Photo of our staff during annual training session
SimienEcoTours
- Office In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2014)
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $80 to $350 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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Reviews
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Email Gianni Zamarco | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A very professional and efficient tour operator for visiting Ethiopia
SimenEco Tours organized a tour of 5 days for me and my colleague in Ethiopia though Bahar Dir, Gondar and Lalibela, starting from and arriving at Addis Ababa. The communications were always on time and clear. The internal travels and transfers by flights and cars were perfectly organized. Same as to the local sightseeing tours, both by car, by boat, or by walking in the different visited towns and areas of Bahar Dir, Gondar and Lalibela, including the climbing excursion from Lalibela. The local guides Henock and Mas that accompanied us were very professional, polite and gave a lot of care to us. The hotel accomodations we experienced in our three visited sites were very good, the only one that could be improved is the one in Bahar Dir, as i had a problem with the bath tub in my room that was leaking water. Ultimately, the food that was included in our tour package was always very good. The rate of our Tour was reasonably correct and good value for money. I definetely would highly recommend SimienEco Tours as travel agency to anybody that would like to visit Ethiopa.
GE
Email John Graham Tours | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent Communication, Local Coordination, and Guides
I brought a group of clients to Ethiopia, and was very satisfied with my choice to work with Simien Eco Tours. We worked with several local guides, and in all locations our transportation was professionally organized, and our accommodation well chosen. The pre-tour communications were timely and direct, giving us just the information we needed. In short, this is a very professional organization, and I look forward to traveling to Ethiopia again with Simien Eco Tours.
DE
Email Barbara & Martin | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A wonderful Most of Ethiopia-trip was provided by smart planning and experienced guides and drivers
Most of our original wishes "where to go" got true and the route was perfectly planned. The very experienced and cautious drivers are outstanding as well as the guides with one specialised on the cultural part in the North and the other one well-educated in birding for the East- and South-parts of Ethiopia, where we also visited some of the Southern Nations (tribes). We also made a trecking-tour in Bale Mountains National Parc at half time of our trip, which was physically asking, but a really good experience with plenty of flora and fauna to be seen during these four days. Very good local staff prepared delicious meals and transported our camping gear by mules.
At any time (except during the trecking) we were able to communicate with the CIOs at Gondar (which was not necessary) and vice versa were informed about latest changes (like a booking confirmed in the last moment, due to a fire). Flexibility was also high as we had some special wishes concerning our foster son and his fiance living at Addis Abeba and arranging a meeting at Lalibela.
We are very pleased that our wishes for camping in the NPs were realised, a fact not regular for providers of free-planned trips.
Just to be recommended!
CH
Email Carlo | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Exploring Ethiopia beside the usual paths
I wanted to combine a business trip with a private tour in Ethiopia, together with a friend. The roundtrip of 5 days was fully organised by SimienEcoTours. We had a choice of various options. All was perfectly organised, starting from preliminary documentation, domestic flights, hotels and local guides. As a very experienced traveller, I was exited about the way we travelled through Ethiopia. The local guides were simply great in terms of knowledge and responding to our individual wishes, all this made our trip unforgettable. Atfter this visit, I have put Ethiopia on my personal "bucket-list" to go back and for sure, I will travel with SimienEcoTours again.
CH
Email Beatrice | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
They made our trip an unforgettable experience.
The whole package fitted together perfectly from start to finish. Their experience makes the difference.
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Email Hermann Brugger | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
The adventure tour to Ethiopia's highest mountains ranks among the best experiences we ever had.
We have traveled a lifetime through all continents and most geographic areas of the globe as individual travelers and adventurers. I'd like to say that this adventure tour was one of the best we ever had. Communications ahead of departure and services during the trek and transfers were optimal and came up to our expectations. Agency, guide and staff were terrific and very flexible to comply with our wishes. We want to come back and recommend SimienEcoTours to those who love mountaineering and want to explore culture and peoples of Ethiopia!
DE
Email Katrin | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Professional and perfect organisation with super guide and driver
To me our trip to Ethiopia has been an adventure in the first place. I didn't have any expectations other than completely relying on SimienEcoTours and their organization. I felt perfectly safe during the trip with our guide Abebaw and the driver Melis and I was well prepared with all the information which we had got before the trip. During the trip we had regular contact with the tour office of SimienEcoTours and had the opportunity to give feedback or ask for changes. Both Abebaw, our guide, and Melis, our driver, were good company during the entire trip and Abebaw did a perfect job as an ambassador for his country. I learnt a lot about Ethiopia and its people and I am sure that I will come back in the future.
FR
Email Alice | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Simien Eco Tours organised a flexible, amazing, adventurous and responsible a-la-carte tour for us!
Planning our travel with Simien Eco-Tours was an easy and very relaxed process. We had very specific needs and desires for this trip and each of them were looked into with great attention and flexibility. Our trip had to be very condensed and the team worked around our timeframe very well. The guides were amazing (both in Harar and the Simien Mountains), very knowledgeable, relaxed, friendly and pleasant. We always felt safe and were able to enjoy this trip at any time! The choices of accommodation and restaurants were always spot on, and the drivers and cars were very safe. We had been in Ethiopia before so we also know how hard it can be to organise such a complicated trip with our timeframe, but Simien Eco-tours managed perfectly! The safari in the Simien Mountains were the ultimate moment of the trip, our guide was patient and extremely knowledgeable. We loved it!
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Email Gertrud | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
I would recommend SimienEcoTours to anyone who is planning to visit Etiopia!
SimienEcoTours is an organization that makes tourists feel important. The organization offers good services regarding safari tours and tries very hard to meet the expectations of the visitors in the best possible manner. Communications were understandable in both language and resoning. To the best of their abilities the organization fullfilled my expectations.
DE
Email Ha-Jo | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Two German couples on a well organized and guided tour to the highlights of Northern Ethiopia
A good plan is half the success: our plan to go to Ethiopia was detailed and finalized together with Franziska Gerling, an experienced guide of SimienEco Tours with lots of on site know-how about what to see and how to travel. On our trip with a designated and excellent guide and an experienced and safe driver we found out, that our plan was worth a lot in a dynamic and vital environment of such a tour. Our guide and driver had a good feeling to give us the time we needed to see what we wanted to see, to get in tough with the Ethiopian people and to experience the things you need to understand this country. But they had also a clear idea of the overall schedule which finally made this trip unforgettable for us.