Ethiopian Airlines is one of Africa's largest and best airlines, with an extensive network of flights throughout Africa, as well as to Djibouti and Yemen. Departure tax is $10.

You can get to Ethiopia from Djibouti by road, but it's pretty exhausting - a bus-train combination tends to work better. Buses run between Addis Ababa and Nairobi, but the trip can be slow as you often have to wait for a convoy to assemble - it's necessary to travel in convoy through the more dangerous areas.

Ethiopian Airlines has a strong internal network and its prices are reasonable. There's also a good network of dirt-cheap, dead-slow buses along all major roads. In the bigger towns, you need to buy your ticket a day beforehand or you'll have to pay double to the scalpers who buy up all available seats. The only train line runs between Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa, but it's a long, slow, dull haul.