Adventure Travel in Ethiopia

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One of the oldest locations of human existence known to scientists, Ethiopia is believed to be the place from which Homo sapiens first set out for the Middle East and points beyond. Adventure travel in Ethiopia, then, is like bringing your own human story full circle.

In the fourth century, Ethiopia was the first major empire in the world to officially adopt Christianity as a state religion. On your Ethiopian tour, you’ll visit churches unlike those anywhere else on the planet. At Lalibela, a mountain stronghold and pilgrimage site, you’ll discover thirteen monolithic churches carved out of underground rock — many not carved into the rock, but freed entirely from it. North of Lalibela at Axum, a major center of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, you’ll explore the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion, where the Ark of the Covenant is supposedly housed.

For soul-stirring stone of another kind, you’ll see the lofty peaks of the little-known Simien Mountains. Three of the nation’s larger endemic mammals call these breathtaking environs home: the walia ibex, the gelada baboon, and the elusive Ethiopian wolf.

When your Ethiopia tour is over and you head out, you’ll wonder if you’re going home — or leaving it. Enjoy learning about adventure travel in Ethiopia below.