A smooth 54 km drive from Dire Dawa through rolling fertile hills takes you to Harar, glistening 1850 m up on a hillside. The high stone walls of the city pierced with five gates and topped by twenty five towers. En route there is an interesting scenic view. The medieval walled city of Harar stands amid […]
Is situated 517 km south east of Addis. It is a beautiful commercial city, founded more than a century ago. ET provides a daily flight to and from Dire Dawa and Addis Ababa or by drive, takes 8-9hrs, asphalt road. Here one can visit the large market of Dire, Kefira, often attended by rural Oromo […]
Gondar, the medieval royal city, is distinguished by its castles and imperial compound and by its churches, particularly Debre Berhan Selassie, the walls and ceiling of which are completely covered in murals. On a second day, visitors could see the very fine and recently restored medieval church of Debre Sina Mariam at Gorgora, at the […]
Aksum is an archeological site that covers the remains of an influential city of ancient Ethiopia. it is the seat of an Empire which extended across the Red Sea to Arabia, traded with India and China, had its own alphabet and notational system, constructed great engineering works and dams and which was reckoned in the […]
