Horse Riding Holidays in ETHIOPIA

Travelling in Ethiopia is for the adventurous who don't mind a limited tourism infrastructure in return for discovering ancient Abyssinia: source of the Great Rift Valley; the origins of mankind, the marvels of ancient Christianity and the wild highlands and semi nomadic Oromo people. Famous for its underground churches in Lalibella in the north, Ethiopia also has unique wildlife and beautiful national parks.   
 
Amongst the many ecosystems of Ethiopia that of the Highlands of the Bale plateau is one of the most diverse, and offers us 8 days on horseback with the Oromo people. Formed of great volcanic masses thrown up before even the African Rift was formed, remodeled by glacial periods, isolated and scarred by deep valleys, the Bale plateau is a natural sanctuary for numbers of endangered plant and animal species such as the rare Abyssinian fox. 
 
All in all the landscape is splendid, the people are welcoming, the sense of history is tangible and you won't have to worry about crowds of tourists. 

Read an article on Ethiopian Cuisine from the "How to Spend It" section of the Financial Time June 2010

Read an article on the Ethiopian Highlands from Selamate Magazine Oct-Dec 2008

Read an article on the peoples of Ethiopia from Selamate Magazine Oct-Dec 2008