Aksum Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Ethiopian Airlines (0347 752300) flies daily to Addis Ababa (US$131, three hours) via Lalibela (US$72, 40 minutes), Gonder (US$73, two hours) and Bahir Dar (US$86, 2½ hours). Airport taxis cost Birr40; Birr10 if ‘shared’.

Go to Shire (Birr10, 1½ hours), for buses to Gonder and Debark (Simien Mountains). Regular buses cover Adwa (Birr5, 45 minutes), Adigrat (Birr20 to Birr25, five hours) and Mekele (Birr35, 8½ hours).

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