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Tesfa Tours office move – downstairs – communications disrupted

With the current business climate Tesfa Tours have take a smaller office in the same building. Sadly we loose our top-floor location, but we still have the view out to the wooded Yeka Mountain across the road. In fact we occupied that room as our sales room a few years ago – now we will […]

Ride the Rift – sponsored bike ride

On Sat 21 Nov – join us on a sponsored bike ride that will test the legs, but also thrill the senses! Its a 1,550meter climb and a 30 km ride ip the Rift Valley from the Afar border to Ankober Palace. You will enjoy sweeping landscapes & majestic views.

Now we have copies of the magnificent agenda as well

The new and unique Tesfa Calendar Runs from Sep 2020 – Aug 2021 (ie Eth Year 2013) is now in its 14th year & is available. This calendar is unique in that it details the Ethiopia dates, holidays, saints days, fasts, Islamic holidays and more on to a western calendar month format. This goes along […]

Ethiopia excited to welcome Tourists after almost 6 months!

Today Tesfa Tours and the Ethiopian sunshine welcomed our first international tourists since the country closed its borders for COVID19.  They enjoyed a wonderful plate of fasting food (delicious vegan food) washed down with a few beers at lunch and will travel tomorrow to Bahir Dar, to begin their two week adventure across the north […]

Melkam Meskal – best wishes for the Meskal Holiday

Today across much of Ethiopia food is being prepared for tomorrows Meskal holiday, and bonfires are built and decorated with Meskal flowers ( a yellow daisy) and national flags. Tonight many will light the bonfires, although in some places they are lit tomorrow. Meskal commemorates that St. Helena found the True Cross of Christ in […]

The Tesfa Calendar is ready!

  The new and unique Tesfa Calendar – runs from Sep 2020 – Aug 2021 (ie Ethiopian Year 2013) is now in its 14th year and is ready! This calendar is unique in that it details the Ethiopia dates, holidays, saints days, fasts, Islamic holidays and more on to a western calendar month format. This […]

COVID19, and Ethiopia re-opening for Tourism

Its been a while since I sent out an update on how things are progressing here in Ethiopia. The Kremt rains have been heavy this year,  for those of you that do not know this Ethiopia’s rainy season bought about by the same weather system that causes India’s monsoon, and like the monsoon it runs […]

Annular Solar eclipse 21 June- be careful

This coming Sunday – the 21st June, is the date of solar eclipse across a big swathes of Ethiopia. Across a particular part of Ethiopia it will be an annular solar eclipse. That is to say that the moon will cover more than 98% of the Sun and leave a small rim of light around […]