3–5 days · 4 nights · 5 days
Addis Ababa arrival and a working morning, then Bishoftu lakes for a closed retreat. Culture and coffee in the capital; slides and still at the lake. Built when the diary is four nights and the guest list already lands on Ethiopian metal.
Group fit
8–40
Best for
Leadership offsites and regional meetings that need Addis airlift plus a lake retreat without a Lalibela–Simien stretch
Nights
4 nights — lodge names confirmed on proposal
Destinations
An operable outline, not a locked rooming list. Air sectors, permits and stays are contracted against the brief. Dates and costs sit on the proposal — not on this page.
Day 1
Meet-and-greet at ADD. City hotel near the working venue. Hydrate. No highlands on landing night.
Activities
ExperiencesAddis meeting and origin coffee
Day 2
Closed session or coffee-and-city brief. Afternoon road to Bishoftu. Lodge check-in. Free evening.
Activities
ExperiencesAddis meeting and origin coffeeAddis Ababa city circuitBishoftu lake retreat
Day 3
Full retreat day: morning session, lake afternoon free of slides, working dinner only if required.
Activities
ExperiencesBishoftu lake retreat
Day 4
Light morning session or still. Celebration dinner — short speeches. Pack for ADD.
Activities
Day 5
Road to ADD with buffer. Day rooms at Skylight if the international is late.
Activities
1–2 nights in the capital
A working session in a five-star that can actually hold AV, then a coffee tasting with an origin brief — the Ethiopia chapter that belongs before Lalibela, not instead of sleep.
Ethiopia destination →Half day, 3–4 hours after a long-haul night
National Museum (Lucy cast), a serious coffee tasting, Entoto views when the group has slept — arrival padding that is not a six-hour souvenir loop or a second working session.
Ethiopia destination →1–2 nights
Volcanic crater lakes an hour from Bole — still water, a table, AV that works. Leadership retreats and post-conference nights that do not require a highland airstrip.
Ethiopia destination →Leadership offsites and regional meetings that need Addis airlift plus a lake retreat without a Lalibela–Simien stretch
3–5 days (4 nights). Typical group fit: 8–40. Addis Ababa arrival and a working morning, then Bishoftu lakes for a closed retreat. Culture and coffee in the capital; slides and still at the lake. Built when the diary is four nights and the guest list already lands on Ethiopian metal.
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