Ethiopia
Travelers to Ethiopia experience a country divided into two: in the north and east the focus is on cultural heritage, while in the south there are several national parks and lakes in the area of the East African Rift with their flora and fauna as well as the habitat of several indigenous peoples. Wikivoyage
Cities
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Can I go? Entry and visas
From GOV.UK, for United Kingdom passports, updated 7 October 2026:
You must have a visa to visit Ethiopia for tourism or business.
You do not need a visa if you have a valid Ethiopian Diplomatic ID Card, Ethiopian Temporary Residents Permit or Ethiopian Origin ID (Yellow Cards).
Passport validity
Your passport must be:
valid for at least 6 months after the date you arrive in Ethiopia
machine-readable
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Your embassy in Ethiopia
Finding embassies…
For a lost passport, an arrest or an emergency.
Ethiopia's embassy in United Kingdom
Finding embassies…
For a visa before you go.
Entry rules change, sometimes overnight. Always confirm with the official source before you book or travel. This is a pointer, not legal advice.
Good to know
Emergency numbers in Ethiopia
- Currency
- Ethiopian Birr (ETB)
- Time
- UTC+3
- Tue 19:13 there now
- Plugs and power
- Types C, D, F, J · 220 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +251
- Languages
- Amharic
- English spoken by about 43%
- Capital
- Addis Ababa
From Wikidata, Unicode CLDR (currency, languages) and the IANA time zone database; checked 10 October 2026.