Ethiopia

A cluster of ancient monolithic obelisks in the historic northern Ethiopian city of Axum, the capital of the Aksumite Empire from the 1st to the 8th century CE and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1980.

A 45-metre waterfall on the Abbay (Blue Nile) River near Bahir Dar, known in Amharic as Tis Issat (smoke of the water), offering dramatic views during the rainy season flood months of July to September.

One of the hottest and lowest inhabited places on Earth, the Danakil Depression is a volcanic landscape of acid pools, salt flats and active lava lakes in the Afar region of north-eastern Ethiopia.

A UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Ethiopia encompassing the lower Omo River valley with archaeological sites containing hominid fossils dating back over 450,000 years and a remarkable concentration of indigenous peoples.

A cluster of eleven medieval rock-hewn churches carved from the living basalt of the Ethiopian highlands, built under King Lalibela in the 12th–13th century and still active places of worship.

A UNESCO-listed highland plateau in northern Ethiopia with dramatic eroded escarpments, deep gorges and Afro-alpine meadows, protecting populations of endemic Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolves and gelada baboons.