Tour Operator in Ethiopia/Authentic Ethiopia Tours

Vision, Mission & Values

We want to be a leading example of a tour operator demonstrating sustainable tourism in Ethiopia. We want to grow by offering more and a wider range of unique tours and expand our visibility on the web.

Our vision statement

Our mission statement

Provide a unique and authentic travel experience for everybody in a sustainable, honest and transparent way.

Our values

Authentic Ethiopia Tours gives the greater attention to the values listed:

Sustainable tourism

Authentic Ethiopia Tours conducts the tour business in a sustainable way. We also take into account the interest of the local people, preserve the cultural heritage; we take care of our environment and focusing economically on long term results and fair economic fair practices.

Professional

We take our business very serious. It means our behavior is correct, objective, balanced, efficient and reliable. We are down to earth in the way we conduct business.

Honesty

Authentic Ethiopia Tours works with honest employees, with honest, fair and competitive market prices. We strive to demonstrate honest behavior towards our environment (clients, suppliers and other parties who we conduct business with).

Transparency

Authentic Tours strive to be clear in our products, services and processes. Be transparent to our direct environment.

Quality

Clients come in the first place; Authentic Ethiopia Tours strive for an optimal service level in order to get the clients best value for his/her tour. To achieve this, we look for the best people and operators involved in our business and we design our services and products in the best way.

Personal

Authentic Ethiopia Tours would like to give tailor made advice as every person is different with different wishes. It means personal commitment, aimed on establishing a temporarily, personal bond which enables us to really help you to get the best value for your tour. It also means a friendly service with a smile, with some humor.

What our clients say

Sileshi was enthusiastic, trustworthy, reliable, flexible and responsive to our needs and requirements and a good communicator and organizer. He was prepared to go the extra mile to make our trip truly memorable.

Robin & Veronica Cross

Devon, UK

Sileshi is excellent in his talent to bring real authentic life into every day. It was a pleasure for us with his help to meet people, to talk with them and to learn about the way of living.We are frequent travelers and have been in many countries. It would be a pleasure for us if we could find such a guide as Mr. Tesfaye in other countries.

Walter and Maria Stösser

Germany

Dear Sileshi. Margit and I do thank you for the wonderful trip we had in Ethiopia in October 2017.The magic colours on Erta Ale and in the Dallol region were unbelievably great! The second week of our tour in Lalibela and in the Semien NP were amazing as well.

Margit and TobiasSwitzerland

Switzerland

Sileshi is very knowledgeable in all aspects of Ethiopian society and was very keen to share with us the history, the culture and customs of the various ethnic groups we visited (Konso, Hammer, Mursi, Karo and more), the food, and the music of his country. We can only praise his kindness towards us and his patience as a guide. We are also very grateful to our resourceful driver Tensaye.... Read this review

Franoise and Sarala

Canada

You won’t be disappointed by Sileshi's professionalism, his competency, and his deep knowledge of Ethiopia. Plus support a local tour company!

Sahelit Bahiru

University of California, Berkeley

I had the pleasure to travel with Sileshi Tesfaye for two weeks through Ethiopia. He has an excellent understanding of the needs of his international customers and is delivering a great service.

Dr. Dominik Meyer