SimienEcoTours

04/03/2024

Today everything is still quiet, but starting from tomorrow we'll busy right here!

03/03/2024

On our way to the ITB in Berlin for a unique opportunity to showcase our new biking and many other tours. You'll find us in Hall 4.1B Stand 217A - see you there Tuesday to Thursday!

19/02/2024

Here's the brochure we'll present at our stand (217A hall 4.1B) at the ITB in Berlin starting in exactly 2 weeks. Check pages 34-35 for SimienEcoTours and 40-41 for Ride the Rift. Special thanks to CBI for working on it! Here's the link to the full document:
https://www.cbi.eu/sites/default/files/2024-02/Brochure%20Uganda%20Tourism.pdf

31/01/2024

Yesterday we released our latest newsletter with topics about the tourism exhibition ITB in Berlin, community tourism in Gurage, groups of photographers, film crews, and group tours...

Hear about what was going...

05/01/2024

Registrations are open...

Ride the Rift in Awassa. Now in 4th edition. An awesome at the end of January. Fly on Friday or Saturday & back on Sunday. Driving options available.

Raising money to support guides and cooks around Ethiopia who are still struggling after nearly 4 years to get an income.

Sign up so we can book up flights.. more details on our webpage https://bit.ly/3BVhTqZ

27/12/2023

UNDECIDED what to do in the HOLIDAY time? what about some days TREKKING in the undiscovered GURAGE zone? get inspiration here, i just wrote a blog article about a trip i did there with some of our international clients, have a read...

For those seeking an authentic experience, spectacular landscapes and authentic cultures, look no further than Gurage. Over the last months we explored and designed tours specifically crafted to immerse visitors in the daily rhythms of Gurage communities, and this article tells you something more.

22/11/2023

PARAGLIDING AVAILABLE! Wind and weather conditions for the coming weeks are good. Contact us at 0910107166 or 0920732527 to book a tandem flight in the coming 4 weeks. All info here: https://www.simienecotours.com/activities/paragliding-tandem-flights-in-ethiopia/

12/11/2023

FIRST PARAGLIDING FLIGHTS DONE! We just had our first flights of the season. Wind and weather conditions are good, and all is safe in the flying site. We're ready to take you on a tandem flight. Contact us at 0910107166 or 0920732527. All info here: https://www.simienecotours.com/activities/paragliding-tandem-flights-in-ethiopia/

09/11/2023

The Tourism and Hospitality Exhibition at the Science Museum and organized by the Ministry of Tourism is over now. Here some photos of the last day. Will we see you next year again? We hope so.

26/10/2023

Live from Hawassa: on an early morning boat trip with a group of wildlife photographers

05/10/2023

We will be there - are you?

በኢ.ፌ.ዴ.ሪ. ቱሪዝም ሚኒስቴር አዘጋጅነት ከመስከረም 29 እስከ ጥቅምት 28 /2016 ዓ.ም በአዲስ አበባ ሳይንስ ሙዚየም በሚካሄደው የሀገር አቀፍ ቱሪዝምና ሆስፒታሊቲ ኢንቨስትመንት ኤግዚቢሽን ዝግጅቱን አጠናቆ በደማቅ ሁኔታ ሊካሄድ 5 ቀናቶች ብቻ ቀሩት፡፡

በዚሀ ከ100 በላይ ኤግዚቢሽን አቅራቢዎችን በአንድ ስፍራ በማገናኘት ምርት እና አገልግሎታቸውን የሚያስተዋውቁበት ኤግዚቢሽን ማክሰኞ መስከረም 29 ቀን 2016 በይፋ ተከፍቶ ለጉብኝት ከፍት ይሆናል፡፡ በመሆኑም ቀጠርዎን ሳይንስ ሙዚየም ያድርጉ፡፡
Ethiopia
ወቅታዊ፣ትኩስ እና የተሟሉ መረጃዎችን ለማግኘት፡-
ድረ ገጽ፦ https://www.mot.gov.et
ቴሌግራም፦ https://t.me/tourismethiopia
ትዊተር፦ https://twitter.com/motethiopia በመወዳጀት ይከታተሉን፡፡
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04/10/2023

Tomorrow we will be exhibiting at the Science Museum, on the inaugural day of the National Tourism Hospitality Forum and Exhibition organized by the Ministry of Tourism. Come to visit and have a chat with us!

04/10/2023

In 2 days (Friday 6th, 10am CET) we'll participate as panellist to the next online panel discussion which includes the Ethiopia Travel Specialists and some of our international partners. Find more info and the link to register here: https://rb.gy/y4gaj

22/09/2023

We just released our next newsletter, have a read here: https://simienecotours.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=d1fe173d08e959397adf34b1d77e88d7.128&s=63e32bc856fd81ce38f2502ccd8ba8a3
In case you'd like to register for the next newsletters, feel free to do it through this link: https://simienecotours.typeform.com/to/IVFC6onc

Hear about what was going...

30/08/2023

We've written a short blog article about our recent training activities in Gondar and Addis Ababa. Have a read here!

After successfully overcoming 2 crises like Covid-19 and the conflict in the Northern part of the country, we organized again the annual training for our internal staff and freelance tourism professionals. We found it important to bring together all these professionals after such long time.

22/08/2023

Ride the Rift will be back to Gurage soon! Join us there for a great long outdoor weekend which includes the Meskel celebration and exciting activities like biking, hiking, rafting, camping and more.

Join us in the beautiful Gurage highlands, to celebrate Meskal where it is a most special holiday. It’s also a peaceful part of Ethiopia a few hours drive from Addis. More details see https://bit.ly/3BVhTqZ

13/08/2023

SimienEcoTours continues supporting its guides. After the training sessions in Gondar, in this week we spent 2 full days in our office in Addis Ababa, sharing experiences and best practices with some of Ethiopia's best tour guides. Training topics were first aid, sustainability, community based tourism, communication and workshops and role plays about guiding skills.

29/07/2023

Pics from our second day of team training in Gondar which started with a practical part in the morning, continued with some presentations and group works in the office and was concluded with a tasty dinner prepared by our cooks accompanied by some drinks. We can look back to 2 fruitful training sessions and are looking forward to repeat it in Addis Ababa in about 10 days time.

28/07/2023

After 4 years SimienEcoTours is back with the annual training for its internal staff and freelance tourism professionals. Here some impressions from our training session of today which included beside the introduction and a get together different workshops about important developments, lesson learnt from feedbacks, sustainability and guiding skills. Looking forward to kick off the second training day tomorrow morning with more practical field workshops and sessions about community tourism, first aid and communication.

08/07/2023

There's a lot of misconceptions and prejudices about Rastafarianism. Let's dismantle these and learn the real roots of this movement which is not all about Bob Marley and Reggae. Our employee Lorenzo Mazzoni is expert in Ethiopian history, religion, music and culture, and explains the context in our newly released blog article. Have a read!

Our employee Lorenzo Mazzoni, expert in Ethiopian history, religion, music and culture, graduated with a thesis on Rastafari movement and reggae. In 2011 he started traveling to Ethiopia, and in 2018 he began working there, first as teacher then as a tour guide and sales manager for SimienEcoTours.

18/06/2023

For those who missed to see this on EBS TV today afternoon: Marco Degasper talking about SimienEcoTours and his private life in Ethiopia (the show is in Amharic only).

An infotainment program on Sunday afternoon with EBS’ own Asfaw Meshesha , Mekdes Debesay, Lula Gezu, Kalkidan Girma, Lea Samuel & Tinsae Berhane . It includ...

31/05/2023

Marco Degasper and Mark as panellists in an online discussion focused on reopening tourism in Tigray. Thanks to Ethiopia Specialists for this opportunity!

A first-hand update with insights from two local travel experts and members of the collective, Mark Chapman (Tesfa Tours) and Marc...

18/05/2023

who knows where this place is?

18/05/2023

Were getting closer to the departures for the special Tigray trips (29 May - 4 June and 26 June - 2 July) and people interested should get in touch with us to sign up (for the first date we need to book the domestic flights soon). All info here on our website: https://bit.ly/3BVhTqZ

04/05/2023

Tigray reopens for tourism-and we have been there!
Part of our team has been to Tigray region last week! On a 6 days trip we explored known and new places and connected again with the people in this region. With our partners and friends of Ride the Rift we witnessed the bad consequences of a war, but realized also that there is a very strong will to resume tourism. Read here in our blog article about now we were welcomed there: https://www.simienecotours.com/tigray-reopens-for-tourism-after-ethioipa-war/

19/04/2023

Looking forward to return very soon to the spectacular canyons of Ensaro...

18/04/2023

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"I was so fascinated by the Ethiopian landscape..." With these views, Marco Degasper's love for the country evolved. Then, he started to make plans for an own…

28/03/2023

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28/03/2023

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