National Geography UK Names Ethiopia among the five best destinations in January

Addis Ababa January 10, 2023 (FBC) – In its Travel and Adventure category of the New Year publication the well-known online platform, National Geographic UK, names the Northern Ethiopia’s desolate Danakil Depression as the first place recommended for Tourists.

Ethiopia’s desolate Danakil Depression according to National Geography UK is one of the driest, hottest and lowest places on the planet, made up of salt lakes, neon yellow acidic springs, lava lakes and an outsize proportion of Africa’s active volcanoes.

In its selection for the month, National Geography UK recommends Ethiopia’s unique landscapes; previously mud-caked roads south to the remote Omo Valley to visit vast wetlands, home to many ethnic tribes.

The online platform adds to tourists that two of Ethiopia’s most important religious festivals on this month’s calendar: Ethiopian Christmas and Timket, an Orthodox Christian celebration that takes place from January 19-20 each year.

The Timket holiday marks celebrating Christ’s baptism in the River Jordan, locals across the land submerge themselves in sacred pools.

National Geography UK adds that feasts, street parties and processions of pilgrims together with Holy events can be witnessed in Gondar, home to a grand 17th-century palace, and spiritual Lalibela, where nearly a dozen mediaeval churches are carved out of volcanic rock.

By: Yonathan Yoseph