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Priest

Priest gives spreaying holy water bendications

Awash national park is the a sympole of conservation practices in Ethiopia it is one of the two national parks first establish and among the first the park host ecological resources value wildlife beisa oryx waterbuck Gazelle kudu lion Birds three species of bustards kori secretry birds why visit this park in awash national park you can see a waterfull natural hot springs and the dormant Fental volcano birds life in the park is established and many Ethiopian endemic birds can be seen

Babile

Babile Elephants sanctuary 25 km from Harar an elevated pleateau one looks down at the deep the sanctuary was originally gafaltered rotact a supposed elephant subspcies elephant can live in almost any habitant with sufficient food and water but in the reserve they prefer to stay in the Erer vally babile is also home to hot thermal springs used to supply much of eastern Ethiopia

Addisababa diplomatic city of Africa

Located on a well watered pleteau surraunded by hills and mountain in the geographical centre of the country Addisababa is one of the booming and fast growing capital cities in Africa Entoto park called to be the lung of Addisababa unity park situate d with in menilk palace The holy trinity catedral must see visite in Addisababa Grand Anwar mosque largest iconic and oldest mosque Tewodros 2 squre a place to see the replica of first cannon made in Ethiopia by emperor Tewodros Addisababa museum is one of the public museum in the city National museum of Ethiopia ranked among in subsaharan Africa

Aksum Land of Queen Sheba

Ethiopia historic journey is long and many ruins can be seen in the country A good exemple of this is the former settlement of yeha which is belived to have been built around 800 BC yeha the country pre Aksum foundation of Ethiopia civilization is situated between Aksum and Adwa in the provice of tigray the towering ruins of yehas Temple are in such good conditions today that they have become one of turist attractions of historical significant after yeha had follen the town of Aksum was established in 500 BC which becomes the ancient city of Ethiopian civilization and power full kingdom The Aksumite were renowed for their fine architecture crafts and skills in particular as mason and mental works Greek traders knew Aksum as centere of empire which had trade links with india Arabia Rome Egypt Today Aksum abound in archaeological and great granite stone curved oblisks known as stela The stelae are royal tombs or memories Queen of sheba of Ethiopia and king Solomon of Israel many Ethiopian belive that the relationship between sheba and Solomon resulted to a son who founded Solomon Dynasty museum Aksum is now one of the most visited historical city in Ethiopia

Debre Damo

Debre Damo monastery is situated on isolated mountain in northern part of tigray it is unque compared with most Ethiopian monasteries DebreDamo was built in the sixth century AD with curved wood panels painted ceiling and walls dedicated to the legend of saint (abuna)Aregawi DebreDamo is centred on the nine saints who came to Ethiopia from syria to spread Christianity in the tigray region a prominent monastics educational centre for Ethiopian orthodox Tewahedo church DebreDamo is only accessible by climbing up by a rope which is made of plaited leather lowered from the cliffs The feast of saint (Abuna)Aregawi is celebration on October 14 which culminates in a pilgrimage to Debre Damo from all over the country

Lalibela The African Jerusalem

Queen Gudit was born in lasta near lalibela Her Father was Falasha (beta lsreal) king colled Gideon that time Falasha refused to pay tax to the Aksumite kingdom and the king of Aksum sent troops to the Falasha region and forced them to pay tax Following Queen Gudits campaign againest Aksum marara Tekelehaimanot formarly founded the zagwe Dynasty lalibela stands on soft red volcano rock and was originally known as Roha lalibela 11 churchs cutout of solid red volcano curved in to the shap of cross All the churchs are still used as place of worship

Bale

Bale mountain national park contaion a spectacular divers landscape the high altitude afro mountain sanetti pleateau rises to over 4000 m and included the hihgest peak in the southern Ethiopia highlands surraunded by higher volcanic ridges and peaks the southern slopes are covered by the lush and largely unexplore Harenna Forest cultural historical and natural interst both en route and near by to the bale mountain national park bale national park is the ultimate destination hikers wildlife watchers culture and nature enthusiasts bird wachers and more Explore one of the highest park in Africa by horse back wolf is one of the spectacular sonnetti pleateau of the sun rise

Tigray

Historical region Ethiopia high plateau country were elevation generally range between 5000 and 11000 feet The region is draind by the Tekeze and Gash mareb rivers Tigray contian the core of the ancient Aksumite kingdom copital although vegetation is spare most of tigray pouplation engaged in agricultural cereals legumes coffe and cotton by controlling the red sea part of massawa and asseb Tigray becoumes the region through which trading caravans

Gonder camelot of Africa

Fasil Ghebbi Aroyal fartress city dating back to 16 century demonstrated DebreBirhan selassie church and catedral saimien mountain organised treks through the simein mountain stuning landscape unique wildlife encounters and views of the jinbar waterfall kuskuam church fortified retreat on a hill top over looking Gonder and its castle in the distance RasGhinb museum The little museum is often over look as a place to visit Falasha village realy worth the visit even if its includes in your simien tour

Afar

Dankail Depression desertsurreal landscape of vibrant colours and extreme geological features with cultural encounters and the chance to witness an active lava lake Erta Ale Dallol Geological formation Ghost Town

Harar The living museum

Harar is one of the oldest cities in Ethiopia locatedon the border of east Somalia region UNESCO world heritage site different feel to the rest of Ethiopia the forth holiest city in Islam the old city of Harar is home to an incredable 99 mosques and shrines Islamic demographic of this ancient city this facinating wall once have five gates Harar is most famous for its Hyena feeding in this part of a town one of the most decorated museum in the city of Harar the sherif harar city museum is must see ArturRimbound museum to femous french poet known for his influence on the modern literature market place recycling market shoa gate market and the famous Erer gate buying a few souvenir and generly soaking up the electronic atmosphere Harar is known for some of the best coffe Ethiopia to offer