Eleven medieval churches carved down into solid rock in the 12th and 13th centuries, a UNESCO site and a living pilgrimage centre. The cross-shaped Bete Giyorgis is the most famous.
Check travel advice; the Amhara region has seen unrest and access has been disrupted.
A dramatic plateau of jagged peaks and deep valleys, a UNESCO site, home of gelada baboons, walia ibex and the Ethiopian wolf.
A royal enclosure of 17th-century castles built by Ethiopian emperors, a UNESCO site, and the church of Debre Berhan Selassie with its ceiling of pai…
The capital of the ancient Aksumite Empire, with giant stone stelae (obelisks), royal tombs, and the Church of St Mary of Zion, said to hold the Ark …
One of the hottest places on earth, below sea level, with the yellow and green sulphur springs of Dallol, salt flats where camel caravans carry slabs…
The museum holds the 3.2 million-year-old skeleton of 'Lucy' (a replica on display, the original in a vault).
The Sanetti Plateau, the largest area of high Afro-alpine land in Africa, is the best place to see the rare Ethiopian wolf.
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