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Addis Ababa: City Tour with National Museum & Mount Entoto

Addis Ababa: City Tour with National Museum & Mount Entoto

Car Tour (driving guide)

Joined 2025

Yonas M.

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Addis Ababa

English, French, German, Japanese, Amharic (Native)

8 hrs 40 mins

Private tour (only you and Yonas M.)

Up to 15 people

Explore Addis Ababa on a guided tour. Visit the National Museum, Holy Trinity Cathedral, and Mount Entoto. Stroll through the Piazza and Merkato, the largest open market in Africa./Begin your tour with a visit to the National Museum, Ethiopia’s primary museum, housing the nation’s artistic treasures. Explore its four main exhibition sections, including the famous Paleontological showcase, where you can see the 3.5 million-year-old fossil of Lucy, ‘Dinkinesh’ in Amharic, meaning ‘wonderful’.

Itinerary

This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!

08:00 AM

Meeting Point

Your hotel or at the bole int

- Airport or your hotel

09:00 AM

Mount Entoto

Take a short drive to the north of the capital and take in the panoramic view of Addis Ababa from Mount Entoto, the highest peak in the city. Then, head to the Piazza (Old Town), an old part of Addis Ababa. Here, take a short walk to see old Italian buildings, other historical houses, jewelry houses, cafes, and masses of people transiting to different parts of the city. See the famous Taitu Hotel, the first modern hotel in Ethiopia and still in use.

02:00 PM

Addis Ababa

Visit the National Museum, Holy Trinity Cathedral, and Mount Entoto. Stroll through the Piazza and Merkato, the largest open-air market in Africa./Begin your tour with a visit to the National Museum, Ethiopia’s primary museum, housing the nation’s artistic treasures. Explore its four main exhibition sections, including the famous Paleontological showcase, where you can see the 3.5 million-year-old fossil of Lucy, ‘Dinkinesh’ in Amharic, meaning ‘wonderful’.

visit the Holy Trinity Cathedral, one of the major churches in Ethiopia and the resting place of the legendary Emperor Haile Selassie. Built by Emperor Haile Selassie I in 1944, this massive and ornate cathedral is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and is one of the architecturally decorated, spacious, and well-designed churches in Ethiopia.

03:30 PM

Mercato Market

Finally, visit Merkato, the largest open-air market in Africa. If you’re a market lover, this is the place that you shouldn’t miss when you visit Addis Ababa. The market is arranged into separate areas for different items. If you know where to look, you’ll find anything you want, from electronics to clothes, heavy industrial steel girders to tires, and all that goes in-between.

Ending Point

At your hotel lobby or bole international air

Want to personalize this tour?

This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.

Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

-Professional English-speaking guide

-Comfortable private transportation (Vehicle type depends on your group size), including related costs like fuel

-Hotel or Airport pickup and drop-off

-Entry fees to Ethnological Museum

-Entry fees Entoto Museum

-Government tax

-Admission Fees to all sights

-Unlimited bottles of water

-Ethiopian coffee & Coffee ceremony

What‘s not included

-lunch

-tips

-personal expenses Cultural food -and traditional drinks

Tour Important Information

The Mercato Market is hugely crowded at any time of a year. Please be careful so that you will not be separated from your group or get lost.

Important message from the supplier

All weeks and months

Cancellation Policy

Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time

Joined 2025

Yonas M.

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About Tour Guide Yonas M.

Hi there! my name is Yonas. I am based in Addis Ababa, I have been in the Travel and Tourism industry since 2007 I love traveling and meeting new people and I know the feeling of visiting a foreign country for the first time can be exciting and daunting at the same time. However booking trips in advance gives you peace of mind. I am a licensed tour guide. The tour packages that I offer include Local Market Tours sightseeing experiences, city tour, cultural, and to the Historical sites I can arrange an itinerary according to your preference which includes Tours of Addis Ababa Day Trips out of Addis Ababa and to all corners of Ethiopia -omo valley - southern Rift valley Lakes Danakil Depression - Lalibela - Axum - Gonadar - Bahirdar Simien Mountains with me these incredible places will not go unseen. My focus is providing travelers with incredible, safe and memorable traveling experience To all parts of Ethiopia) i have been arranging private and group tours I take pleasure in creating tailor-made tours that explore the fascinating land of origin, offering my expertise to arrange your tours anywhere in Ethiopia. . I Look forward to meeting you soon. Thank You. Yonas.