Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The Simien National Park is one of the many popular and important sites boasted by Ethiopia. The park covers an overall area of approximately 14,000 hectares and is located on the vast Amhara plateau in the Western Simien highlands of Northern Ethiopia.
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The small town of Lalibela in Ethiopia is home to one of the world s most astounding sacred sites: eleven rock-hewn churches, each carved entirely out of a single block of granite with its roof at ground level.
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Gondar and The historic Gonderine town are very popular mainly because of the marvelous castles in the royal enclosure.
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Addis Ababa,Ethiopia
The Holy Trinity Cathedral is located next to the Parliament Building near the Arat Kilo (Meyazia 27) Square, which is the government sector of the City of Addis Ababa.
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Addis Ababa,Ethiopia
The Great Rift Valley, formed about 20 million years ago, is the single largest geographical feature on the African continent
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Addis Ababa,Ethiopia
Lake Tana, the largest lake in Ethiopia, situated north of the beautiful town of Bahir Dar is the source from where the famous Blue Nile starts its long journey to Khartoum, and on to the Mediterranean.
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
One of the most spectacular and extensive underground caverns in the world: the Sof Omar cave system, an extraordinary natural phenomenon of breathtaking beauty, is to be found at 120 kilometers (74 miles) eastward from Gobba,
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Addis Ababa,Ethiopia
Known to be a great commercial centre trading via the Red Sea port of Adulis and founded perhaps 500 years after the decline of Yeha.
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Addis Ababa,Ethiopia
The river Nile, over 800km in length within Ethiopia and the longest river in Africa, holds part of its heart in Ethiopia. From Lake Tana, the Blue Nile, known locally as Abbay, flows for 800 km within Ethiopia to meet the White Nile in Khartoum to form the great river that gives life to Egypt and the Sudan.
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Addis Ababa,Ethiopia
Omo National Park is on the west bank of the Omo River in the lower Omo valley. The park is c.140 km long, stretching from the Neruze River in the south to the Sharum plain in the north, and up to 60 km wide where the Park Headquarters are situated.
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