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Ethiopia & Djibouti - Northern Ethiopia (PDF Chapter)
For most visitors to Ethiopia, it’s all about the north. More than anywhere else on Earth, northern Ethiopia has the ability to wow you day after day after day.
- immerse yourself in Lalibela’s mind-blowing rock-hewn churches
- maps
- try not to lose your balance as you trek along the endless Abyssinian abysses with gelada monkeys for company in the Simien Mountains
- transport
- smell the sulphur and staring in disbelief at the thermometer in the otherworldly land of the Danakil Depression
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Debre Libanos, Bahir Dar, Lake Tana & its Monaster-ies, Gonder, Gorgora, Wunenia & Kosoye, Simien Mountains National Park, Aksum, Adwa, Adigrat, Rock-hewn Churches of Tigray, Mekele, Danakil Depression, Lalibela, Dessie, Kombol-cha, Bati, Menz-Guassa Community Conservation Area, Debre Markos.
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Ethiopia & Djibouti - Northern Ethiopia (PDF Chapter)
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