Why this ride
From Addis Ababa it runs 169 km to Addis Ababa; allow about 2 h 07 of riding. The stops in between: Tiya and back through Tiya. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,700 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Addis Ababa long day · Tiya
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 169 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 07
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Addis Ababa
At about 2,350 metres, Addis Ababa is one of the highest capitals on Earth, and you feel it in the first hour: the sun is strong, the air is thin and cool, and a flight of stairs is a small event. The city sits in a bowl of eucalyptus-covered hills, founded in the 1880s by Emperor Menelik II and his wife Taytu, whose name for it, the new flower, stuck. It is a sprawling, restless, cheerful place, and the pace of building is astonishing.
Read the complete Addis Ababa write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Addis Ababa is where the day begins. Next is Tiya.
2. Tiya
Tiya lies some ninety kilometres south of Addis Ababa, on the high plateau of the Great Rift's northern edge, and it holds one of the strangest open-air museums in Africa. In a field beside a village, dozens of weathered stone pillars stand in clusters, some leaning, some upright, each carved with swords, symbols and abstract figures. They are stelae, grave markers raised several centuries ago, probably between the twelfth and fourteenth, by a culture whose name has been lost. UNESCO listed the site in 1980, and a custodian will usually walk you around and explain which carvings are thought to show warriors and which show something nobody has managed to read.
Read the complete Tiya write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Tiya comes up 46 km in.
3. Tiya
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tiya write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
92 km in you reach Tiya. Next is back through Tiya.
4. back through Tiya
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tiya write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Tiya, late in the day. Next is Addis Ababa.
5. Addis Ababa
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Addis Ababa write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Addis Ababa. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Addis Ababa to Tiya
Addis Ababa → Tiya is 92 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Tiya to Addis Ababa
back through Tiya → Addis Ababa is 92 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
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