Enchanting Ethiopia with Quality Vacation Club QVC

Oct. 20, 2008 - PRLog -- Travel to Ethiopia with Quality Vacation Club (QVC), the best time to visit Ethiopia is from September to May. However it is very pleasant all year round, with temperatures in Addis Ababa averaging around 20C.
The welcome that comes from the mosaic of a people with over 80 different languages and as many cultures is warm and spontaneous. The attractions of Ethiopia are world renowned and the development of the Country as the foremost tourist destination in North East Africa has opened up Ethiopia to a new generation of tourists, to whom a visit of the land of the Queen of Sheba, the birthplace of the Blue Nile and the ‘cradle of mankind’ was previously just a dream. Ethiopia is a country of variety, extremes, uniqueness, freedom, colourful culture, religions, legends, natural beauty and much more. One the map of East Africa, Ethiopia is easily found in the area called the horn of Africa. Covering a total of 1,112,00 sq. km., Ethiopia shares boundaries with Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti and Eritrea and ranks second in Africa for population size.

Ethiopia was the first country to build a Christian church on African soil. Christianity crossed the border in the 4th Century AD during the time of the Axumite kingdom. Even now a church shelters the original Ark of Covenant brought from Israel by King Menelik 1 of Ethiopia. It is found in the town of Axum in northern Ethiopia.

With close to 70 million people, Ethiopia hosts about 80 different tribal groups, all of which speak different languages and have their own cultural codes. The cultural variety, which is a result of immense tribal differences, can be seen among the individual tribes. Ethiopia prides itself on being the only nation in Africa to have its own language (Amharic) and alphabet (Ge’ez).


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