Blue Nile Falls: The Blue Nile Falls is a waterfall on the Blue Nile river in Ethiopia. It is known as Tis Abay in Amharic, meaning \"smoking water\". It is situated on the upper course of the river, about 30 km downstream from the town of Bahir Dar and Lake Tana. The falls are considered one of Ethiopia\\\'s best known tourist attractions.
Semen Mountains - Gelada Baboon: The Simien mountain massif is one of the major highlands of Africa, rising to the highest point in Ethiopia, Ras Dejen (4543m), which is the fourth highest peak in the continent.
Wenchi Crater Lake: Wenchi Crater Lake is 140 Km west of Addis Ababa. The local community have developed the crater for ecotourism activities. The crater with its large lake and traditional villages offer hiking, boating/canoeing, horseback riding, sailing, paragliding, forest exploration
Dalol is 150 meters below sea level, 100 km from north west of active the volcano Erta Ale, the lowest part of Danakil Depression. It is a extremely hot (with an average temperature of 30-50 degree centigrade)

Events & Festivals

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Festivals and other special events are colourful and lively events which you can enjoy participating in at different times throughout the year.

There are both religious and secular events.

Some of these happen as public mass events, while others take place mainly at home in the family.

Highlights for tourists are the Christian Orthodox Festivals of Epiphany -Timkat (January 19th), Easter –Fasika , Ethiopian New Year –Inkutatash (September 11th), Finding of the True Cross –Meskal (September 27th) and Ethiopian Christmas –Gena (January 6th-7th). There are many other events of interest including Christian and Muslim pilgrimages. ATOE can advise you when these take place and develop trips to enable you to attend these if you wish.

Enkutatesh (New Year Celebration)

Meskel (finding of true cross)

Timket (Ethiopian Epiphany)

Genna (Ethiopian Christmas)

St. Mary of Zion festival

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