Debre Berhane Selassie
Debre Berhan Selassie an easy stroll 2km northeast of town. Despite its walls hosting the nation’s most vibrant ecclesiastical artwork, it’s the ceiling that captures most visitors’ imaginations. Think of Mona Lisa’s smile and multiply it 104 times!
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Erta Ale, the living Shield Volcano
Erta Ale is a very remote and rarely visited shield volcano in the Afar region of East Africa.
Churches in Ethiopia
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Kay Kabaro: Simien jackal
The Ethiopian wolf is the rarest canid in the world (Sillero 2001), and is one of the world's rarest mammals.
Beautiful Scenery of Ethiopia
Awasa , southern Ethiopia’s largest city, is 100km further south and sits on the shores of attractive Lake Awasa. With plenty of facilities, a great fish market and row boats to boot, Awasa is a great place to stop.
Gonder: Medieval castles of Ethiopia
The Center of Ethiopian art and culture Gondar, founded by Emperor Fasilidas around 1635, is famous for its many medieval castles and the design and decoration of its churches.
People and Places
The Hamer People
The Hamer occupy mountainous region in the eastern part of the lower Omo valley. The Hamar have integrated with many of their neighbors. Currently they make up the biggest Omotic language group in the Lower Omo region.
Mursi
This group of tribe is related to the Nilo –Sharan linguistic family. They depend on rearing cattle. Their distinctive feature is that the labial and lobular plates worn by the women. A small wooden or ceramic disc is inserted into the incision and gradually replaced by larger ones until the full sized disc can be worn. This is done to explain social status.
Surma
The Surma people are considered to be “nomads” by other Ethiopians. But in true sense the surma are no longer nomads. They were nomads when people have been fewer in number and competing for grazing. Now days they are living settled life depending on cultivated grains (Sorghum and maize) for the greater part of their subsistence.
Abune Petros Memorial: Addis Ababa
Just West of Addis Ababa's impressive City Hall, down the hill on the main road to the Merkato district is Abune Petros Square with it's imposing statue.
The Lion of Judah Monument: Addis Ababa
The Lion of Judah Monument stands in the square in front of Addis Ababa's train station.
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People and Places
Axum: World Heritage Site
Aksum The ruins of the ancient city of Aksum are found close to Ethiopia's northern border. They mark the location of the heart of ancient Ethiopia, when the Kingdom of Aksum was the most powerful state between the Eastern Roman Empire and Persia. The massive ruins, dating from between the 1st and...
Sof Omar Caves
At 15.1 km (9.5 miles) long, Sof Omar Cave is the longest cave in Ethiopia; one source claims they are the largest system of caves in Africa. It is situated in the Bale province in southeastern Ethiopia (6°55?N, 40°45?E) through which the Web River flows. It sinks at the Ayiew Maco entrance and reappears...
Treasures from Ethiopia
The collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum include a number of Ethiopian objects and images. Many of these are associated with a British military expedition undertaken to Ethiopia (then known as Abyssinia) in 1867-68, which ended with the ransacking of the Ethiopian Emperor's fortress at Magdala....
The mysteries of Imrahana Kirstos
More than 40 minutes’ drive to cover the 12 kilometres separating Lalibela from a very poor hamlet at the foot of a mountain. Then half an hour of climbing, on a slope with no visible sign of human life… except a group of women returning from the market on the other side of the mountain.
Semin Mountains National Park
Simien Mountain Massif in Northern Ethiopia, which lies at elevations between about 2,000m and 4,620m, taking in Ras Dashen, the highest peak in Ethiopia, which stands adjacent to the park and the fourth highest in Africa.
Lake Chamo
Chamo lake has found in the vicinity of Arbaminch town with a catchments area of 551 km2 & a maximum depth of 10ms with a length of 26 kms. It lies at 1108m above sea level. It has high productivity of fish including Nile perch. Besides, it is rich in hippos, crocodile and varieties of birds. Quit...
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Konso Cultural Landscape (Ethiopia) have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List. Inscriptions are to continue this afternoon.
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