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In Mobile Ad hoc NETworks (MANETs), where cooperative behaviour is mandatory, there is a high probability for some nodes to become overloaded with packet forwarding operations, in order to support neighbour data exchange. This altruistic behaviour leads to an unbalanced load in terms of traffic and energy consumption. In such scenarios, mobile nodes can benefit from the use of an energy efficient and traffic fitting routing protocol, that better complies with their limited battery capacity and throughput. This paper presents E2DYMO, an improvement to the well-known DYMO protocol that offers energy efficiency and fairness in routing for mobile wireless ad hoc networks. With this proposed improvement, nodes are able to find several routes per each pair of source and destination nodes and select the best route according to energy and traffic parameters, effectively extending the lifespan of the network.