Lungo Local Tour Ethiopia — Local services in Addis Ababa

We just came back from a 15 days trip in amazing Ethiopia organized by Lungo Local Tour. We did the Northern circle and the South/Omo Valley. A great experience and a very well organized tour by Lungo. We felt very comfortable with him at all time and he adapted the plan per our interest. We really appreciate that Lungo took us to meet local people and experience their daily life and made it a bit more unique and authentic experience. As an example, in the Karo village we were the only people to walk through the village, sit down to drink coffee with the locals and whiteness a family moaning their loss while other tourists rushed to take the tribe pictures and were out on their way to the next tribe. Another example was to stop in few villages, get into their local homes and sit together while they were drinking their local drink (We didn’t dare to taste it...:-) and gossip about their lives with Lungo’s translating for us.

The drivers Lungo used were absolutely amazing and professional (one of them was a Liverpool fan which made it more special for me). After driving in Ethiopia you can understand how intense job it is and appreciate their skills.

Lungo is using local guides in every place which is excellent as they supposed to know their locality, culture, history and life better. Most of the guides were very knowledgeable and interesting.

I would definitely recommend Lungo and fully confident you’ll enjoy your trip in amazing Ethiopia using...

We(2 Indian nationals, M+F) planned our Omo valley tribes tour as part of our 14 day Ethiopia tour in Nov 2019. After discussing with various agencies we settled for Lungo Local Tour Africa for Omo because they were most responsive to our concerns(limited time and budget and lots to see). Lungo had promised us(and as we read on the reviews on the net) a more hands on, away from the tourist circuit visit to the tribes. We visited the Ari, Karo, Mursi, Dasanech and Hamar villages(tribes). We interacted with the tribes, visited their huts, had coffee(drink for guests)with them and of course visited the markets(whenever we encountered them). The drives were long but Lungo made sure we were comfortable always(buying packed lunch and had enough bottled drinking water without our requesting it). The SUV arrived always on time in the morning 7am(incl airport pick up) and only after we had seen all to our satisfaction drop us back to our lodging(btw 5-6pm). Both Lungo and the driver spoke good english and were very friendly. Lungo made sure that we ate and drank with the locals(special request from us) to get an authentic experience. We had such a good time that we definitely plan to return for a much longer and more in depth tour of the tribes(1-2 weeks). The tour package was all inclusive lodging, boarding, travel, food, water, guide(+armed escort when required). Thanks Lungo and see...

At the beginning of February I did a 9 day tour of the Lower Omo Valley which was totally fascinating. My guide was Lungo Kebede and my driver/guide Tesvaye Zewdie. They made a great team and I learnt so much from both of them. Lungo is from one of the tribes in the south so he had very good knowledge of the different tribes and the whole area. Tesvaye is from Addis Ababa so brought a bigger picture to that area and Ethiopia as a whole. They were both very friendly and informative and took very good care of me - even buying candles and hats for my birthday out there! Lungo made all the arrangements and took into account the things I had requested to do. They were both amenable to changing the itinerary a little part way through when I realised I wanted to do some things in a different way. I would advise staying in villages overnight where possible to get a more in depth experience of the people and their way of life. My favourite places were the markets (of which there were many!) as I would experience the tribal people having a good time with their friends and also see all the produce that they took to market. We travelled in a very comfortable four wheel drive with plenty of space. I chose the mid price range option for hotels and they were all absolutely fine and very varied in their locations. Their emails are: lungo.addis@gmail.com. and...