Stories & news from Ethiopia
Openings, festival planning, and field notes from our team in Addis — the useful kind of travel writing, dated and verified.
♨️Field notes
July 10, 2026
Doho or Beynouna? Choosing your hot-spring weekend east of Addis
Two extraordinary hot-spring resorts sit within four hours of the capital — one wild, one polished. We spend weekends at both; here's how to pick.
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⛪Planning
July 1, 2026
Timkat 2027: the six-month head start that makes Ethiopia's greatest festival easy
Epiphany in Gondar or Lalibela is the single best travel experience Ethiopia offers — and the one that punishes late planners. Here's the honest timeline.
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🛶News
May 20, 2026
Ethiopia's new lodge wave: Gorgora, Halala Kella and the resorts changing the map
A generation of world-class lodges has opened across Ethiopia in the last three years — on Lake Tana, above the Gibe III reservoir, inside elephant country. Here's what's new and how to book it.
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