Ethiopia is a land of surprise and fascination, a country with one of the richest histories on the African continent, a land of contrasts and surprises, of remote and wild places, home to civilized and friendly people who are descended from some of the world's oldest civilizations.

The Simien Mountain Massif is one of the most important highlands of Africa, rising to the highest point in Ethiopia, Ras Dejen (4620m), which is the fourth highest peak in the continent. Although in Africa and not too far from the equator, snow and ice emerge on the highest points and night temperatures often fall below zero.

The Blue Nile Falls, over 800 Km in length with in Ethiopia and the longest river in Africa, holds part of its sympathy in Ethiopia. From Lake Tana, the Blue Nile, known locally as Abbay, flows for 800 Km within Ethiopia to meet the White Nile in Khartoum to form the enormous river.

Lake Tana, the biggest lake, in Ethiopia is the source and from where the well-known Blue Nile starts its long journey to Khartoum, and on to the Mediterranean.

Sof Omar is one of the most stunning and extensive underground cave systems in the world. Formed by the Wabi River, as it misrepresented its course in the distant past and carved out a new channel through limestone foothills, the Sof Omar system is an unexpected natural phenomenon of breathtaking beauty.

The Ethiopian Rift Valley, which is part of the famed East African Rift Valley, comprises numerous hot springs, beautiful lakes and a variety of wildlife. The valley is the result of two corresponding faults in the earth's surface between which, in distant environmental time, the crust was weakened, and the land subsided.

AXUM Ethiopia’s most ancient city the capital of historic Axum state is the major chronological attraction site of a number of outstanding living evidences and also called “The Living Museum”. Some of the magnetism, including the wonderful monolithic stale or obelisks each curved from a single huge piece of granite rock.

Lalibela is internationally well-known for its rock-hewn churches which are sometimes called the "Eighth Wonder of the World". Physically prised from the rock in which they stand, these colossal churches were initially thought to have been built in the 12th century during the reign of King Lalibela, but some have been dated back to the 10th century.