It’s hard to say what was the most memorable! The contrast between North and South Ethiopia is startling so we would not wished to have missed either, the North with its history and architecture, including the amazing rock churches, and the South with its culture and different tribal groups.

If you don’t have a lot of time, then go with the reputable tour company, for example, Highway Tours, as we did.

This meant that they took charge of all guides and scouts when visiting sites and made life easy and relatively hassle-free.

All the guides and drivers were people local to the area being visited so we felt that the financial benefits of our holiday were quite wide-spread. Gudies were very informative about local customs etc. so we didn’t offend.

However, of course we stood out and we did use internal flights – perhaps less harmful than the diesel fumes being pumped out by trucks on the road!