Latest info on arriving at Bole Airport, Addis Ababa (Sept 2022)

AddisAdvisor writers: COVID STATUS / and VISA CHECKS at YOUR DEPARTURE airport. COVID status At the moment (Sept 22} to enter Ethiopia you must have an acceptable COVID status, that is proof one of these 3.  a. Proof of being fully vaccinated. b. Negative Antigen Test within 24 hours of ARRIVAL  c. Negative PCR test …

Lalibela Trip Report, Jan 2022

Many thanks to AddisAdvisor for this up-to-date trip report on Lalibela: Four day road trip Bahir Dar to Lalibela. 25/28th January 2022. I recently hitched a lift with Tesfa Tours staff to Lalibela. They were going up there mainly to check on the state of their Guest Houses high up on the plateau south of Lalibela. …

New restaurants in Bahir Dar

AddisAdvisor writes: Three good new restaurants opened recently in Bahir Dar. In alphabetical order. 1. BREEZES Opened January 2021 upstairs in a salmon coloured building 2 doors away westwards, from Jacaranda Hotel, on the south side of the lakeside boulevard directly opposite to the entrance driveway for Avanti Blue Nile Hotel. Breezes is run by …

Unity Park, Addis Ababa

AddisAdvisor writes: Went to Unity Park (https://unitypark.et) in May. Had been put off by the $20 entrance for foreigners but at 800 birr it was well worth it especially if you have any interests in Ethiopian history of the last 140 years. For those who dont know Addis it is located inside the Gibbi or …

Detailed updates based on 2020 travels

Many thanks to Auke Boere, who is based in Addis Ababa, for these very detailed update notes based on recent travels countrywide: GORGORA AND WESTERN LAKE TANA Thanks to Covid and a war in Tigray, we were the first visitors to Tim & Kim Village since a few friends came over in September, and the second overnight …

Dorze Lodge, near Arba Minch

Please note that Dorze Eco Lodge (p 561 of the 8th edition) has now changed its name to plain Dorze Lodge and that the numbers given in the book are also out of date. The correct number is now +251 (0)916 825205. For more details see their website https://www.dorzelodge.com.

A message from Bradt Guides – and 50% discount on all Bradt titles

You don’t need reminding what an awful time we’re all facing. Life is on lock-down and each day brings more bad news. For the moment, as we’re stuck at home trying to get to grips with ‘social distancing’, the world feels a smaller place. But the world is still out there, as big as it’s …

News from Addis Ababa

I went sightseeing in Addis Ababa on 10 and 11 March 2020 using Bradt Ethiopia guide 8. I can confirm mobile phones no longer need to registered at the airport. At the Ethnographic Museum I could not find a gift shop anymore. I tried to find the right spot for the hyena den on Entoto …

Feb 2020 trip report

Slavko writes: Three weeks ago, I returned from a 21 day trip around northern Ethiopia. It was perfect, without any hassle and complication. There is no need to book anything from home, as everything can be arranged on site. Here are some prices (I am not saying they are the best, but they can be …

Official guide fees for Axum

Thanks to Yohannes Wassie and Andargachew Girma for forwarding me the latest official guide fees for Axum, valid from 16 March 2020, as per the sheet below: