Northern Ethiopia
A passable hotel on the main roundabout in the centre of town, Gebar Shire has tidy if unexciting rooms; those at the rear of the building are quieter.
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Southern Ethiopia
Rooms at this budget hotel on the way into town from Arba Minch are crude but acceptable for a night's kip if other hotels are full. Showers are cold.
Simien Mountains National Park
Similar in standard to the other places around town, but with slightly older furnishings, this place only warrants a mention because it has bathtubs.
Lephis
This campsite 6km up the Dungago Trail allows early morning and late afternoon wildlife watching. The price includes use of its camping gear.
Eastern Ethiopia
A great camping option is the area around the Filwoha Hot Springs in the northern extreme of the park, with its shady fig trees.
Lalibela
Four simple rooms with clean showers and squat toilets. Enquire at Unique Restaurant.
Southern Ethiopia
If you're stuck in Key Afar, Sami Hotel is the most acceptable accommodation option in town (which is not saying a lot).
Southern Ethiopia
The rooms at this family-owned place are about as spotless as a budget hotel's can be. Meals can be prepared on request.
Western Ethiopia
Rooms here are rather tidy and the kind that you'll have seen often if you're travelling on a budget. Fine for a night.
Southern Ethiopia
If you get hungry or sleepy, this venture has some rudimentary rooms and local food (mains Birr30 to Birr55).
Simien Mountains National Park
One of the more popular campsites for trekkers, with basic facilities and unappealing toilet blocks.
Northern Ethiopia
If you want an early start, Vasco Tourist Hotel is the pick of the bunch, but it's pretty basic.
Simien Mountains National Park
One of the busier campsites for trekkers, with basic facilities and unappealing toilet blocks.
Simien Mountains National Park
Similar to the community lodges, but without meals, this park-run lodge has 20 beds.
Simien Mountains National Park
One of three basic community lodges for trekkers in the park.
Simien Mountains National Park
One of three basic community lodges for trekkers in the park.
Simien Mountains National Park
One of three basic community lodges for trekkers in the park.
Northern Ethiopia
In the centre of town, Eve Hotel is cheap, not very cheerful and overpriced. The rooms are fine for a night, but they're tired and uninspired. The only…
Western Ethiopia
This fading sky-blue place, out along the road to the airport, offers (mostly) clean rooms. There’s a simple bar-restaurant out the front. Its biggest…
Southern Ethiopia
Wow, the setting! Ouch, the rooms. The Wondo Genet sits in a wonderfully exuberant park, but its run-down rooms make it a contender for most overpriced…
Western Ethiopia
The Peensiyoonii Weqinesh, should you need it, has very cramped rooms that are basically as messy as the town itself. It’s above the Oromia International…
Mekele
This place warrants a mention largely because it’s in a former nobleman’s palace. The eight rooms in the main castle-like structure have lovely high…
Aksum
Along the main street through town, this hotel is really only an option if everything else is full. The rooms are a bit on the nose and rather noisy, but…
Rock-hewn Churches of Tigray
This yellow-red-black-pink spot on the south side of town is the best of the real cheapies. The toilets smelled less here than at any other place we saw,…
Rock-hewn Churches of Tigray
Rooms at this OK, family-run hotel have gone downhill in recent years. The shared bathrooms have squat toilets and we'd stay here only if everywhere else…
Northern Ethiopia
A scruffy place, it has satellite TV in the rooms and offers a fair price, and the lines of vines over the courtyard are a nice touch.
Rock-hewn Churches of Tigray
Rooms are spartan, but bright and breezy. All toilets are the squat variety.
Southern Ethiopia
An ultra-basic sleeping option with scruffy rooms. Meals can be ordered.
