Private Full-Day Tour of Addis Ababa: Sightseeing, Culture, and Cuisine

Experience the best of Addis Ababa on a private full-day tour. Discover the city’s history, culture, and cuisine with an expert guide. Visit top attractions, enjoy stunning views, and immerse yourself in the local way of life. Customize the tour to suit your interests.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • St. George’s Cathedral - Saint George Cathedral stands as one of the oldest religious landmarks in Addis Ababa, renowned for its unique octagonal design.
    Inside, marvel at mosaics illustrating biblical stories, including the Queen of Sheba’s visit to King Solomon.
    Discover hand-painted artworks depicting historical and political events related to…
What's Included
  • Tour escort/host
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Hotel/Airport pickup and drop-off with private air conditioned vehicle
  • Bottled water
  • Professional experienced English speaking tour guide
  • Lunch
  • Traditional Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony Attendance
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Visits to Merkato Market on Sundays and National Museum of Ethiopia on Mondays. They are closed.
Additional Information

With expert tour guide, get the best first-time visitors’ orientation to Addis Ababa’s history, culture, food, and sights.
Explore Addis Ababa from a local’s perspective visiting popular sites. With a private air-conditioned vehicle, drive through both Addis’s most scenic and unique areas only locals know.
Customize this 8 - 9 hours private tour in Addis…

Location
St. George's Cathedral
Piazza
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Voyager531233
Aug 8, 2024
Coffee with Ethiopia - This was an excellent tour! Unforgettable! I needed to see not only the highlights, which we did, but look at Ethiopia and Ethiopians. Consequently, I now have a deeper understanding and appreciation of this very unique part of the world. And, I owe it all to our guide!
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Twiggy_yow
Jul 26, 2024
PICK THIS TOUR! Fantastic cultural experience and a great way to see the highlights of Addis - I travelled to Ethiopia as a solo Canadian lady, so I was looking for a tour operator who was reputable and would ensure I was safe for my visit. During booking, Muluken was so attentive and helped to customize a fantastic experience for me. We combined three separate tours so I could experience Addis during the day and at night, and also a visit to Debra Libanos and the Portuguese Bridge. It was amazing! Biruk was a phenomenal guide and our two drivers (Sirak and Endalaw) were great! Watching them easily navigate the busy streets was something else! Biruk is incredibly knowledgeable and made my visit a special experience I will never forget. He even made a few tweaks to the itinerary while I was there to ensure I got a truly Ethiopian experience (a quick ride on the train, gelato stop, selo bar, etc). Biruk made sure I was safe during our visit to the Mercato market and helped me negotiate a good price for the basket I bought there. He was a very fun person to be with and I felt like I was touring around with a friend, not just a tour guide. Lots of laughter and fun! I highly recommend this tour operator and cannot say enough great things about my overall experience with them. I cannot wait to return to Ethiopia again - this time, I’ll have a few friends to visit! Thank you, Muluken, Biruk, Sirak, and Endalaw!
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Kelly_h
Jul 19, 2024
Jam packed full day amazing private tour of Addis Ababa. - We had 24 hours in Addis and specifically chose this tour to experience the best parts of the city. Biruk was an amazing guide who shared his deep knowledge about the history and culture of the city and the country with such joy and passion. Our driver was amazingly skilled and patient. We enjoyed every part of the tour so it’s hard to choose a highlight. Would recommend this tour 100%!
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Seaside611581
Jul 11, 2024
Great experience - Amazing! Biruk was a wonderfully informative and attentive guide. Good communication, good pickup and good personalizing of the experience. Also a friendly and funny companion and good conversationalist. Highly recommended.
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Michael_m
Jun 19, 2024
A visit at Addis Ababa - I loved visiting Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. it was a great experiance. I recommend it to anyone. the tour guid was excellent
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W218rbck
Jun 14, 2024
Look elsewhere no more for your 1 day layover in Addis Ababa - This is the most comprehensible and affordable day trip for our one-day layover in Addis Ababa. Our guide and driver were very professional, kind, and friendly. They tried to accommodate our needs and answer questions the best they could. We got to know the country of Ethiopia in in this one-day trip. Highly recommended!
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Diane
Jun 12, 2024
Incredible experience with tour guide Henok - We had a full day city tour with a professional tour guide Henok and driver Srik they are beyond and above thank you our enthusiastic guide henok he knows a lot about his country and he takes us a local house to experience Ethiopian food and coffee once again thank you our tour guide Henok!
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Cabral_bsb
May 21, 2024
Great tour and guide - I took a private tour with Biruk and the guide was very attentive and showed the best spots in the city of Addis Ababa and answered all my questions and met all my expectations.
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Woobie_r
May 20, 2024
Such a great experience, we came back for second day. We will use them again in the future - Wow, what can I say, Biruk (guide) and Sirak (driver) are the best guide team around…I don’t know where to start! And we’ve used several other Viator guides for comparison. They both combine the most important qualities you can have from a guide — as a team, they are super knowledgeable about all aspects of Ethiopian culture, from history to food to art and anything we asked them about. They were extremely flexible with our schedule and itinerary, patient with our requests, even accommodating last minute changes. What meant the most to me is how passionate they were about their jobs as guides and their love of Ethiopia, going above and beyond to ensure we had a wonderful experience and experience the warmth of the people. We even got to make new Ethiopian friends because of them. As a team, Biruk and Sirak complement each other really well. I will really miss them a lot, but I look forward to seeing them again, and have them show us things outside of Addis Ababa next time into different parts of the country. I couldn’t recommend them more!
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Barbara
Jun 14, 2024
City tour Addis Ababa - We were with Henok in Addis, who contacted us before we arrived, so everything went smoothly. He has a very good knowledge of history and was able to talk about the surrounding African countries in good English. We didn't find the National Museum that exciting. But we did find the visit to a traditional house with a typical lunch and coffee ceremony. The trip through the Merkato, which was arranged specially at our request, was also an extraordinary experience. Simply incredible! In our opinion, it would be great if a little more information was provided about the lives of the people here. Otherwise, everything went really well and he tried very hard!
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