The Itinerary Ethiopia itineraries
Day-by-day routes through Ethiopia, each 7 days — with what every trip actually costs.
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- East Africa
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Planning a trip to Ethiopia
Pulled from the route below — so it says what it does, not what a brochure would.
When to go
Oct–Mar — the months this route recommends.
How long you need
Every route here runs 7 days.
What it costs
≈ AED 600 per person per day. Beds, food, getting around and things to do — costed line by line in each guide, not estimated from a daily rate.
Entry on an Indian passport
e-Visa online before you go, 90 days. Issued at the border at Addis Ababa Bole only. Checked 2026-11 against Wikipedia’s compilation of IATA Timatic entries. Entry rules depend on your passport and where you live, and they change with little notice — confirm with the embassy or your airline before you book. Check another country.
Where these routes go: Addis Ababa · Lalibela · Gondar · Simien · Bahir Dar.
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Best for: Rock churches and highland escarpments
Ethiopia in 7 days: Lalibela, Gondar and the Simien Mountains
Addis Ababa → Lalibela → Gondar → Simien → Bahir Dar
Eleven churches cut downwards into solid rock eight centuries ago, a castle compound built by emperors in the 1600s, an escarpment where troops of gelada baboons graze at 3,000 metres, and the lake the Blue Nile flows out of — on the one route through Africa that is about buildings rather than animals.
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