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November /December (Hedar/Tahsas) sees an increase in the number of big Saints days in Ethiopia. For many the harvest should now be in, and traditionally this would have been a time for celebrations. If you were in Addis on 21 November and looked out in the morning you might have thought you were in Delhi, […]
[Except from Guardian Article] “………Adigrat, a border town perhaps set for great times now that a new peace treaty between Ethiopia and Eritrea has finally been agreed. Mark Chapman runs the lauded community trekking trail Tesfa Tours here, which also leads treks near Lalibela, Ankober and in the Simien Mountains……….” Click on this link to see the full article: The […]
Day 4/5, 30 Sep – 1 Oct The night before I hooked up with my clients, Mark and Nikki, experts on trekking in extreme environments, and running medical training on such trips. I also scrubbed the first couple of days grime off. We set off after breakfast, and drove north to Sekota, the highland capital […]
Day 3. Sat 29 September 2018 Mekdela to Gishen Mariam I woke up suffering. The tukul was surrounded by tall pretty grasses going to seed, which had set off my hay fever. I popped a pill, took the eye drops and decided to fly the drone before the wind picked up. I got a few good photos and […]
Road trip from Wer Illu to Mekdela, backroads of Amhara region of Ethiopia.
After managing some repairs to a broken door lock, Dawit (a lovely guy and experienced driver) & I left Addis at 9:45 on Meskal morning. A quiet holiday morning after the bonfires the night before that celebrate the Meskal Eve. We are breakfast in Mukuturi, a town on the main road north from Addis we […]
Thanks to Ethiopian Airlines you can pop down to Bale for a weekend. A total escape – the Senetti plateau with the Wolves, the Herena Forest with lions, the indigenous Bale Monkey and a whole range of other wildlife , the Juniper woodland at Dinsho with the Mountain Nyala Warthogs and more. Trek across the […]
Here we are in the thirteenth month – ready to say farewell to 2010 – in the Ethiopian Calendar. As most of you will know, Ethiopia has 13 months. The 12th month (Nehassay) ends on 5th September, and then starts the little month of Pagumay: just 5 days slotted in to add to the 12 […]
The new Tesfa Calendar that runs from Sep 2018 – Aug 2019 (ie Ethiopian Year 2011) is now in its 12th 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 calendar month format. So you can see […]
Today Thursday 21 November is St Mikael’s day here in Ethiopia – Hedar (the month) Mikael. It’s one of numerous big saints days where the holy tabot is paraded out. But for this day there is a tradition to burn rubbish and that the smoke will take the evil away. For more details see this […]
The UK FCDO travel advice has just been changed to show all the core areas of Tigray (away from disputed territories and boundaries) as green. At Tesfa Tours we have been sending clients there to trek at community-owned guesthouses and see the wonders of the ancient city of Axum and there hidden rock churches of […]