7–10 days · 7 nights · 8 days
Altitude first: a quiet Addis night, a working morning or origin coffee, then Lalibela’s rock-hewn churches and a Simien escarpment chapter at Limalimo. We fly domestic sectors. We do not drive Addis–Lalibela with a jet-lagged group, and we never walk Simien on landing day.
Group fit
12–40 (churches staggered; Simien walking optional)
Best for
Incentives and leadership groups who have already done safari and want highlands, living history and Ethiopian Airlines’ hub
Nights
7 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
Hyatt Regency, Sheraton Addis or Skylight. Hydrate. Light briefing. Early night. Addis sits near 2,400 metres — no Entoto hike, no six-hour city loop.
Activities
Day 2
Closed board session if required, or National Museum and a contracted origin tasting. Evening free. Optional Bishoftu lake night instead if EXCO wants stillness.
Activities
ExperiencesAddis meeting and origin coffeeAddis Ababa city circuitBishoftu lake retreat
Day 3
Domestic to LLI. Lodge arrival. Afternoon still. Modest-dress briefing. We do not start church trenches on landing afternoon.
Activities
ExperiencesLalibela rock-hewn churches
Day 4
Private guiding. Modest dress. Staggered church entries so a 40-person list is not a single wave through a nave. Parallel highland-view morning for anyone who should not descend the trenches.
Activities
ExperiencesLalibela rock-hewn churches
Day 5
Remaining clusters or a village walk. Gala at the lodge tonight — never in a church. Speeches timed.
Activities
ExperiencesLalibela rock-hewn churches
Day 6
Air to Gondar. Road to Limalimo. Geladas from the escarpment viewpoints. No long walk on arrival afternoon.
Activities
ExperiencesSimien Mountains escarpment and geladas
Day 7
Graded walking with geladas. Non-walk programme on the viewpoints. Celebration dinner — short.
Activities
ExperiencesSimien Mountains escarpment and geladas
Day 8
Road to Gondar, air to Addis. International departures with a buffer. US, Canada and Latin America groups may need a ninth night in Addis.
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 →2 nights from Addis
UNESCO churches carved from living rock — Ethiopia’s most requested incentive centrepiece, run with modest-dress briefs and no liturgy-as-theatre.
Ethiopia destination →2–3 nights
UNESCO escarpments, gelada troops and air that reminds you Addis was already high. Limalimo Lodge is the usual bed. Fitness and cardiac notes are collected with passports.
Ethiopia destination →Incentives and leadership groups who have already done safari and want highlands, living history and Ethiopian Airlines’ hub
7–10 days (7 nights). Typical group fit: 12–40 (churches staggered; Simien walking optional). Altitude first: a quiet Addis night, a working morning or origin coffee, then Lalibela’s rock-hewn churches and a Simien escarpment chapter at Limalimo. We fly domestic sectors. We do not drive Addis–Lalibela with a jet-lagged group, and we never walk Simien on landing day.
Send company, group size and dates to sales@serengetiexperience.com or use https://www.serengetiexperience.com/rfp. We confirm stays, internal air and the operations annex together — we do not publish nightly rates on this site.
