Open Ethiopia Tours

Fitretu is top proffessional guide, feeling and understanding the peoples of south Ethiopia. He is also the real gentleman, therefore we're still in touch after years. All together made our common time and trips unforgettable.

Excellent Omo valley tour highlight of my trip to Ethiopia. Fitretu was an excellent guide organizing some cool experiences for us.

I did a tour with Fitretu through the Omo Valley. I loved it and I don't think I could have got to half the places without him. Fitretu has a wealth of knowledge and a network of friends so is able to show things and places others cant.

I've had pleasure to meet Fitretu, tourist guide, two weeks with his guidance were the best two weeks of my life, truly I'll never forget this experience, thanks to Fitretu and Open Ethiopia Tours

We are 4 people that spent 26 days on an excellent experienced journey all around Ethiopia, a road trip more than 5500 km. We did this with Fitretu Getachew, our guide and tour operator of “Open Ethiopia tours”. Our experienced and carefully driver Hayle was all the 26 days with us by a new Toyota Land Cruiser 2017. Fitretu is from Omo Valley, from Hamer tribe, speaks the omo dialects and knows almost everyone there. Going for visiting any tribe, everything was arranged by telephone before our arrival, so we were wellcomed by the tribes and felt safe as he was with us. He used to give us also the photo fees that we had to give for every photo. At first we visited the north part of Ethiopia ( Addis, Lalibela, Dallol, Danakil, Yeha, Tigray,Axum, Gondar, Bahir Dar, Blue Nile Falls, lake Tana, Chamo, Abraminch. Then southern to Omo valley, Jinka, Turmi, tribe markets, bull jump, Awassa, Nechisar national park, Hawassa, Adama, Shalla national park. Finally at North East, to Harar, Awash national park and falls, Wondo hot springs and forest, etc. We were lucky to see very different tribes: Dorze, Konso, Ari, aggressive Mursi, Turmi, Dassanech, Karo, Nyangaton, Erbore, Alaba. The booked hotels were good and for some of them we had the possibility to change. The food that we had at local restaurants on the road was good and safe. Fitretu was helpful, he did excellent work, he was able to organize everything very well in order to see all that we had on our full plan. He did his best for us. The cost was more than reasonable, almost half than others, included everything, also photo fees. Would definitely recommend Fitretu and driver Hayle.