Food Tour in Addis Ababa

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Location

Addis Ababa

Duration

5 hours

Group size

Max 6 guests

Language

English, French, Spanish, German

Location

Addis Ababa

Duration

5 hours

Group size

Max 6 guests

Language

English, French, Spanish, German

US$217.76 per group

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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!

Local family visiting fee for the food preparation class

Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony attending fee and coffee

Hotel/Airport pickup and drop off

Two glasses of "Tej" - Ethiopian Honey Wine per person

Lunch

Home cooked delicious Ethiopian food

Professional experienced English speaking tour guide

Meals and drinks at a traditional restaurant at lunch

Tips for service people

And, any expense which is not mentioned in the "Included' List above

30 minutes · Admission Ticket Included

Atikilt Tera | piazza | አትክልት ተራ | ፒያሳ

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.

Meet and greet your local tour guide at your hotel in Addis Ababa. With comfortable private vehicle,…

1 hour · Admission Ticket Free

Mercato Market

Next 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

Next stop at Merkato is the interesting Spice Market. Learn from your guide of the local Ethiopian s…

2 hours · Admission Ticket Included

Mount Entoto

With 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.

With a quick stop at Entoto Park for enjoying views of Addis Ababa, drive to a local family at Mount…

1 hour · Admission Ticket Free

Addis Ababa

We 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.

We now head to Taytu Hotel or one of the best traditional Ethiopian restaurants of Addis where you w…

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Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (if visitors are just arriving) OR any hotel (lodge) in Addis Ababa.

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Julian RAugust 2019 • TripAdvisor

Well worth it!

This was the second tour we undertook with Merit Tours and it was a half day trip with a visit to a local spice market, a traditional coffee ceremony, making Ingera and actually tasting home cooked Ethiopian food. The coffee ceremony, home cooking, etc was all at the home of our driver and was superb both in terms of quality and hospitality. Moreover, based on the research we did, Merit Tours are a lot less expensive than many of the competitors. So "Win-Win" at all levels.

Response from ViatorAugust 09, 2019

Dear Julian, Thank you very much for booking Full Day Tour of Addis Ababa and Half Day Cultural Experience in Addis Ababa with Merit Ethiopian Experience Tours for two consecutive days!! Thank you also rating and review your tour with us!! It was a pleasure to show you around. We look forward to show you more of Ethiopia someday Best wishes, Muluken G.