Twenty-five places, and the routes between them

Eleven churches carved downward into living rock, still alive with prayer.

Museums, markets and modern Ethiopian life at the gateway to the country.

A roof of Africa where gelada monkeys graze above a two-thousand-metre drop.

The hottest inhabited place on earth, painted in sulphur and salt.

A living mosaic of communities who have shaped this land for millennia.

The Camelot of Africa — palaces, baths and painted ceilings of a highland empire.

Granite obelisks, submerged tombs, and the claimed resting place of the Ark.

Island monasteries, papyrus boats, and the source of the Blue Nile.

Afro-alpine moorland holding the rarest canid on earth — the Ethiopian wolf.

A walled city of painted homes, narrow lanes and centuries of Islamic scholarship.

A green escarpment above twin Rift Valley lakes and the forests of Nech Sar.

Stone-walled settlements and terraced hills shaped by generations of skilled farmers.

A river-cut limestone world of soaring chambers, pillars and sacred memory.

A relaxed lakeside city of fish markets, gardens and abundant birdlife.

A blue crater lake ringed by farms, forest paths and mineral springs.

Highland weaving traditions and remarkable bamboo homes above the Rift Valley.

Carved standing stones preserving the symbols of a still-mysterious past.

A major Orthodox monastery set above the immense gorge of the Blue Nile.

Railway heritage, colorful markets and a warm lowland gateway to Harar.

A quietly active rock-hewn sanctuary hidden in the countryside south of Addis.

Sandstone pinnacles, cliff paths and ancient sanctuaries suspended above the Tigray plains.

Acacia savanna, volcanic plains and wildlife gathered around the Awash River gorge.

A copper-coloured lake of quiet beaches, woodland trails and prolific Rift Valley birdlife.

A living highland mosaic where coffee, enset, sacred forest and community knowledge grow together.

Wild Arabica beneath an Afromontane canopy, threaded with forest trails, waterfalls and rare birds.