Ethiopia Tips & articles

Tips & articles

  1. Bati livestock market

    23 November 2009

    Katharina Kane travelled to Ethiopia on assignment for Lonely Planet. You can follow her adventures on...

    Read more

  2. Lonely Planet: Roads Less Travelled Ethiopia itinerary

    10 November 2009

    A day spent negotiating Harar’s maze of cobblestone alleyways is the perfect start for a journey...

    Read more

  3. The Festival of Kristos Samra

    10 November 2009

    The pilgrims’ walk from the shores of Lake Tana to Kristos Samra church is no more than a few hundred...

    Read more

  4. Hiking the Meket escarpment

    10 November 2009

    At a height of 3500 metres, sharp wind cuts through thin clothes. With the wind comes rain that feels...

    Read more

  5. Harar’s prayer-trance ceremony

    09 November 2009

    A handful of incense hits the glowing charcoal, unleashing a fragranced fog. It blurs the vision and...

    Read more

  6. Caffeine-fuelled travel: the world’s top coffee spots

    19 August 2009

    It inspires passion, opinion and addiction. It’s the world’s second most valuable commodity...

    Read more

More about Ethiopia