Ethiopia

Kim Wildman, Philip Briggs

Bradt Travel Guides, 2012 - Travel - 628 pages

Of all the African nations, Ethiopia is most prone to misconceptions. The 1985 famine and the cracked barren earth of the Danakil Depression are not images quickly forgotten. This fully updated guide refocuses the lens to reveal an ancient country that continues to surpass all expectations: from the ancient Judaic cultures of the fertile highlands to the colourful animist people of the South Omo Valley, from the Afro-pine moorland of the Bale Mountains National Park to the thundering Blue Nile Falls. Taking you far off the beaten track, the author presents more of this expansive beautiful land, believed to be the cradle of humankind.Bradt's Ethiopia provides the most comprehensive coverage of any English-language guidebook on the market. Not only does it include towns and villages well off the beaten track, but it goes into greater depth than its competitors, with more detail on the history, culture and sights, and more opinionated and entertaining reviews of hotels and restaurants. In addition, it features detailed information on wildlife, national parks and trekking routes found in no other book.

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BRADT GUIDE IS A GREAT TRAVEL PUBLICATION EVERY TIME OUR COMPANY USES AS A REFERENCE!
King Dawit Tours Ethiopia is one of a privately owned national tour operators; which the name “King Dawit” refers to Dawit I, was King Of Kings (1382 - 1413) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomon dynasty. He was the younger son of Newaya Krestos.
Owned and managed by experienced tourism professional Mr. Dawit Solomon (BA Degree in Tourism Management) & long years of experience in various Ethiopian tour companies in managerial position.
Where its head office is located in Addis Ababa and work with the local community at the destinations to address globally demanded that tourism should be “pro-poor” to ensure the existence of sustainable environment, social, cultural values and mutual share of economical benefits.
The staffs are holders of BA in Tourism Management and long years of experience in big travel companies and, well acquainted to the country’s, indigenous natural, social and culture values, and share an extensive knowledge, maintaining the utmost respect of customers for mutual benefit and carry responsible tour operations.
With great hospitality and honor to Mr. Phillip Briggs
Dawit Solomon
General Manager
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Contents

• Background Information: 3
• Natural History: 51
• Untitled: 75
• Health and Safety: 111
• Addis Ababa: 127
• Addis Ababa to Lake Tana by Road: 175
• Bahir Dar and Lake Tana: 189
• Gondar and the Simien Mountains: 215
• Axum and the Adigrat Road: 243
• Rockhewn Churches of Northeast Tigrai: 269
• Mekele and the Danakil: 295
• Through Routes to Lalibela: 309
• Lalibela and Surrounds: 323
• Dessie and Surrounds: 343
• Kombolcha to Addis Ababa: 359
• Addis Ababa to Adama by Road: 373
• Awash National Park and the Assab Road: 389
• Harar and Dire Dawa: 405
• Addis Ababa to the Rift Valley via Butajira: 437
• The Rift Valley South to Hawassa: 451
• The Bale and Arsi Highlands: 473
• The Moyale Road: 501
• Arba Minch and the Konso Highlands: 515
• South Omo: 535
• The Wenchi Loop: 563
• The Western Highlands: 571
• Gambella: 589
• Language: 597
• Glossary: 605
• Key Historical and Legendary Figures in Ethiopia: 607
• Some Ethiopian Transcriptions of Place Names: 611
• Further Information: 613
• Index: 622

About the author

Philip Briggs has been exploring Africa since 1986, when he spent several months backpacking on a shoestring from Nairobi to Cape Town. He has visited more than two dozen African countries in total and written about most of them for specialist travel and wildlife magazines including Africa Birds & Birding, Africa Geographic, BBC Wildlife, Travel Africa and Wanderlust. He first visited Ethiopia in 1994, on a four month trip to research the first edition of the Bradt guide, and has travelled there extensively since to research subsequent editions, accompanied by his wife, the travel photographer Ariadne Van Zandbergen. Kim Wildman has spent the better part of the last ten years crossing the African continent from end to end as a guidebook author, travel writer and wildlife photographer. During this time she has authored and updated more than 15 guidebooks including Bradt's Ghana and Tanzania. Kim has a degree in African Studies, attained from the University of Cape Town, and her feature articles have appeared in Travel Africa, abouTime, Planet Africa, The Sydney Morning Herald, and Voyageur.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Ethiopia; Bradt Guides; Bradt Travel Guide Ethiopia; Bradt Travel Guide Series
• Authors: Kim Wildman, Philip Briggs
• Contributor: Kim Wildman
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides, 2012
• ISBN: 1841624144, 9781841624143
• Length: 628 pages
• Subjects: Travel / Africa / East