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For over 20 years, Witness Ethiopia Tours has been one of the country’s most trusted and respected tour operators. We proudly showcase Ethiopia’s breathtaking landscapes, ancient heritage, diverse cultures, and unforgettable traditions through immersive, well-organized, and fully guided travel experiences.
Whether you’re a first-time visitor or a returning explorer, we turn your Ethiopian journey into a story worth remembering.
Witness Ethiopia Tours is built on passion, expertise, and a deep love for Ethiopia. Our dedicated team of travel professionals has spent decades crafting journeys that reveal the real Ethiopia—from its historic marvels to its vibrant tribes and natural wonders. We believe travel should be meaningful, comfortable, and enriching. That’s why every trip we design reflects authenticity, professionalism, and exceptional care.
✔ 20+ Years of Expertise ✔ Friendly, loyal & highly professional team ✔ Trusted reputation in Ethiopia’s tourism industry ✔ Deep local knowledge of culture, nature & traditions ✔ Commitment to sustainable & community-focused tourism
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EXCELLENT Based on 17 reviews Posted on Steph VindobonaVerified Excellent North and South Ethiopia experience While in Ethiopia, we organised two trips with Witness Ethiopia Tours: 4 days Omo Valley in the South and 4 days trekking in the Simien National Park in the North. Ermias, the boss of the company, was very helpful from the beginning and promptly answered to all the questions we had. Both trips were very well planned and organised. When back in Addis, Ermias even organised a city tour for me. I can highly recommend Witness Ethiopia Tours when planning a trip to Ethiopia!Posted on Gianna DVerified Absolutely incredible visit to Ethiopia. Trip of a lifetime thanks to Witness Ethiopia Tours! I worked closely with Ermias in advance of my trip to sort through all the logistics of my visit to Ethiopia. From arranging internal flights, booking hotels, arranging for tour guides, securing local transport, discussing my preferences for activities, and so on, everything was professional, specific, and timely. The experience was truly life-changing and absolutely incredible.Ermias is the owner and founder of Witness, and he will likely be the one to answer your emails. He has a vast network throughout Ethiopia of tour guides and drivers, so you're in good hands. Aside from this, he's a gentle-spirited man with high integrity who takes pride in creating incredible experiences for tourists to truly enjoy and *witness* Ethiopia!I had Sileshi as my tour guide, Chuye as my driver, and both were absolutely fantastic. Informative, safe, and fun -- all you could ask for!Thanks, Ermias, for a world-class holiday and an unforgettable experience. I will definitely be back! :)Cheers,Gianna.Posted on WananVerified North and south Ethiopia My wife and I visited the north and south Ethiopia in January for 13 days package thru Witness Ethiopia Tours.The north Ethiopia was very interesting especially Lalibela with the heritage churches and the biggest Ethiopian festival which we enjoyed.Not to miss the Gondar castle in Gondar, the ruins in Axum and the Blue Nile waterfalls in Bahir Dar. Moving from one place to another with Ethiopian domestic flights is very convenient and they operate on schedule. The south Ethiopian tour comprises of tribal villages and it is real experience to visit all the tribal villages, seeing different tribes with different cultures and looks.Road trips to these villages from the lodges are tiring as they are off road tracks but worth it.With the new introduction of photos/ videos fees (200 birr) per village, visitors can take as many photos and videos now.We recommend visitors to bring along candies, soaps, pens and used clothing because the childrens and others in every tribal village will be expecting them and also to avoid being disturbed during photography sessions. For each tribal village, a local guide will be assigned and normally they would be with the visitors for about an hour only. Therefore, a tip of about 100 birr would be sufficient. The hotels and lodges provided by Witness Ethiopia Tours were good and comes with breakfast. The private drivers, guides and the vehicles are good.We would not recommend Hawassa stopover as it is about 5 to 6 hours of tiring drive from Addis Ababa. Pina hotel that we stayed was terrible. With nothing much to see in Hawassa and another long drive to Arba Minch, we recommend visitors to fly from Addis Ababa directly to Arba Minch, thus saving a day.Visitors are advised to convert Ethiopian birr to USD,Euro,etc before arriving at airports at the end of the tours. Visitors were denied the conversion from Ethiopian birr to other currencies at Bole International airport. Overall, the Ethiopian tour was a memorable, interesting and exciting one.Posted on Sandra AVerified Great organization of Lalibela + Danakil + Addis Ermias, the boss of the company organized a complete trip for me, before my arrival to Ethiopia. I said how much time I have and which places I would like to visit. According to my preferences, Ermias booked my flights, arranged local guides, hotels and transfers. I foudn Witness Ethiopia Tours very professional. It was very easy to communicate and arrange everything. Most importantly, the company seemed trustworthy and arranged everything as agreed in advance.Posted on wernertroppmairVerified ausgebucht Bei unserer Reise war dir Gheralta Lodge ein Fixpunkt , speziell nach der Danakil wollten wir dort zwei Nächte verbringen. Kurz vor dem Eintreffen sage unser Guide die Logde sei ausgebucht, obwohl wir bei Buchung die Gheralta Lodge als Fixpunkt angegeben haben.Auch am Reiseplan statt die Gheralta Lodge, leider half alles nichts Unser Guide Haile Neguissie war spitze!!Posted on Kirsten SoykeVerified Ausgezeichneter Tour Operator für Äthiopien-Reisen Was für ein grandioser Urlaub! Organisiert von Witness Tour Operator für uns 2 Alleinreisende Frauen, die eine Reise sehr komprimiert planen, aber immer gern mal von heute auf morgen sich umentscheiden und wieder etwas mehr als vereinbart sehen möchten.Ermias als Chef von Witness Tour Operator war deshalb ideal - hervorragend ausgearbeitete sehr komprimierte Reise, flexibel und kreativ. Von ihm haben wir nicht nur pfiffige Guides und Fahrer für die klassischen historischen Orten wie im Axum Gondor und Lalibela an die Seite gestellt bekommen, sondern er hat uns unsere - angeregt durch dieses wunderbare Land - spontanen Extrawünsche erfüllt, um zB den muslimischen Teil von Äthiopien noch kennenzulernen, wo wir uns um Jahrhunderte zurückversetzt fühlten; er hat uns eine Bahnfahrt nach Djibuti organisiert, uns in Addis das Junge Äthiopien gezeigt. Er hat uns gute bis sehr gute Hotels arrangiert, wobei wir gern einheimische Hotels kennenlernen wollten, die üblichen Hotelketten waren nicht unser Ziel. Alle Guides in allen Stationen unserer Reise waren hervorragend informiert und konnten uns mit exzellentem Englisch die geschichtliche Bedeutung von Äthiopien und auch Besonderheiten aus der jungen Geschichte von Äthiopien berichten, gerade auch in Verbindung mit Eritrea ..Die Tatsache, dass wir verschiedene Stationen täglich mit einem Flugzeug bewältigen mussten, war in gar keiner Weise anstrengend, weil unsere Ankunft in den ausgewählten Zielen immer gut vorbereitet waren; wir wurden pünktlich abgeholt, die Unterkünfte, die empfohlenen einheimischen Restaurants waren von erstaunlich guter Qualität. Wir waren mehr als zufrieden, und wenn mal etwas schief lief, dann hat Ermias das Problem sofort gelöst. Ermias ist eine sehr besondere Persönlichkeit, der ideale Touroperator, der auch gern auf individuelle Wünsche und Vorschlägen eingeht und diese zu erfüllen vermag. Für eine Reise nach Äthiopien, ob im Norden oder im Süden, können wir uneingeschränkt Witness Ethiopia Tours empfehlen.Posted on SarahElizabeth2015Verified Excellent in every way Witness Ethiopia organized a 1-week custom tour for me (mostly privately guided) through Northern Ethiopia and it was absolutely superb. I asked Witness to help arrange the trip very last minute after failing to make my own plan (many guide names I'd gotten off the internet had not responded to my emails, while the communication with Witness was timely and smooth.) My guides in Lalibela, Axum, at the Yehe Temple and in the Afar Region were all highly knowledgeable, spoke excellent English and pleasant to tour with. When I became sick at one location the guide arranged for me by Witness even went to the doctor and then to the pharmacy to get medicine for me -- a kindness I will never forget. Witness also arranged for me to be personally accompanied on the trek up to the live shield volcano Erta Ale, which I greatly appreciated since my night vision is not strong and I had a good deal of photographic equipment with me. I felt that the owner of Witness, Ermius Negussie, truly understood my cultural and photographic interests and took them to heart in organizing my trip. All of the destinations (reviewed elsewhere on Trip Advisor by me) were among the most outstanding I have visited in the 50 countries I have travelled through.I rarely use tour operators to organize my trips but this was well worth it and I would definitely use Witness Ethiopia next time I require travel planning in Ethiopia or Eritrea.Posted on Enea NVerified Etiopia del Nord, dove di sera si guarda dentro ai vulcani, e di giorno le altissime montagne si trasformano in deserti Siamo tornati da pochi giorni dall'Etiopia, terra magnifica fatta di bella gente e luoghi incantati. Abbiamo passato due settimane meravigliose in continuo movimento grazie ad Ermias di Witness Ethiopia Tours, che ci organizzato facendoci portare esattamente in tutti i luoghi che avevamo chiesto di vedere, anche se non semplici da raggiungere. Tutto perfetto ! Davvero! Le guide, gli autisti ed il cuoco che ci ha preparato da mangiare nei giorni di trekking più impegnativi. Sono tutti ragazzi molto preparati per ogni evenienza. Sempre ! Anche le strutture dove ci hanno accolto, strada facendo dopo aver pernottato sotto le stelle sono di buona qualità. Se volete trasformare il vostro sogno "Etiopia" in realtà rivolgetevi ad Ermias ! Ve lo raccomandiamo ! ;-)Posted on rytis64Verified superb First of all, the internet communication with provider was perfect. The whole trip went well without any major problems. We visited Chamo lake, the tribes of Omo valley, also the people of Dorse, terraces of Conso and the canyon itself. The minibus was comfortable enough, everything went according to the schedule. On the last day we had a nice tour through Addis Ababa, after which we had a goodbye lunch with organisators before the flight home. Before the trip, Ernias was kind enough to order us cheap domestic ethiopian airline tickets. Also I need to mention, that part of the trip we organised ourselves (northern Ethiopia). The part of our trip to Danakil was organised by Ethio travel and tours, but we bought it also through Witness travel All in all, the trip was unforgetablePosted on Robert HVerified First-rate tours, professional and reliable Ethiopia is a difficult country to discover on your own. Enter Witness Ethiopia. The owner, Ermias, arranged the transportation, accommodations, and guides for our 3-week private tour. His tour itinerary, choice of hotels, and, above all, his knowledgeable and friendly guides, made our trip unforgettable. His prices are competitive and he's only a phone call away if things don't go according to plan. Highly recommended.
Are you tired of the typical tourist destinations and looking to step out of your comfort zonetravel
Welcome to Realar Residence, where sustainability meets comfort in every corner. In this blog post, we explore the green innovations.
Welcome to Realar Residence, where sustainability meets comfort in every corner. In this blog post, we explore the green innovations.
Welcome to Realar Residence, where sustainability meets comfort in every corner. In this blog post, we explore the green innovations.
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