14/02/2026
DJ / The Afar people are of the largest ethnic groups in Djibouti. Culturally dominant in the regions they inhabit, these semi nomadic communities spread across an area of unforgiving climate conditions in the Danakil desert.
I first met Afar populations in the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia, then in southern Eritrea and now in Djibouti. I’ve seen their lives more deeply this time, visited villages and understood how they’ve adapted to their environment, what they do to cope and what are their hopes for the future.
Macrobia Expeditions employs and works directly either Afar guides and drivers who know the desert like the palm of their hands, holding connections in a vast network of settlements and working together to benefit the greater good of their communities.
