The Epiphany Festival of Timkat
Timkat is the most important festival in the Ethiopian calendar. Crowds of revellers, all dressed in white, dance and sing in the streets to the beating of drums.
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Monday, December 8, 2025
Ethiopia
Axum and the Ark of the Covenant
Formed by a mainly Arabic community from the 10th to the 1st centuries BC, the Axumite Empire was controlling trade routes from Africa to Asia for nearly 1000 years and minting coins at a time when barely any other country was affluent or sophisticated enough to afford or require such business innovation.
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Addis Ababa Mercato
Within the labyrinthian alleyways it is possible to purchase anything you desire from cheap electronics to exotic fruits.
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Ethiopia: The hyena men of Harar
A visit to see the ‘Hyena men”, in the ancient walled city of Harar in eastern Ethiopia, is certainly one of the most remarkable and unique tourist experiences anywhere in Africa.
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A Global Guide To Coffee Tasting
Coffee primarily grows within a belt thirty degrees north and south of the equator, between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. Within this belt, more than eighty countries grow great coffee throughout Asia, Africa and the Americas.
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