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BAHER
DAR:- Lake Tana and The Blue Nile Falls
Is located on the southern Showa of lake Tana, the
source of the Blue Nile, with its ancient monasteries
and both the Blue and the White Nile's most spectacular
feature, The Tis Isat falls water falls. On the island
of Dega Estifanos you will find the church of Saint
Estifanos, which has a collection of icons and manuscripts
and houses the mummified remains of member of Ethiopian
emperors. Ethiopia is often referred to as the water
tower of eastern Africa because of the many rivers
that pour off its high tableland and visit to this
part of Rift valley studded with Lakes volcanoes and
savannah grassland offers the visitor a true safari
experience.
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Axum:mysterious
monoliths
Ethiopians most ancient city and renowned for
its cathedral of st.marry of Zion where as the legend
has it, the original Ark of the convent is housed.
Axum is also famous for its seven mysterious monolithic
stelea, all made of single pieces of granite and with
identical decorations. The biggest of them is 33 meter
high and weights over 500 tones it was the largest
monolith in the world but fell at some time in the
past. Near it stands a smaller, but nevertheless most
impressive, 24 meter high obelisk, and a larger oblise
was taken to Rome, by the fascist Italian dictator
Bento Mussolini in 1937 but now it is returned to
its country and its reerction is under way. And Axum,
is the home town of Queen of Sheba, and her Palace
is located Axum.
Axum, in its day, was a great commercial central issuing
its own currency and trading with Egypt, Arabia, Persia,
India and Even Ceylon.
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LALIBELA:-
A city of Caved From Legend
Described as a creation of angels lalibela has seen
preserved as one of UNESCO's 5th wonder world Heritage
sites for its 11 rock hewn monolithic churches,
which have been built by king Lalibela in the late
Twelfth or early Thirteenth century.
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Gambella:
Located about 600 kilometres from Addis Ababa
on the river Baro, Gambela has a strange history.
From 1902 until it was captured by the Italians in
the Second World War, it was administered by the British,
the only part of Ethiopia to be so governed, The reason
for this is that the British opened a port there on
the wide and navigable Baro River, which during four
months of the rainy season is navigable and provides
direct access to the sea via the Nile through Khartoum.
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Gonder:
Gondar contains fantastic castles, places and churches
built by the 17th century capital of Ethiopia founded
by the king of Fasiladas and illustrious progeny,
Yohannes I and Iyasu the great. Visit of the palace
compound the beautiful church of Debre-Birhan-Sellassie
with its wonderful murals and paintings.
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YEHA:-
Ethiopia oldest town
This is the site of a huge and most impressive, temple,
thought to date from around the sixth or seven century
B.C. Even the journey takes you past the site of Ethiopia's
historic victory over Italian colonialists, at the
battle of Adwa of 1896, the greatest victory time
of Hannibal
This pre-christian' temple of the moon' was the ancient
center of the Sabena civilization.
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DEBRE
DAMO:- Stairway To Heaven
Is a monastery built on the summit of a towering mountain
close to the Eritrea border. The monks enter or leave
the monastery by means of a wrist-thick rope made
from twinged leather strips
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GONDAR:-
the Camelot of Africa
Which emperor Fasilidas founded as his capital in
1636, is the site numerous castles- like palaces dating
from the 17th and 18th centuries. The city was Ethiopia's
capital until the region of Emperor Tewodros II also
known as 'Theodre' during the long years when it was
a capital the settlement emerged as one of the largest,
and most populous, cities in the realm. Besides the
famous palaces in the royal compound there is Debre
Birhan Sellasie church with is remarkable ceiling
decorated with winged angels.
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AFAR:-
The roots of mankind.
Afar
is the origin of human being, The Homemade named Lucy
(Dinkinesh in Amharic) whose aged 3.5 million years
old is found at Afar Region. Afar is also the park
of an active volcano and the Danakil depression at
120 meters below sea level one of the lowest dryland
points on earth.
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