Sacred heritage
Lalibela
A living pilgrimage landscape, approached with time for worship, history and the rhythms of the churches.

Explore Ethiopia
with Local Experts
Tailor-made routes designed in Addis Ababa around your pace, interests and the conditions that genuinely shape travel across Ethiopia.
Private journeys
Based in Addis Ababa
Tailor-made around you
A practical kind of bespoke
We begin by listening, then test each idea against access, pace, transport, accommodation and current local conditions. The result is a considered proposal—not a fixed departure disguised as a custom trip.
Ethiopia by place
Sacred highlands, living cities, Rift lakes and volcanic desert ask for different rhythms. The place should determine the journey—not the page template.
Sacred heritage
A living pilgrimage landscape, approached with time for worship, history and the rhythms of the churches.
Expedition country
A remote environment where season, access and current local assessment decide whether a route should operate.
Living cultures
Journeys shaped by resident guidance, patient permissions and the freedom for a host or traveller to decline.
Thirty-two places organized by region, season and the kind of journey they support.
Explore all destinationsWhat bespoke changes
A private trip is valuable when the decisions behind it are visible. These are the practical standards that shape the proposal.

A published itinerary is a useful beginning. Driving time, walking, rest and depth are adjusted around the party rather than forced into a fixed departure.
Access, regional conditions, transport and accommodation are reviewed for the proposed dates before a journey is confirmed.
The written proposal identifies the route, room basis, transport, guiding, admissions and exclusions that shape the final price.
Community visits and photography depend on consent, fair arrangements and guidance from the people receiving the visit.
Signature starting points
These journeys show the range of possible pace, terrain and focus. Every final route is checked and quoted for the actual traveller.
10 daysomo valley
Addis Ababa → Hawassa → Arba Minch → Nech Sar National Park → Konso → Jinka → Mago National Park → Turmi → Arba Minch → Addis Ababa
Quoted individually
Moderate
8 dayshistoric cultural
Addis Ababa → Hawassa → Harenna Forest → Lake Langano → Lake Ziway → Addis Ababa
Quoted individually
Moderate
4 daysdanakil
Semera → Danakil Depression → Semera
Quoted individually
ExpeditionFilter the full collection by place, duration, style and practical difficulty.
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Community gathering in Ethiopia. Full attribution is available in image credits.
Responsible travel
Ask before photographing people. Let residents set the terms of a visit. Keep groups small enough to listen. State community, guiding and conservation arrangements in the confirmed proposal.
Read our operating principlesHow planning works
The website does not confirm a departure. It gives us shared context for a planning conversation and a proposal that can be checked, refined and supplied in writing.
Dates, party, pace, interests and practical needs.
Clarify priorities before the route is drawn.
Review the route, services, price and operating notes.
Final arrangements are supplied in writing before booking.
Begin with a useful brief
Share dates, people, pace and priorities. Your brief is sent securely to our Addis Ababa team, and we will email you an acknowledgement. Nothing is booked or confirmed by this first enquiry.
Secure enquiry
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