Ethiopia - A Vivid Sampler of African Culture
From Addis Ababa's Merkato, said to be the largest open-air market in Africa, to Emperor Fasilada's Palace to Lalibela, the World Heritage site where churches are carved spectacularly into the bedrock, G Adventures' itinerary is a well-chosen sampler of this colorful African country's rich and diverse heritage. Between the culture stops, you spend five days trekking and camping in the rugged Simien Mountains, with their mesmerizing pinnacles, plunging waterfalls, and abundant wildlife, incuding baboons, ibex and the Simien fox.