Travellers Tip
- Health and medication
There is good health care and medication centres in Ethiopia. Clinics and health centres
commonly found in the rural areas of the Ethiopia. Higher specialised Hospitals and clinical
facilities are found in the major bigger cities. Government Hospitals are always must to be
found in each regional state Cities as well as bigger towns to be available for referral higher
medical treatment to patient’s.
However; we recommend that you contact your physician or a specialist travel clinic for
up-to-date information on immunization before travel. Anti-malaria medication may be
required and the use of insect repellent is highly recommended.
- Safety
Compared with many African countries, Ethiopia is remarkably safe most of the time. Serious or
violent crime is rare; against travellers it’s extremely rare.
Most of Ethiopia is fairly trouble free. People’s are very friendly and cultivated in a strong culture
of warm welcoming guests. It doesn’t matter what religion they following, but there is one fact
that almost all Ethiopians lives in fear of God and respecting people’s.
This might be a good ground in further to get the current trouble free and safe country
comparing other African nations.
- Infrastructure
Ethiopia’s infrastructure successes include developing Ethiopia Airlines, a leading regional
carrier; upgrading its network of trunk roads; and rapidly expanding access to water and
sanitation. The country’s greatest infrastructure challenge lies in the power sector, where a
further 8,700 megawatts of generating plant are needed over the next decade, implying a
doubling of current capacity. The transport sector faces the challenges of low levels of rural
accessibility and inadequate road maintenance. Ethiopia’s ICT sector currently suffers from a
poor institutional and regulatory framework. Addressing Ethiopia’s infrastructure deficit will
require a sustained annual expenditure of $5.1 billion over the next decade. The power sector
alone requires $3.3 billion annually, with $1 billion needed to facilitate regional power trading.
That level of spending represents 40 percent of the country’s GDP and a tripling of the $1.3
billion spent annually in the mid-2000s. As of 2006, there was an annual funding gap of $3.5
billion. Improving road maintenance, removing inefficiencies in power (notably underpricing),
and privatizing ICT services could shrink the gap. But Ethiopia needs a significant increase in
its already proportionally high infrastructure funding and careful handling of public and private
investments if it is to reach its infrastructure targets within a reasonable time.
- Clothing while touring in Ethiopia
Most places in the north are located at altitudes between 1,800 and 3,000 metres above sea
level. Mornings and evenings are usually cool thus a light jacket or sweater is recommended.
During the day it can get a bit hot and dry with temperatures ranging from 25°C to 30°C. It
seldom rains from October to April which is the dry season. In the Omo Valley, the rainy season
is from March – May therefore we advise that clients bring along a raincoat/umbrella, boots/
comfortable walking shoes suitable in the rain, long sleeve shirts, sweater/jacket since it may
get cooler in the evenings, mosquito repellent.
- Internet access
In Addis Ababa and in most major cities internet access is available widely. Internet wifi
services are also available in most up market hotels and cafes. This days Internet services
extend up to the remote area’s of the four quadrants of the country. In fact some areas are not
yet get internet coverage.
- Air lines access to Ethiopia
Ethiopian airlines
British Airways
Egypt Air
Emirates
Flydubai
Gulf Air
Kenya Airways
KLM
Lufthansa
Malaysia Airlines
Qatar Airways
Saudia
Sudan Airways
Turkish Airlines
Yemenia
For Domestic Flights: we only use Ethiopian Airlines.
Please note that Ethiopian Airlines offers up to 50% discounts on domestic flights for
travelers using Ethiopian Airlines for their International sector.
Ethiopian National Holidays
- January 7th, Ethiopian Christmas (Genna)
- January 18th, Epiphany Eve (Timkat Eve)
- January 19th, Epiphany (Timkat)
- March 2nd, Victory of Adwa Day
- April 6th, Patriots Victory Day
- April 10, Ethiopian Good Friday (Seklet)
- April 12, Ethiopian Easter (Fasika)
- May 1st, May Day
- May 28th, Downfall of the Dergue (Since 1991)
- September 11th, Ethiopian New Year (Enkutatash)
- September 26th, Eve of Meskal (Demera)
- September 27th Finding of the True Cross (Meskal)