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A terrace at a highland lodge above the Ethiopian escarpment at dusk

Tours & Journeys

Starting points, not packages

Every route here is drawn from years on the ground across Ethiopia. Treat them as a draft — the version you travel will be redrawn around you.

Ways to Travel

Choose how you'd like to travel

Every journey can be private. Pick a style to see the routes built for it.

The Collection

The full route list

Sort by the kind of travel you're after — any route here can be stretched, shortened or joined with another.

How We Work

Constant across every route here

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.

Speak With a Designer

None of these quite fit? Start blank

Most guests actually land somewhere between two of these routes. Describe what you have in mind and a designer will draft it from scratch.

Or call us directly on +1909-450-7246

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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.