Payments
We are happy to accommadate your trip reservations at anytime before you arrive.
Usually,we recommend booking trips and tours about two months before you arrive. You are required to down pay 30% of the total trip price upon confirmation. The total price is settled on the starting day of the tour.
For special events and festivals, I recommend booking four months before you arrive. You are required to down pay 30% percent of the total trip price upon confirmation. The total price is settled on the starting day of the tour.
Up to 30 days before start of the trip, following cost will be applied a fee of 5% of the total tour cost would be levied as administration and handling charges. Between 30 days and 15 days before start of the trip subjected a penalty of 30% of the total tour costs Between 14 days and 72 hours before start of the trip subjected a cancellation fee of 50% of the total tour cost Less than 72 hours before the commencement of the trip subject payment of 100% of the total cost of the tour Postponing your trip may be negotiated for no charge.
Suggestions and tips
We strongly recommend you purchase travel medical insurance before you arrive. Familiarize yourself with your policy and make sure it covers the activities you wish to partake in during your visit.
For example, sometimes trekking may be excluded from your insurance policy. It is also important to know whether your policy will reimburse you for your expenses later, or will reimburse the providers immediately.
Your insurance should also cover emergency transport to get you to a hospital in a major city or home.
Since March 23,2020, there has been an obligatory quarantine procedure for all passengers arriving in the country.you must have a medical certificate proving that you tested negative for COVID-19 with a RT-PCR test within 5 days before flying. A rapid diagnostic test (RDT antibody test) will not be accepted for this purpose. It is then necessary to self-isolate at the traveler’s home or accommodation for 14 days.
if you arrive without the medical certificate,u will be tested on arrival and quarantined at a designated hotel, such as the Ethiopian Skylight Hotel, or a special quarantine center for 7 days.This is paid at Your own expense.After the first week, You will be retested and permitted to self-isolate at your Hotel for the remaining 7 days.
Travel reccomendations
The fastest way is by plane. Ethiopian Airlines has a great network of internal flights to all the major tourist destinations. If you fly into the country on Ethiopian Airlines, you then qualify for a discount on the price.
There are two main bus companies (Selam Bus and Sky Bus) that also service most of the main cities. This can be a great way to see the countryside and the changing landscapes.
If you are going off the beaten path, there won’t be many public transport options so hiring a private vehicle is really the only way to go.