Ethiopian Experiences

18/08/2024

Make way!

Even the narrow, traffic-free streets of Lamu Town in Kenya can get congested at times. But there's work to be done.

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Ethiopian Experiences in Kenya has its very first 'Kenyan Experience' tour scheduled for November 2023.
https://www.ethiopianexperiences.com/kenyan-experience
Booking is now open. Come with us!

Kenya is the Africa of childhood imagination – big cats, sprawling savannah, elephants, rhino and lone acacia trees. And a holiday in Kenya will deliver on all fronts

18/08/2024

Lizard on the alert.

This lizard popped his head up right in front of us on a rather hot midday walk in Madagascar's Isalo National Park.

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Ethiopian Experiences in Madagascar has its next 'Madagascan Odyssey' tour scheduled for late June.
https://www.ethiopianexperiences.com/madagascan-odyssey
We would love you to come with us. Contact us right away!

Our 'Madagascan Odyssey 1' gives a really thorough introduction to the culture and wildlife of this very special country, the fourth largest island in the world and home to unique lemurs, chameleons and many other animals. Here are all the details of the itinerary and the costs involved, with many e...

18/08/2024

Keeping a watchful eye!

These iconic and characterful angels cover the ceiling of the extraordinary church of Debre Birhan Selassie, hidden away in a leafy compound on the edge of the city of Gondar.

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We shall have a guided tour of this amazing church on our next Ancient, Historic Ethiopia tour in late October 2023.
https://www.ethiopianexperiences.com/ancient-historic-ethiopia
Come with us! Booking is open.

This is our Signature Tour which gives you the very best first experience of this amazing country. On this page we give you all the details of the itinerary and the costs involved, as well as some of our excellent photos to whet your appetite.

10/08/2024

God's country

This magical photo, unusually not from our own huge collection, shows a priest in the north of Ethiopia in the mountainous Tigray region.

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We shall visit this region on our 'Extra-ordinary Ethiopia' tour next January. Dates are on our website. Contact us for further information!
https://www.ethiopianexperiences.com/extraordinary-ethiopia

Our 'Extra-ordinary Ethiopia' tour is the ultimate adventure for experienced travellers in Ethiopia, climaxing with the unique Timkat festival in Lalibela - almost a thousand priests taking part in one of Africa's truly amazing and colourful spectacles. All itinerary details and costs are here.

10/08/2024

How appealing are they!

Ring-tailed lemurs are possibly the most famous and recognisable of the more than 100 Madagascan lemur species. They are very gregarious and often unphased by the presence of interested visitors.

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'Ethiopian Experiences in Madagascar' has a very popular ‘Madagascan Odyssey' tour. Have a look at the itinerary. Dates for our next group tour are here also.
https://www.ethiopianexperiences.com/madagascan-odyssey

Our 'Madagascan Odyssey 1' gives a really thorough introduction to the culture and wildlife of this very special country, the fourth largest island in the world and home to unique lemurs, chameleons and many other animals. Here are all the details of the itinerary and the costs involved, with many e...

10/08/2024

Friendly and welcoming

These Maasai men are getting ready to show us some of their tribal dances. They also light a fire for us just by rubbing two sticks together!

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'Ethiopian Experiences in Kenya' runs a very special 'Kenyan Experience' tour that combines a full-on three-day safari in the Maasai Mara reserve with other unmissable experiences, taking you to see colourful cultures and fascinating areas of this wonderful country. For details ...
https://www.ethiopianexperiences.com/kenyan-experience

Kenya is the Africa of childhood imagination – big cats, sprawling savannah, elephants, rhino and lone acacia trees. And a holiday in Kenya will deliver on all fronts

31/07/2024

Artisans at the Artisan Hotel

This Madagascan hotel has good food and comfortable rooms. There are many such panels illustrating local crafts of the Ambositra area.

Credit: Ethiopian Experiences

'Ethiopian Experiences in Madagascar' has a very popular ‘Madagascan Odyssey 1' tour (Madagascan Odyssey 2 coming soon!). Have a look at the itinerary. Dates for our next group tour are here also.
https://www.ethiopianexperiences.com/madagascan-odyssey-1

Our 'Madagascan Odyssey 1' gives a really thorough introduction to the culture and wildlife of this very special country, the fourth largest island in the world and home to unique lemurs, chameleons and many other animals. Here are all the details of the itinerary and the costs involved, with many e...

31/07/2024

Acidic but colourful

These chemical pools in Dallol in the Danakil Desert of Ethiopia are full of extraordinary colour - greens, yellows, blues, etc. - but they are decidedly to be looked at rather than touched.

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Group tour dates in Ethiopia are on our website. Contact us for further information! Come with us!
https://www.ethiopianexperiences.com/extraordinary-ethiopia

Our 'Extra-ordinary Ethiopia' tour is the ultimate adventure for experienced travellers in Ethiopia, climaxing with the unique Timkat festival in Lalibela - almost a thousand priests taking part in one of Africa's truly amazing and colourful spectacles. All itinerary details and costs are here.

31/07/2024

A senior resident

This blind hippo has lived in Haller Park, Mombasa for many years, and is cared for attentively by the keepers.

Credit: Ethiopian Experiences

'Ethiopian Experiences in Kenya' runs a very special 'Kenyan Experience' tour that combines a full-on three-day safari in the Maasai Mara reserve with other unmissable experiences, taking you to see colourful cultures and fascinating areas of this wonderful country. For details ...
https://www.ethiopianexperiences.com/kenyan-experience

31/07/2024

So much to tell!

Mohammad shares his knowledge and his love for his culture with our guests as he shows us round the Swahili town of Lamu, down on the sea coast in Kenya.

Credit: Ethiopian Experiences

'Ethiopian Experiences in Kenya' runs a very special 'Kenyan Experience' tour that combines a full-on three-day safari in the Maasai Mara reserve with other unmissable experiences, taking you to see colourful cultures and fascinating areas of this wonderful country. For details ...
https://www.ethiopianexperiences.com/kenyan-experience

Kenya is the Africa of childhood imagination – big cats, sprawling savannah, elephants, rhino and lone acacia trees. And a holiday in Kenya will deliver on all fronts

27/07/2024

Can you guess?

These almost historic artefacts are to be found in Antsirabe, Madagascar in the family-run business of Chez Marcel. They are moulds for making boiled sweets.

Credit: Ethiopian Experiences

'Ethiopian Experiences in Madagascar' has a very popular ‘Madagascan Odyssey 1' tour (Madagascan Odyssey 2 coming soon!). Have a look at the itinerary. Dates for our next group tour are here also.
https://www.ethiopianexperiences.com/madagascan-odyssey-1

Our 'Madagascan Odyssey 1' gives a really thorough introduction to the culture and wildlife of this very special country, the fourth largest island in the world and home to unique lemurs, chameleons and many other animals. Here are all the details of the itinerary and the costs involved, with many e...

27/07/2024

Time for a photo!

Our group has made it to the extraordinary place called Dallol in the north of Ethiopia, accompanied by our guides and by members of the Afar tribe whose domain this is.

Credit: Ethiopian Experiences

Group tour dates in Ethiopia are on our website. Contact us for further information! Come with us!
https://www.ethiopianexperiences.com/extraordinary-ethiopia

Our 'Extra-ordinary Ethiopia' tour is the ultimate adventure for experienced travellers in Ethiopia, climaxing with the unique Timkat festival in Lalibela - almost a thousand priests taking part in one of Africa's truly amazing and colourful spectacles. All itinerary details and costs are here.

27/07/2024

Lithe and extremely fast!

This beautiful cheetah can outrun any other creature here in Kenya's huge Maasai Mara National Park.

Credit: Ethiopian Experiences

'Ethiopian Experiences in Kenya' runs a very special 'Kenyan Experience' tour that combines a full-on three-day safari in the Maasai Mara reserve with other unmissable experiences, taking you to see colourful cultures and fascinating areas of this wonderful country. For details ...
https://www.ethiopianexperiences.com/kenyan-experience

Kenya is the Africa of childhood imagination – big cats, sprawling savannah, elephants, rhino and lone acacia trees. And a holiday in Kenya will deliver on all fronts

20/07/2024

Join our small-group tour!!

Kenya is the Africa of childhood imagination – big cats, sprawling savannah, elephants, rhino and lone acacia trees. And a holiday in Kenya will deliver on all fronts

20/07/2024

Look out below - I'm coming down!

This agile sifaka in Madagascar has no trouble moving about in the tree-tops. Notice its extraordinary hands and feet.

Credit: Ethiopian Experiences

'Ethiopian Experiences in Madagascar' has a very popular ‘Madagascan Odyssey 1' tour (Madagascan Odyssey 2 coming soon!). Have a look at the itinerary. Dates for our next group tour are here also.
https://www.ethiopianexperiences.com/madagascan-odyssey-1

Our 'Madagascan Odyssey 1' gives a really thorough introduction to the culture and wildlife of this very special country, the fourth largest island in the world and home to unique lemurs, chameleons and many other animals. Here are all the details of the itinerary and the costs involved, with many e...

20/07/2024

White wilderness in Ethiopia

The Danakil Desert has been designated the hottest place on earth. The Afar tribe live here, coping with the heat in order to work the salt and provide for their livelihood.

Credit: Ethiopian Experiences

Group tour dates in Ethiopia are on our website. Contact us for further information! Come with us!
https://www.ethiopianexperiences.com/extraordinary-ethiopia

Our 'Extra-ordinary Ethiopia' tour is the ultimate adventure for experienced travellers in Ethiopia, climaxing with the unique Timkat festival in Lalibela - almost a thousand priests taking part in one of Africa's truly amazing and colourful spectacles. All itinerary details and costs are here.

06/07/2024

Colourful grandeur

Here are two of the buildings on the site called Abohimanga or The Blue Hill in central Madagascar. The site has always been associated with the royal families of the Merina people and is a World Heritage Site.

Credit: Ethiopian Experiences

'Ethiopian Experiences in Madagascar' has a very popular ‘Madagascan Odyssey 1' tour (Madagascan Odyssey 2 coming soon!). Have a look at the itinerary. Dates for our next group tour are here also.
https://www.ethiopianexperiences.com/madagascan-odyssey-1

Our 'Madagascan Odyssey 1' gives a really thorough introduction to the culture and wildlife of this very special country, the fourth largest island in the world and home to unique lemurs, chameleons and many other animals. Here are all the details of the itinerary and the costs involved, with many e...