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Food Tour in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
$205.16
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
With this 6 hour tour of Addis Ababa visitors will have a deeper insight into the history and culture of Ethiopians through shopping food stuff at local markets, participate in food preparation sessions and tasting varieties of delicious Ethiopian meals.
This driving and walking food tour of Addis will enable visitors to see and feel how life goes at Merkato – the largest open air market in the continent; learn from a native cook how to bake Ethiopia’s National food called Injera (Enjera), and eat with your fingers at one of the typical traditional restaurants of the city.
After lunch, visitors will also attend a typical Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony. It is a perfect moment to learn how Ethiopians’ social and economical life is closely tied with coffee and see how Coffee, born originally in Ethiopia, is entertained in the Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony.
Join this unique, personalized and authentic tour of Addis to see the rich Ethiopian cuisine!
This driving and walking food tour of Addis will enable visitors to see and feel how life goes at Merkato – the largest open air market in the continent; learn from a native cook how to bake Ethiopia’s National food called Injera (Enjera), and eat with your fingers at one of the typical traditional restaurants of the city.
After lunch, visitors will also attend a typical Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony. It is a perfect moment to learn how Ethiopians’ social and economical life is closely tied with coffee and see how Coffee, born originally in Ethiopia, is entertained in the Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony.
Join this unique, personalized and authentic tour of Addis to see the rich Ethiopian cuisine!
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Food Tour of Addis(flexible)
The Food Tour of Addis Ababa can be customized to fit visitors' tour start time, price inclusions, and other requirments
Pickup included
The Food Tour of Addis Ababa can be customized to fit visitors' tour start time, price inclusions, and other requirments
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 5 hours
Availability depends on seasonality and number of participants. Bookings can not be made for the same day. Please read our TnC’s.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
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- Professional experienced English speaking tour guide
- Home cooked delicious Ethiopian food
- Two glasses of "Tej" - Ethiopian Honey Wine per person
- Hotel/Airport pickup and drop off
- Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony attending fee and coffee
- Local family visiting fee for the food preparation class
- And, any expense which is not mentioned in the "Included' List above
- Tips for service people
- Meals and drinks at a traditional restaurant at lunch
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Meet and greet your local tour guide at your hotel in Addis Ababa. With comfortable private vehicle, drive to Atikilt Tera. It is the vegetables and fruits selling area of Merkato Market in Addis Ababa. Start with visiting the Vegetable Section of the market and buying important ingredients for our food preparation session later.
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Mercato MarketNext stop at Merkato is the interesting Spice Market. Learn from your guide of the local Ethiopian spices. Pick necessary and unique Ethiopian spices up. Walk for about ten minutes farther to a unique section of Merkato Market. See the special ingredients used to prepare a popular south Ethiopian bread called Kotcho (or Qotcho). Kotcho is made out of roots and stalk of Enset or False Banana Tree. The last activity at Merkato is visiting the dairy products areas. See homemade cow cheese, butter, and yogurt on sale. One of the most common ingredients added to many Ethiopian meals is “Nitre Kibe”, a clarified butter infused with ginger, garlic and several species
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Mount EntotoWith a quick stop at Entoto Park for enjoying views of Addis Ababa, drive to a local family at Mount Entoto. Learn the preparation of the typical Ethiopian flatbread – Injera. It is made from a grain known as “Teff”. Teff is a gluten free grain which is more fiber-rich and nutritious than any other grain containing protein, fat, carbohydrates, iron, and calcium. With the local family, you will try to bake Injera as locals do, and taste your made. Using the local spices you pick from Merkato Market, learn how to make a local Ethiopian cuisine known as “Shiro Be Kibe”. Traditional Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony Next is cultural experience of the typical Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony. See the whole process of washing the beans, roasting it on iron pan, pounding by hand, boiling and how it is served three turns of cups of coffee.
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Addis AbabaWe now head to Taytu Hotel or one of the best traditional Ethiopian restaurants of Addis where you will taste varieties of yummy Ethiopian meals from the different parts of the country. Finally, along the way back to your hotel, stop at one of the ‘Tej Bets’ of Addis. Tej is traditionally brewed mead-like drink make from honey. If you are interested, stop at a supermarket to buy quality roasted or ground Ethiopian Coffee.
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Food Tour in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
$205.16
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!