Ethiopia & East Africa · office in Gondar · Open daily · 8:00 - 18:00 (East Africa Time)
Multi-Region Grand
The complete Ethiopia. The definitive overland journey — northern castles and churches, the Simien trek, Danakil's volcanoes, Tigray's cliffs and Harar's alleys in one grand loop.
From
From USD 2,800 per person
Indicative private price for a two-person booking sharing — your full quote is confirmed when you enquire.
This is the ultimate Ethiopia: a fourteen-day loop connecting the country's greatest natural and cultural wonders with one seamless, guided team.
From the Simien escarpment and the northern circuit's churches and castles, you'll continue overland to the volcanic Danakil, the rock churches of Tigray, the coffee highlands and the walled city of Harar.
Operated as a private journey with your own guide and driver, it moves at a considered pace with comfortable hotels between expedition sections.
Route difficulty
Regular walking days at altitude at a measured pace.
Meet your guide, enjoy a first city taste and prepare for the journey.
Fly to Gondar, explore the royal castles, then transfer toward the park gateway at Debark.
Begin the highland traverse from Sankaber with full mule and camp support.
The escarpment's great viewpoint day, then the descent and transfer to Gondar.
Boat to island monasteries on Lake Tana before the scenic drive east to Lalibela.
A full day among the monolithic churches with a local priest-guide.
Drive north into Tigray and walk the valleys beneath its sandstone mesas.
Climb to Abuna Yemata Guh at sunrise, then transfer toward the Afar desert.
Arrive at dusk and hike to the rim camp of the restless volcano and its lava lake.
Descend to the acid pools of Dallol and the great white salt flats, then return toward Addis.
Transfer and fly to Dire Dawa, then continue to the walled city of Harar.
A full day wandering the Jugol's 368 alleys, ending with the hyena men at dusk.
Transfer via Dire Dawa to Addis Ababa for the evening.
Airport transfer and departure, or onward travel with our team.
A reasonable level of fitness — you'll walk 3–8 hours daily at high altitude.
Travellers who want a complete, in-depth journey across Ethiopia and beyond.
Run small-group or privately so the experience stays personal.
Not sure it's the right fit? We'll help you choose — see how we plan trips.
Indicative pricing
US$ 5,600
US$ 2,800 per person × 2
It's the ideal length for a first grand tour — comprehensive yet paced. Travellers who want more can extend into southern Ethiopia handsomely.
The Danakil night is expedition-style camping by necessity. We can adjust the rest of the trip to hotel-based stays.
Highlands and holy rock churches
The classic combination: trek the Simien escarpment, then Lalibela's rock-hewn churches — history and highlands in one unforgettable journey.
Lava, salt and churches in the sky
Two of Ethiopia's most remarkable landscapes in one expedition-style journey — the volcanic Danakil Depression and the cliff churches of the Gheralta mountains.
The walled old town of the east
A journey to the living old town of Harar — UNESCO alleyways, markets, coffee and the famous hyena men at dusk.
The vibrant capital at the heart of Africa — a modern city of museums, markets, coffee culture and the seat of the African Union.
A UNESCO World Heritage Site and the crown of the Ethiopian highlands — the 'Roof of Africa' — where sheer escarpments fall thousands of metres.
The 'Camelot of Africa' — an imperial city of castles, churches and a rich royal history in Ethiopia's northwest highlands.
Home to the extraordinary rock-hewn churches of Lalibela — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Africa's great pilgrimage destinations.
The dramatic sandstone mesas of Tigray, sheltering some of the world's most extraordinary rock-hewn churches in remote, climbable cliff faces.
One of the hottest, lowest and most surreal places on Earth — lava lakes, acid pools of screaming colour and vast white salt flats.
The ancient walled city of the east — 368 alleyways, hyenas at the gates, and a UNESCO-listed old town like nowhere else in Africa.
Send us an inquiry and we'll confirm availability, answer your questions and finalise every detail for you.
