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Start with a conversation, not a form

There is no call centre and no fixed package. Write to us directly and an Addis-based designer replies personally, almost always the same day.

Reply Time
Within 24 hrs
Based In
Addis Ababa
Support
24/7 In-Country
Deposit
Only When Right

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Describe the trip, however unformed

An unfinished idea is a fine place to start. We'll come back with the right questions, a route worth considering, and a straight number on what it costs.

Office
Bole Medhaniallem, Cape Verde Street 1000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Hours
Monday to Saturday 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Which of these sounds like you?
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A real person replies within a day. Nothing you share here goes any further than that.

What Happens Next

From first message to first draft

Four steps in total, and nothing is charged until the third one is right.

01

Tell us the shape of it

One paragraph is plenty. Rough dates, how you like to move, and what you actually want the trip to feel like.

02

A designer drafts a route

Inside 24 hours, a named designer sends back two or three real options with honest, all-in pricing.

03

We revise until it fits

Most itineraries go through two or three drafts. No deposit changes hands until you're genuinely happy with it.

04

We stay reachable throughout

Met at arrival, guided the whole way, with a direct line to your designer open for the length of the trip.

Our Promise

What stays true on every trip we run

Run by people who live here

An Addis Ababa-based team of designers, guides and drivers who have worked as a unit for years — not a distant office booking through a local subcontractor.

Built from a blank page

No route on this site is fixed. Every itinerary starts from your pace, your interests and your tolerance for altitude, and is drawn from there.

Doors that don't open for everyone

Curators, clergy, archaeologists and artisans who make time outside normal hours, through relationships built over years rather than booking fees.

One point of contact, start to finish

A single named designer follows your trip from first enquiry to final departure, with a direct line open for the whole journey.

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Selam! I'm the Simien Ethiopia Tours travel assistant. Ask me about any destination, tour or logistics question, and I'll help you shape a private itinerary.