History:

Ethiopia, a land of contrast and a truly best kept secret, that offers uncountable gifts and an unforgettable memory for visitors, is relatively unique from the rest of the world.

Ethiopia has a proud and long history extending to the known beginning of humankind. The mysterious and the tallest ever standing monolithic monuments of Axum, the astonishing and perfectly designed rock hewn churches of Lalibela, the magnificent and elegant castles of Gondar, the marvelous and decorated wall of Harer(Jegol) and other architectural remnants exist testifying the great civilizations of the country registered centuries ago.

The natural beauty of Ethiopia is amazing. It is endowed with a breathtaking rugged mountains (the Semien Mountains, the highest peak, 4543 m and the Bale Mountains for instance are iconic landscapes), great escarpments and stunning view is waiting for real adventurers. Thus the country is often awarded as ‘the roof of Africa’.

Do you know the only feature of planet earth which is visible from the moon, the rift valley, is a remarkable region of volcanic formed lakes, with their famous collections of birdlife that makes Ethiopia truly a paradise for bird watchers?

Ethiopia is the source of the life giving river of Blue Nile and many other rivers, lakes and waterfalls in which some of them must rank as one of the greatest spectacular in Africa today.

Its biodiversity makes the country an important place for scientific studies and research. Abundant birdlife, endemic mammals (from the goat like Walia Ibex to the Giant molle rat), beautiful flowers, butterflies, and with many more indigenous plants, the country is absolutely a suitable place for living things go through a normal range.

The Danakil depression, the hottest place in the world (48 ◦C/ 118 ◦F), offers you the most colourful world that you couldn’t see anywhere else in the world. The mazes of the beautifully natural curved limestone wall of the Sof omer cave is offering ‘Wow’ feeling and extreme adventure.

Beside the magnificent history and splendid nature, Ethiopia boosts vibrant and colourful culture. The mass celebrated festival, such as the recently registered world heritage- Meskel (the finding of the True Cross) and the unregistered yet deserved -Timket (Epiphany) have a power even to strangers to set in motion and stick together the crowd without a fear and left inexpressibly happier moment. The spicy based aromatic Ethiopian dishes such as Doro Wot (Stew) and the exclusively homemade drinks such as Tej (the Ethiopian honey wine) are also creating some good feeling in an extraordinary level.

The indigenous smallest grain, Teff (Eragrosstic Abyssinica), which is an ingredient to make the staple food of Ethiopia, Injera, has become popular in some parts of the world for its gluten free nature and good source of fibres, carbohydrate, iron, phosphate.... //

Art has a link with everyday life of the Ethiopians and it is to mean a lot and almost understood by everyone. Ethiopia is the only African country with its own alphabets, numeric system and has a long history in literature works. It owns peculiar and oldest manuscripts which are a testimony to indigenous knowledge in religion, law, Medicine, and to the edge, the very gigantic science of these day, Astrophysics.

The religious and secular songs with purely Ethiopian melody and dance are also one of the distinguishing features of its culture.

The remote lowlands in the hot south west are also home to untold adventures and house some of Africa’s most fascinating tribes, which keep long aged traditions and systems enable them to survive in an enchanting and unforgiving hostile environment for centuries has revealed a wisdom served as a lesson for the rest of the world.

Ethiopia, a country with age old attractions, origin of human kind, birth place of coffee, 13 months of sunshine, a never colonized sovereign state, charming and hospitable people, unique calendar, diverse climate, notable Emperors, indigenous source of knowledge and wisdom. Ethiopia, then called Abyssinia, has beckoned explorers, writers and adventure seekers for thousands of years. It's as exotic and exciting as it sounds, after all this is the land where all begun......., all these would be enough to make Ethiopia a fascinating place to visit and travel through. Now, it's your turn to experience this truly magical land!

Population: Ethiopia is the second populous country in Africa next to Nigeria. According to the latest Ethiopian population census estimation (2017),100 million people live in Ethiopia. Almost half of its population are Ethiopian Christian Orthodox followers and 35 percent of its populations are also Muslim followers whereas 10 percent are protests and Catholics and the rest of them are some traditional African religious followers. The major ethnic/linguistic groups are the Oromo (33%), Amhara (27%) Tigrai (6%), Sidamo (9%) and Somali (5%) and the rest is other ethnic tribes in the west and southern part of the country.

Economy

Ethiopian economy is more or less depending on agriculture. Its main export products are coffee, hide and skin, Gold, oilseeds, spice, Rosa flower. Coffee accounts almost 60% of Ethiopian’s export. But, despite the international renown for its coffee, is Ethiopia till rest time one of the poorest country in sub-Saharan Africa. But the last two-decades Ethiopias’ economy grew very fast in a daynamic nature with 10 % digit every year, which has nerver been experienced else where in the world.

Geography

Ethiopia is situated in northeast Africa, bordered by Eritrea, Sudan, Kenya, Somalia and Djibouti. It covers an area of 1,127,708 square kilometers, which is the 10th largest country in Africa and 26th largest contry in the world. The central area is a vast highland region of volcanic rock forming a watered, temperate zone surrounded by hot, arid, inhospitable desert. The country is bisected by the Rift Valley, which starts at the Red Sea in Palestine, to the North East, and continues south to Mozambique in southern Africa. The escarpments on either side of the country are steepest in the north where the terrain is very rugged. To the south, the landscape is generally flatter and more suited to agriculture.

Geographically Ethiopia is stunning. The landscape is dominated by the dramatic Ethiopian Highlands with peaks of 4000m or higher. The two major mountain ranges are the Simien Mountains (a World Heritage Site), in the north of the country; and the Bale Mountains to the east of the Rift Valley, in the southern highlands.

Due to this all the above facts Ethiopia known as roof of Africa, from which many international cross boundary rivers flow out. The major rivers include the Blue Nile, in the northwest; and the Baro to the west (Gambella), which feeds the White Nile in Uganda, and ultimately joins the Blue Nile in Sudan. The Wabe Shebelle courses through southeast from the Bale Mountains into Somalia. The Omo River starts in the western highlands and feeds Lake Turkana on the Kenyan border. The Awash feeds a series of desert lakes to the east of the country near the Djibouti border.

Fauna and flora

Ethiopia is one of the multi bio diversified country in the world. Exceeding 7000 plant species are so far discovered in Ethiopia and 12% of it are endemic plant species whereas 862 bird species are already recorded in Ethiopia and 30 of them are endemic and found only in Ethiopia.

Climate

Due to its vast variety of landscape features, from highlands to desert, it naturally follows that climates are also very varied Hot and humid in the lowlands, warm in the hill country and cool in the uplands. Its main rain season starts from the half of June to the half of September: the Eastern lowlands and the far south are dry and hot. The western lowlands are moist and hot. The Rift Valley to the south is temperate to hot and seasonally moist. Therefore, it is possible to experience frost, and even snow in the mountains, or dry soaring temperatures in the desert all in one trip.