Altitude Tours Ethiopia would like to invite you to Ethiopia a unique destination known as the cradle of civilisation,the original home of Coffee and also considered the spiritual home of distance running.
Ethiopia is an ancient Country with exceptional historical monuments considered the most significant in Sub Saharan Africa, a cultural mosaic of 80 nationalities and 200 dialects, a beautiful countryside given variety by the ALTITUDE which means you have wide variety from high mountains,Cool highlands,savanah to sweltering desert and below sea level lakes.This land is populated by a wide range of unique peoples preserved by the Isolation of their Country and their strength in resisting Colonisation.It has a wide range of unique endemic wildlife from the Ethiopian Wolf,Gelada baboons,Mountain Nyalal,Grevy Zebra and Walia Ibex trhu to the many endemic birds.
Defying the standard peceptions this is a Green Land and it is the primary source of the great Nile river.
A place where the most ancient examples(hominids) of man in LUCY and ARDI have been found and are being actively explored.
The highlights ranges from the Lalibella and Tigran rock churches ,Salt caravans to the Dalloll depression ,Lava lake of Ertale volcanoe,High altitude running ,Gelada Baboons in the spectacular simien mountains ,Volcanoes of the rift valley and crocodiles and hippos of the southern lakes,the living museum that is the omo valley.
Ethiopia is a very welcoming place and a very safe place for travellers. They are a very proud people with many unique uncolonised cultures which they will share proudly with the visitor showing their hospitality. Here is the birthplace of man kind ..at the core of all of us is a piece of Ethiopia , come and discover your roots in the Rift valley.