SimienEcoTours

SimienEcoTours offers bike rides on Entoto Park in Addis Ababa. I worked with Marco to arrange a single day trip. When the guide couldn’t get back to Addis due to travel restrictions in the country, Marco found me a hiking guide for the day. The hike through Entoto was great and my guide, Amanuel was a great guide.

I traveled to the Danakil Desert/Depression with a friend in February/March. We are both experienced travellers and agreed this was one of the best trips we had undertaken. I had it on my horizon for two years, but because of the security situation in Tigray, it had not been possible to go. I took a lot of soundings before the trip and Marco was very helpful in answering our queries via WhatsApp. Our guide, Kedemkachew Asegad (251 94 409 7799) was knowledgeable, well-organised and considerate of our needs - we were two women travelling. The Afar is not an easy place to travel and visitors to Ethiopia certainly could not do it without a guide. Lots of negotiations with the locals. Kede took care of all of that. I'd like to give a shout out to our cook Fentahun, who could make delicious meals out of whatever was available. Bekele and Wondem, the drivers, were helpful and professional. Seyed, who provided security, made us all feel very safe. Some of the highlights of the trip were the Dallol hydrothermal system, the salt mountains and Gaete Ale, the active volcano. Just be warned that this is not an easy trip - we slept under canvas one night and in the open air two nights. There is no accommodation to speak of, bathrooms etc. And temperatures reach 43 degrees centigrade. Worth the discomfort though. Many thanks to Marco and the team

Was not just a travel, was a real amazing experience . Thanks to Lorenzo and Marco that are super professionals.what is more they are focused on partecipants and security

Wir haben den 3 Tage, 2 Nächte Trip mit Simien Eco Tours zum Imet Gogo gemacht. Kurz gesagt, waren wir wirklich sehr zufrieden - insbesondere im Vergleich zu den anderen Anbietern. Hier wurden Gruppen zusammengelegt oder mit schlechter Ausrüstung kosten gespart.

Bei Simien Eco Tours hatten wir das Gefühl, wirklich gut aufgehoben zu sein. Unser Fahrer Haile war super, genau wie unser Guide Eyobe Zegeye. Beide haben hervorragendes Englisch gesprochen. Eyobe konnte uns so alles rund um die Simien Mountains erklären und ist auf unserer Wandertempo eingegangen.

Die kleine Extras haben uns überrascht. Zum Beispiel hat die Wärmflasche bei nächtlichen Temperaturen um die Null Grad Wunder bewirkt. Der Chefkoch und sein Assistent waren rund um die Uhr ansprechbar und haben uns jeden Wunsch von den Lippen abgelesen.

Wir würden jederzeit wieder bei Simien Eco Tours buchen.

Reiseveranstalter, der nach europäischem Standard die Reisen organisiert und durchführt. Das hat mir sehr gut gefallen.