Ethiopia

January 2011

 

Date Time From To By Comments
14.01 08:00 Maale Shomron Amman Buses, taxi 8 hours, 45 NIS + 17 JOD
14.01 19:00 Amman Addis Ababa through Cairo Egypt Air 5 hours, $489
17.01 3:00 Addis Ababa Bahir Dar Private car 10 hours, 300 Birr
19.01 08:00 Bahir Dar Gondar Minibus 5 hours, 70 Birr
20.01 05:30 Gondar Axum Bus 12 hours, 183 Birr
22.01 09:00 Axum Mekele Minibus 6 hours, 200 Birr
24.01 11:00 Mekele Danakil Depression Jeep 2 days, 300 USD
26.01 08:00 Mekele Lalibela Minibuses 10 hours, 175 Birr
28.01 04:30 Lalibela Addis Ababa Minibus 16 hours, 450 Birr
01.02 03:55 Addis Ababa Amman BMI 4 hours
01.02 10:00 Amman Maale Shomron Taxi, buses 8 hours, 60 NIS + 17 JOD

Total:
Hotels: 2755 Birr = $166 or ~ $10/day
Buses and minibuses: 1475 Birr = $90 ~ $6/day
Taxi and tuk-tuks: 620 Birr or $37 ~ $2.5/day
Food, internet etc: 1650 Birr= $100 ~ $6.7/day
Museums: 1000 Birr = $60 ~ $4/day
Total in Ethiopia without Danakil: 7500 Birr - $450 ~ $30/day
Danakil depression (2 day by jeep): $300
Total in Ethiopia: $750 ~ $44/day

Air ticket $489
Insurance $104
Ethiopian and Jordanian visas and taxes, and transport to Amman $157
Total ~ $1500

See the detailed report in Russian here