Ethiopia Highlights
By Philip Briggs
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Paperback, 296 pages
Full colour throughout, 15 maps
Published: June 2012ISBN: 9781841624341 Format: 216mm x 135mm Status: Not yet published £15.99
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Ethiopia Highlights, the only stand-alone guide to Ethiopia's top visitor attractions, hones in on the most alluring historical and natural attractions of a vast country that ranks among the most scenically and culturally varied destinations in Africa. It condenses the key contents of Bradt's more comprehensive guide to Ethiopia - written by the same author and praised as one of the best guidebooks ever published - into a portable but informative travel companion for first-time visitors on an organized tour to Ethiopia. It concentrates on the renowned northern historical circuit, where more than 100 magnificent mediaeval rock-hewn churches vie for attention with the UNESCO restored castles of Gondar and ancient giant stelae of Axum. Other highlights include the sparkling Rift Valley lakes, the walled Islamic citadel of Harar, the traditional African ethnic cultures of the remote Omo Valley, the forbidding wastes of the Afar region (source of the oldest human fossils ever uncovered) and the green mountainous expanses of Simien and Bale National Parks, with their wealth of unique mammals and birds. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Highlights Guides) Rating: 0 vote(s). |
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'[Philip Briggs] is clearly not only an expert on travel in Africa but also someone who cares deeply about the countries he is visiting.'
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Introduction vii
Introducing Ethiopia 1
1 Background 3
History 5
Economy 23
People and culture 25
2 The Natural World 35
Geography and climate 36
Habitats and vegetation 41
Wildlife 46
3 Planning a Trip 63
When to visit 64
Itinerary planning 65
Red tape 80
Getting there 80
Health and safety 81
What to bring 84
Organising your finances 86
4 On the Ground 89
Health and safety in Ethiopia 90
Banking and foreign exchange 93
Food and drink 94
Shopping 99
Media and communications 101
Business and time 102
Ethiopia Highlights 105
5 Addis Ababa and Surrounds 107
Addis Ababa 108
Around Addis Ababa: short trips 120
6 Lake Tana Region 131
Bahir Dar and surrounds 132
Gondar and the Simiens 144
7 Tigrai 155
Axum and surrounds 156
Eastern Tigrai 169
8 Lalibela and the Northeast Highlands 185
Lalibela and surrounds 187
Northeast Highlands 202
9 Eastern Ethiopia 215
Harar and the far east 216
The northern Rift Valley 228
10 Southern Ethiopia 239
Southern Rift Valley 241
Bale Mountains and surrounds 251
South Omo 260
Language 272
Selected Further Reading 276
Index
Based in South Africa, Philip Briggs has travelled extensively throughout the continent. He is the author of Bradt's Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Tanzania: The Bradt Safari Guide with Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar, Tanzania and Uganda, and is the co-author of Rwanda.
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