Pick -up
Stop 1: Meet and greet your tour representative and Guide at the airport or in your place.
Start your sightseeing by visiting the National Museum one of the standout museums in sub-Saharan Africa in terms of its numerous and priceless collections. Housed in the famous 3.2 million year skeleton lucy, the museum keeps important paleontological, historical, and cultural artifacts.
Stop 2: Shopping at Shiro Meda at the local market located near the US Embassy in Addis Ababa is one of the best local markets to shop for handwoven cotton clothes mainly for women. It is also famous for buying small gift items like Tshirts, necklaces, earrings, etc
Stop 3: Souvenir shops on Churchill Avenue; Across the street from Black Lion Hospital, you can find dozens of shops lining the road selling various traditional handcraft pieces, jewelry, and figurines. Some rare collectors’ items (e.g. ornate crosses) might require a special permit from the Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage in order to pass through customs.
You can easily obtain the permit by taking the item and a receipt to the Heritage Registration and Inspection Department of the Authority in Amist- Kilo (opposite Addis Abeba Institute of Technology) which is in the same compound as the National Museum.
Stop 4: Heading to Coffee Shops to test and buy Ethiopian Coffee and Transfer back to your Hotel.
Dinner at one of the Ethiopian Cultural Restaurants
