Things to do From hiking and wildlife viewing to hot-air balloon trips and exploring museums, Ethiopia offers limitless possibilities to outdoor enthusiasts and curious travellers. Cultural Experience From atmospheric rock-hewn churches to one of the world’s most singular cuisines, Ethiopia offers a wealth of different cultural experiences to interested visitors. Nature Experience With its dramatic scenery, rich biodiversity, and varied network of protected areas, Ethiopia is a nature-lovers paradise, and well-known for its high number of endemics (species found nowhere else in the world). Outdoor and Adventure Ethiopia is already renowned as one of Africa’s top high-altitude hiking and trekking destinations, but a range of other outdoor activities is on offer, from climbing the spectacular Erta Ale volcano to ballooning above the Great Rift Valley. Well-organized hiking and trekking routes run through the Simien and Bale Mountains National Parks, Ethiopia’s two largest and most scenic mountain ranges, as well as several less-publicized sites.
