To help inspire or plan your trip to Ethiopia, some of its major attractions
for travellers are shown below, including some of the best natural, historical, cultural and adventure sites in the country.
These include all of UNESCO World Heritage Sites for Ethiopia which represent the best
of the world's cultural and natural heritage.
Click on the icons below to focus on specific types of features
(click again to return to all).
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Southern Ethiopia - Cultural attractions
| Omo Valley | |
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The Omo Valley in southern Ethiopia offers the chance to meet the diverse and colourful tribes of the region, one of the best places in Africa to explore traditional lifestyles. Among the tribes are the pastoralist Mursi, whose women are famous for extending their lower lips with clay discs and men for stick fighting, the Karo known for their elaborate body painting, the photogenic Hamer with their ornate dress and hairstyles and the Konso, known for their beautifully constructed walled villages and stone terraces. UNESCO World Heritage Site: Lower Valley of the Omo | |
| Konso Cultural Landscape | |
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The Konso Cultural Landscape is a region of stone walled terraces and fortified settlements in the Konso highlands of Ethiopia which have developed over 400 years as an adaption to its dry hostile environment. The site is noted for its anthropomorphic wooden statues, grouped to represent respected members of their communities and particularly heroic events, and the stone steles in the towns which denote the community's leaders over the generations. UNESCO World Heritage Site: Konso Cultural Landscape | |