political autonomy of fact. They pay no taxes , and self-administer without any outside interference. In truth, the Surma territory was never really conquered . Annexed to the empire of Ethiopia in 1897, he came under Italian rule decades later without any changes. The communist regime of Mengistu had no more success , so that even today the Surma villages are only accessible after hours of walking through overgrown vegetation trails.
There are no roads , no schools , no hospitals . The mountains between the course of Kibish and escarpment overlooking the Omo Valley are among the most remote and inaccessible areas of the continent. Rains – nearly six hundred millimeters per year – fall to spring and summer in the form of heavy rain. During the dry season , average temperatures never fall below 33 ° C.
Women pounding grain then they shall be grinding to get a fine flour. Other grains are mixed with water , then macèreront until delicious drinks , thick in the mouth and vaguely reminiscent of our local beers. Young Surma are entrusted with the care of small livestock such as goats , waiting rites of passage into adulthood , so that only allow them to monitor and protect predators or neighboring tribes cattle herds . Villages are typically made up of about thirty huts thatched hillside . The fields are located nearby , and the town square is reserved for meetings and festivities to palaver .
Protected by this harsh and inaccessible environment, Surma have maintained the traditions of their ancestors. The last census there are approximately 20,000 individuals. The Surmas have no leaders. Their system , deprived of centralized political structure may impose a coercive control, is said by the ” headless ” ethnologists or ” segmented ” . The family, including women and children , is the basic unit of organization. Men usually polygamous , perform the tasks assigned to them away from home . They defend their territory , caring for livestock penned in enclosures constructed nearby pastures, sometimes located more than a day to walk to the village . Hunting small and large animals is for them an important source of food, poaching also go into the Omo National Park neighbor, he is one of their usual practice.
Their economic independence and the absence of clear legal rules leave them some freedom . S*x before marriage is common practice , mothers teach their daughters to move in their love affairs and what are the most effective means of contraception. In Surma , physical beauty is of prime importance . All take great care of their appearance, giving prominence to body paint. The hair is another major element in the pride of warriors Surma . They shave their heads with razor blades leaving some decorative lines .
So he goes to the Mursi , necklaces of beads and metal bracelets are the labret , the required objects of feminine seduction . Fashioned from wood or clay , said plate is round or trapezoidal and can reach a considerable diameter. With his labret pierced ears and balsa , the woman Surma is a value enviable .
For men, it is customary to make scars on the chest , stomach and arms to make a tribute to their bravery. Scars occur when the fighting sticks, Donga , leave indelible marks relating the deeds and courage shown .
When Donga , joust the wooden pole , opponents will be facing each other in pairs . The violence forced the participants to protect the head and joints using specially- woven plant fibers. While the winner awaits his next opponent , the loser out of the arena in the honors as the mere participation is a sign of honor and courage. At the end there will be the final winner , which will be carried in triumph on a hurdle poles . Then it will be presented by his peers to the group of girls who choose to marry among themselves who asked in marriage.
Force , address and elegance are put , and very often these battles serve as a pretext to settle old scores . After a while , the excitement caused by the sight of blood and alcohol absorbed , peaked , and climate often becomes electric , and sometimes the tournament ends with the dead. These fights between residents of a village or allied villages , serve as an outlet for aggression in young men the first two age groups between 16 and 32 years. During these fights all shots are allowed , but it is forbidden to kill his opponent. If this happens accidentally , the fault is banished from the village with his family. It should also leave a girl with parents of the victim as compensation for the life taken .
As the Maasai and other pastoral peoples of East Africa , the Surma have a diet adapted to the harsh local conditions, milk and fresh blood , only animal protein sources . The cattle in fact, their only wealth, are too precious to be eaten , so do they just take their regular a little blood . To do this, they let fly at close range a thin arrow in the jugular vein of the animal in order to generously pour the vital precious liquid .

12/06/2023

Ethiopia has a diverse array of cultures, traditions, languages and forms of adornment.
Face and body paint may be used for hunting, religious beliefs, or traditional reasons such as distinguishing age and social status. The paints are often created from clay made more colorful through the use of dried plants and flowers.
Each color and each symbol has meaning. Explore with us the beauty of Ethiopia.



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12/05/2023

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27/03/2023

Walia Ibex

Found in the eastern and western Highlands of Ethiopia, primarily in Simien Mountains National Park, the Walia Ibex - or Abyssinian Ibex - is a giant mountain goat and a subspecies of the Spanish ibex. Distinguished by its size and extravagant horns, the Walia Ibex is critically endangered, and only around 400 remain in the wild.

15/03/2023

30/12/2022

The National Park Office has informed us today that the highest point of Ethiopia in the Northern Mountains National Park, Ras Dejan Mountain, has been opened to visitors after two years.

Ras Dashan/Dejen (4,543 meters above sea level).
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11/11/2022

Ethiopia

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is located in the north-eastern part of Africa commonly known as the Horn of Africa. It is strategically proximate to the Middle East and Europe, together with its easy access to the major ports of the region, enhances its international trade. It is bordered by the Sudan in the west, Somalia and Djibouti in the east, Eritrea in the north and Kenya in the south. The country covers 1,112,000 square kilometres (472,000 sq. miles) making it roughly as large as France and Spain combined and is five times the size of the UK.
From the north and running down the center are the Abyssinian highlands. To the west of the chain the land drops to the grasslands of Sudan, to the east to the deserts of the Afar. South of Addis Ababa, the land is dominated by the Rift Valley Lakes.
Ethiopia’s central plateau varies in height between 2,000 and 3,000 meters. In the north and center of the country there are some 25 mountains whose peaks rise over 4,000 meters (13,200ft), the highest being Ras Dashen at 4,543 meters (14,538ft).
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04/11/2022

Ethiopian High Land Tours offers package tours to international travelers without any limitation, and depending on the interests of travelers. The company offers tailor made tours, pilgrimage tours, holiday getaways, adventure tours, biking, trekking, horse riding, walking, city excursions, bird watching, church tours and so on.

04/11/2022

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21/10/2022

Hiking simien mountains national park
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08/10/2022

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06/10/2022

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29/09/2022

Simien Mountains National Park is in northern Ethiopia. Its rugged terrain includes escarpments, deep valleys and a high plateau, home to rare Walia ibex and Gelada baboons. Tall peaks include the towering Ras Dashen mountain. Trails wind through the park to camps at Sankaber, Geech and Chenek. The central Gidir Got and Imet Gogo summit lookouts have panoramic views of sheer cliffs and the lowlands below. .com

22/09/2022

The Danakil Depression is the northern part of the Afar Triangle or Afar Depression in Ethiopia, a geological depression that has resulted from the divergence of three tectonic plates in the Horn of Africa.

20/09/2022

8 days Trekking in simien mountains
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19/09/2022

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17/09/2022

Simien mountain national parks

14/09/2022

Hiking and camping

13/09/2022

Enkutatash (Ethiopian New Year): September 11

Enkutatash, the Ethiopian New Year, marks the end of the rainy reason and the beginning of the spring sunshine. While Ethiopia follows the Julian calendar, the holiday falls on September 11th according to the Western or Gregorian calendar, except for leap years, when it occurs on September 12th.

How we celebrate Enkutatash (Ethiopian New Year)

Enkutatash, meaning “gift of jewels” in Amharic, originally derives from the story of the Queen of Sheba returning from visiting King Solomon in Jerusalem, according to popular legend. When the Queen arrived, she was greeted by her Ethiopian chiefs with enku, jewels. This joyful holiday has supposedly been celebrated since this time, marked by dancing and singing across the green countryside, budding with spring flowers.
Enkutatash is a very festive occasion.

After attending church in the morning, families gather to share a traditional meal of injera (flatbread) and wat (stew). Later in the day, young girls donning new clothes, gather daisies, and present friends with a bouquet, singing New Year’s songs. They often receive a small gift in return, usually either money or bread. Young boys paint pictures of saints to give away and also receive a small token in return. The day of festivities winds down with families visiting friends and sharing a drink of tella, Ethiopian beer, while children go out and spend their newly received riches.

03/09/2022

Simien Mountains National Park

Massive erosion over the years on the Ethiopian plateau has created one of the most spectacular landscapes in the world, with jagged mountain peaks, deep valleys and sharp precipices dropping some 1,500 m. The park is home to some extremely rare animals such as the Gelada baboon, the Simien fox and the Walia ibex, a goat found nowhere else in the world.

03/09/2022

Blue Nile Falls,

The Blue Nile Falls is a waterfall on the Blue Nile river in Ethiopia. It is known as Tis Abay in Amharic, meaning "great smoke". It is situated on the upper course of the river, about 30 kilometres downstream from the town of Bahir Dar and Lake Tana. The falls are one of Ethiopia's best-known tourist attractions.

01/09/2022

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08/08/2022

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