Itinerary

1. Addis Ababa Architectural Highlights Tour

   • Start the tour by visiting the National Museum, the home of Lucy (Dinqnesh), probably the most famous hominid skeleton in the world. She is, at over three million years, one of the oldest hominids yet discovered.
   • Discover an interesting collection of archaeology and artefacts from Ethiopian history, arts and cultures in this museum.

   • Explore the magnificent Ethnographic Museum, operated by the Institute of Ethiopian Studies of the Addis Abeba University.

   • Marvel at this Ethiopia’s first and only ethnological museum, exhibiting the physical environment and traditional artefacts of all the major ethnic groups (including costumes, jewellery, traditional household goods, farming implements, military and hunting weapons, art, musical instruments, both Christian and Islamic parchment manuscripts and icons).

   • Head to visit the Africa Hall, built and donated by the Ethiopian government, where the Organization of African Unity was founded in 1963. It is now the headquarters of one of the UN’s six regional commissions and was established in 1958.

   • Proceed to the Trinity Cathedral, the most ornate example of modern urban cathedrals. Built-in 1941, it was dedicated to and remained the special final resting-place of the nation’s heroes and distinguished civil servants.

   • Trace the paintings on the ceiling by one of the country’s major modern living artists, Ale Felege Selam, who was also the founder of the Arts School.

   • Explore Merkato, Addis Abeba’s commercial centre and the dynamo of the country’s development in trade and industry and its real link to all the world’s business and industry. 

   • Visit the Entoto, Mariam and Raguel (Elias) Churches in the extensive mountain range of Entoto, north of the city, was the original site of Menelik’s capital before moving down to finding present-day Addis Abeba.