Television and Documentary Filming in Ethiopia -your reliable partner for your documentary filming and photography tours.
Sunny Ethiopia Tours is a tour company based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with branch office and representatives throughout the Historic Route and other major destinations in Ethiopia.
For more than 10 years we have developed the reputation and won the trust of many international documentary and television companies around the world including CCTV china. We have the highest standard and adequate logistics for television filming in Ethiopia, documentary, Photography expeditions, photo safari and aerial photography throughout Ethiopia.
We look after the fine details of logistics, transportation, accommodation, and co-ordination, so that your crew can concentrate on their skills.
Are you interested in commercials, stills, fashion-shoots, features or televisions serious, and/or documentaries ? Ethiopia has a large selection of superb locations, undiluted exotic tribal culture, colorful festivals, and we have an unequalled knowledge of the best spots, and the best time to be there as well.
If you need further information, about filming and filming permission in Ethiopia, please contact us we would be very happy to help you. Just send us an e-mail. We will let you know what information we need from you and what documents you need to make ready to start the filming permission process in Ethiopia.
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Car Hire in Ethiopia: Best Vehicles & Experienced Friendly Drivers
Planning to hire a car in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia? We have excellent condition cars suitable for different group size and the different road conditions and activities involved on a specific tour. All our vehicles have comprehensive insurance coverage.
Our friendly, well trained and experienced tour drivers know the terrains and valleys you will be traveling to really well. Our drivers have a very good knowledge of the places and cultures they travel to. They play their share in making sure there is as much less footprints on the environments and host community as they take tourists to the areas.
This young and energetic travel professional has worked for big & prominent tour companies based in Ethiopia handling ground arrangements.
More than this, Mr. Taddese Atlaw has acquired a vast potential in attending different travel shows especially in the Far East, Europe and Africa. This has made him careful in rendering service to travelers. Now, Mr. Taddese is the Managing Director of the Sunny Ethiopia Tour Company handling requests, attending Business meetings and organizing ground arrangements.
He has also been taking different tourism course that would develop the practice and use of sustainable and community based tourism in the country. He is a graduate of the only existing government tourism institute in tourist guiding and Management. Moreover he has graduated in marketing management in Degree from Addis Ababa University.
As the Managing Director of SET, Taddese has built up extensive expertise on travel and service excellence over his career that spans over 10 years in the travel industry. Taddese is also very well known at all tourist destinations in Ethiopia as a very sociable person.
Contracts and agreements will be valid consequent to Sunny Ethiopia Tour (SET) confirmation of the booking by fax, e-mail, letter or telephone. At the time of confirmation, a deposit of 30% of the total cost is requested. The remaining amount of the total cost shall be paid 30 days before the commencement of the tour. Unless prior arrangements have been made, SET is not indebted to conduct the tour if complete payment has not been received.
Abolition of confirmed bookings received more than 30 days prior to departure are subject to a cancellation fee of US $50 per person. Cancellation received between 30 and 15 days prior to departure will be subject to a penalty of 50% of the total rate of the tour. Cancellations received less than 15 days prior to departure will be subject to relinquishment of the entire tour rate. SET strongly recommends trip cancellation insurance.
Only the laws of Ethiopia govern SET’s liability to passengers transported in its own vehicles and all claims are subject to the jurisdiction of the court of Ethiopia in which the cause of action arises. Although every possible care is taken to safeguard you and your property, SET accepts no liability for loss or damage of any personal effects. SET will dispose its best efforts to assist visitors when dealing with third parties such as hotels, air lines and other transport companies and travel agents. However, SET cannot be held responsible for any loss or harm such as sickness, injury, death or additional costs incurred due to denied boarding, overbooking, cancellation or delay caused by the third party.
SET’s tour prices can be provided upon request.
Only selected itineraries are arranged here, however, numerous types of tours that suit the traveler’s convenience can be organized. Combined tours can also be arranged on request.
While every effort is made to adhere to the specifics mentioned in the agreed itinerary, changes may be required at times. However, we honestly and professionally try to meet the conditions of the original program.
Getting travel insurance, which is available from your own country, is strongly recommended.
SUNNY ETHIOPIA TOURS is based in Ethiopia Organized by tourism professionals works on tourism related activities mostly on ecotourism for the benefit of the local community in order to conserve the environment for the sustainable tourism of the country and provides services in Tour, Travel, Car rental etc.
Sunny Ethiopia customized tours, tailor made and packages tours in Ethiopia, adventure holidays. We have specialized in multi-adventure travel, bird watching, trekking, archaeological, historical, cultural and ecological, camping, exploration, expedition, discovery, rafting and game viewing tours. From the peak of Semien Mountains to the Danakil Depression (the lowest place in the world), from the warily inaccessible age-old rock hewn churches to the island monasteries, SET offers a number of extraordinary tour programs that introduce you to the beauty and challenges of life in the sunny country of Ethiopia... as our motto tells you that
Authentic service. Authentic Experience.
Maintain ethical, Client-Oriented, sustainable tourism for the benefit of the local community and conservation of environment by providing best valued, most cost effective and reliable tour services.
As we do business, we mainly focus on the communities and their respective environment. We believe that our sustenance and the tourism industry itself is quiet attached with the well being of the community and the environment.
Through our policies we strive to put in place practices that will enable and support the poor to improve their lives and assist them to overcome poverty and to preserve their environment for future generations.
We act responsibly and strive for excellence. We believe in character, competence, commitment and creativity. We work hard. We are happy, committed and caring
Our company Sunny Ethiopia Tours has some strategies regarding the eco policies. Some of them are listed bellow:
All of our company staff members are Ethiopians. We promote local tourism by using local guides for the group in order to give detailed and current information. We hire mule, tent porters from the local community. This time, the local people generate money and they are more genuine and hosting the client ethically.
We arrange some short term training for the local guides and they develop their customer handling experience. When the local people get money from tourism, they keep all the attraction and feel that all are their asset.
We also promote local foods and non alcoholic drinks. This creates the travellers to experience different drinks of test and the local community generate money from the sells.
All our guides and staff members test the food and show to the travellers how to eat and the way they drink as per the local people culture and norms.
Regarding the environment, our guides and staff members give pre- trip information to the groups how to handle the environment.
Taddese Atlaw,
Managing Director , Sunny Ethiopia Tours
Sunny Ethiopia Tours is the sister company of Senait Ethiopia Tours which is Ethiopian owned tour company that has been operating since 2008 that offers wide selections of tour package, tailor-made and customized tours throughout the beautiful & sunny country of Ethiopia. Sunny Ethiopia Tours believe in high standards of service, but charge very competitive price. It is a well-organized company with experienced travel staff who facilitates travel and will give you unforgettable memories.
SET operates on a serious belief that it’s making and breaking is in the hands of its customers. This is not just a hollow slogan. For a service provider such as SET, the recommendations of our satisfied customers have more lasting effects than tons of literatures and promotional materials.
Maintain ethical Client-Oriented Business by providing best valued, most cost effective, reliable and responsible tour services for the benefit of the local community.
The tour division is run by well experienced management, tour operators, professional and polyglot tour guides who have certified from Catering and Tourism Training Institute which is one of the affiliate member of World Tourism Organization, offering a variety of package and tailor made tours for individual and group travelers.
SET offers reasonable rates and reliable travel advice based on years of travel experience in Ethiopia.
Sunny Ethiopia Tours cooperates with all other service principals; Airline companies, travel agents, Hotels, Car Rentals, National Parks, Game reserves, Museums, Churches, Mosques, and is very close to attractive host communities.
Hence, our clients are welcomed everywhere and treated as friends. We respect and abide by rules and regulations. It provides a great contribution for the economic growth and promotion of the country.
SET has strong connections with local community-based aid organizations. We can help you arrange visits of schools, health centers and orphanages, etc.
No hidden costs and no late pricing surprises.
We want our customers to exactly know what they are getting for their money. We want you to know our strengths, limitations as well as the conditions and environments of the various sites to be visited.
There are times when you have a very tight schedule to keep, and very little time to keep it in. Even in such bottleneck situations, the experiences we have acquired, the dedication of our team, the smooth and cordial working relationship that we have developed with various local administrations and service providers, give us the ability to be flexible, adjust situations, and optimize results even while actually conducting the tours.
Ethiopia’s uniqueness makes it a fascinating destination for every kind of traveler, but in particular for the traveler who wants that bit more.