Tour mit Natur, Tierwelt und Höhlenkirche ab Addis Abeba (und mehr)

Ein wunderbarer Tag. Sehr zu empfehlen, es macht Spaß, Addis zu verlassen, mehr über Äthiopien und die Kultur zu erfahren und wunderschöne Natur zu sehen. Auch die Fahrt selbst hat Spaß gemacht. Nico und Joseph waren beide sehr höflich, hilfsbereit und sachkundig, angenehme Leute, mit denen man den Tag verbringen konnte. Die Reise lohnt sich!

We had a 13 hour layover in Addis Ababa and decided to book this tour for the day for our group of 4 with private transportation. Initially our tour guide Emanuel had been given the wrong itinerary which consisted of a coffee ceremony and a trip to the local market. This was not what we had booked and had to correct the tour guide and he made a phone call to the agency which corrected their error. We drove through a crowded city and took a long and bumpy unkempt road through the countryside to get to Debre Libanos monastery (3 hours). We toured the monastery and was there for under 1 hour. We headed back and stopped at the Portuguese Bridge. The view there was nice overlooking the valley but to get there can be quite challenging for the elderly or physically unfit due to the hike. The water level was almost dry so there wasn't much of a waterfall. We didn't see any baboons or much animals so the nature part of the tour was non-existent. We ate at the restaurant by the bridge and had a vegan style meal. We then left where we stopped at Entoto park for about 30 minutes. The view of the city was nice and the park was clean and appeared like a good place for a relaxing time. We got dropped off at the airport at approximately 6pm. Our tour guide Emanuel was excellent. Now the moment of truth. Was the tour worth the $100 per person (plus the $80 visa)? No absolute not. The ride was long and bumpy and zooming through the road with people walking on it made me feel uncomfortable and unsafe. The driver navigated without issues but the road was just not worth the body aches. I'm sure a closer church in Addis Ababa would have been better than driving 3 hours there and 3 hours back. The 6 hours of driving was just too long and the sites were not worth going. Our tour guide Emanuel was friendly and he tried to make us feel comfortable which we really appreciated. I would go with him but probably on a different tour. I highly don't recommend this tour and wished for some of my money and time back (no fault of the tour guide). Overall looking back at the experience of the tour, it felt more of a scam since we spent most of the time driving to rural locations not worth going.

Zee war ein erstaunlicher Führer und Gesprächspartner - voller Informationen und Fakten. Sehr kenntnisreich. Ich wünschte, wir hätten länger an der Mittagspause / portugiesischen Brücke verbracht, da wir viel Zeit in der Kirche verbracht hatten. Sehr leidenschaftlicher Führer!