Tourism
Riven by many deep and stupendous gorges, crowned by high and magnificent mountains neck-laced by a chain of lakes, water by majestic rivers, studded with burning deserts and great escarpments that plunge down from its highlands, Ethiopia remains a land of incomparable beauty.
But it is not simply the sheer scale of its physical beauty which characterises this land where the Blue Nile has carved one of the world's greatest and most awesome gorges.
Its ancient and medieval monuments, its proud and colourful cultures, and its varied and often unique wildlife set it apart from all else.
Ethiopia, dissected through its middle by the scar of the Great Rift Valley, is as old as time itself. It is a land claiming a history that goes back to the Old Testament.
It is the land of Sheba, and of Axum and Lalibela, of towering obelisks and the Ark of The Covenant - a land that was Christian before much of Europe and yet unknown to Europe for 1,000 years or more; a land that dwelt in limbo, forgotten by the world which it never forgot. For more inormation about the Ark of The Covenant, see Patrick Richardson heads to Ethiopia in search of the Ark of the Covenant.
From the vast spread of Lake Tana, source of the Blue Nile River in the northern highlands, through the relics of Axum, seat of Sheba's legendary empire, down along the scorching inferno of the Danakil Depression, one of the world's lowest points, and high amid the wonders of the Simien and Bale Mountains to the untouched, game-filled wildernesses of the remote southern grasslands.
June 13, 2017 - ADDIS ABABA - The Ethiopian Immigration and Nationality Affairs Main Department in collaboration with Ethiopian Airlines launched the first phase an e-Visa service for international visitors to Ethiopia effective 12 June 2017.
To get your e-Visa, please visit the Ethiopian Immigration and Nationality Affairs Main Department website at www.evisa.gov.et
What Tourists are Saying About Ethiopia
November 11, 2016
Tourists from the U.K., Israel, Spain, Turkey, Poland, Belgium and Canada speak about their experience in Ethiopia.
