Passing Gondar, Wild Wheelchair expedition to the Simiens 2019
Atse Tewedros, Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855-1868, is remembered in Gondar central square.
Wild Wheelchairs to the Simiens Day 2.
Some photos from today. Morning – a short boat trip on Lake Tana, from which the Blue Nike starts it’s epic journey Tom and Alex checking out the hippos Fisherman on a Tankwa, traditional papyrus boat, as also used on Egyptian Nile & L.Titicaca in high Andes Anxiety can also prescription de levitra be treated […]
Wild Wheelchair Expedition – Simien Mountains 2019
So begins a wild adventure: 2 severely disabled athletes seeking to reach the highest point in Ethiopia – Ras Dashen who top is 4,533 meters. It started in Ethiopia today with the arrival in Addis of quadruple amputee Alex Lewis and his team. They flew on to Bahir Dar to meet Emebet who lost both […]
Melkam Meskal
Ethiopia celebrates the finding of the True Cross – lighting bonfires across the country. The cross at the centre of the bonfire eventually falls – and the direction of its fall predicts whether the year will be good and peaceful. Therefore, it is recommended that teenagers or their parents should verify that the course viagra […]
The New Tesfa Calendar is available now
Dear Friends and Supporters The new and unique Tesfa Calendar is now ready Runs from Sep 2019 – Aug 2020 (ie Ethiopian Year 2012) is now in its 13th year and is ready! This calendar is unique in that it details the Ethiopia dates, holidays, saints days, fasts, Islamic holidays and more onto a western […]
Melkam Addis Amet / Enkwan Aderesachu
As 2012 begins we at Tesfa Tours wish you all a Happy New Year – known as Enkutetash. Yes – the Ethiopian year begins in mid September, in most years on 11th September, but this year being a leap year – there was an extra day at the end of 2011 and so the year […]
Did you spot Tesfa Trek in Selamta Magazine ?
This was in the May/June issue – but you can read it at your leisure on line (go to page 54) on the link below. Journalist, Terry Adby, who trekked many of the Tesfa trails in the mountains, describes the experience trekking and staying with communities across the Ethiopian highlands. Tadalis medicine involves tadalafil, levitra […]
Further internet closure
If you tried to contact Tesfa Tours (or anyone in Ethiopia) by email or social media account over the last week, you will have failed. The internet was shut down across the country in response to political events. A limited internet is now running although it could be cut at any time. We have broadband […]
Shaky internet today
Apologies to those of you that were trying to contact Tesfa Tours this morning. Across the city (the country I guess) the whole internet was down from around 10:30am- at embassies, banks and of tour tour operators like us. 3G, 4G, all mobile devices, broad band, narrow band – common here 🙂 – we were […]
Do you have photographs from your Tesfa treks for our new calendar
We are designing the 2012 Tesfa Calendar (that runs from Sep2019 – Aug2020!) which once more raises money to support the communities. If you have any photographs from the Tesfa Treks (near Lalibela, up in Tigray or from the heights of the Simiens in Janamora, or the forests of Wof Washa) we would love to […]
