Ethiopia is home to some of the world's astonishing and miraculous places that many people are mesmerized by after witnessing how beautiful and captivating the culture and its welcoming people are. We offer our services for our guests with pleasure so we can share how unique this beautiful country is.
Simien Mountains, the highest point of which is Ras Dejen (or Dashen), 14,872 feet (4,533 metres) high. Other groups are the Ch'ok'ē Mountains, the Lasta and Amhara-Saint massifs, and the Gemu Massif. Ras Dashen, also known as Ras Dejen, is the highest mountain in Ethiopia and fourteenth highest peak in Africa.
Erta Ale (meaning ‘Smoking Mountain’ in the Afar language) is Ethiopia’s most active volcano and contains one of just six active lava lakes on Earth. Sitting in the Danakil Depression under 40°C (104°F) heat, it’s as unforgiving as it is visually staggering.
Erta Ale is a basaltic shield volcano rising 613 metres out of the Danakil Depression. The volcano contains an active lava lake, which means the lava in the crater remains liquid due to convection currents of the magma system underneath.
Visually, the result is a thin charcoal crust that’s pierced by glowing red fissures of searing liquid lava. The lava spits and splatters, and the lack of guard rails at the crater rim means you can peer directly into the fiery belly, known locally as the ‘gateway to hell’. The gently rising slopes of Erta Ale crescendo to a 1700 x 600 metre caldera dotted with pit craters containing the lava lake.
