After the highs of the Simien Mountains, we came down slightly in altitude to the ‘comfortable’ 2,300 m elevation of Gondar. Arriving in the town’s center, lined with simple buildings from the Italian era,…
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Leaving Aksum behind us to continue the historical Northern circuit of Ethiopia, it wasn’t long before the road ahead started climbing. What awaited us around the next bend was only the beginning of one…
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It was fitting that we would start our historical tour of northern Ethiopia in Aksum (also called Axum) which is considered the cradle of Ethiopian civilization. The World Heritage Site sits on thousands of…
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When I told people I was going to Ethiopia, the usual reply was a surprised “But…why?”. The Horn of Africa has been for a long time out of the tourism spotlight as it dealt…
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I explored another lovely home of the Big Five by driving north to the Timbavati Game Reserve. After the prolific wildlife of Sabi Sands and exclusivity of Singita Lebombo in Kruger, what I found…
