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Abiyatta Shalla is located in the the Great Rift Valley, 200km (124 miles) south of Addis Ababa. The Lake Langano recreational areas are very popular with visitors. The Abiyatta Shalla park was created primarily for its aquatic bird life, and contains the most important breeding site in the world for the great white pelican. |
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Ankober is approached through undulating countryside, then through more mountainous country including Mt Kundi (3500m), and the maximum elevation of the surrounding mountain peaks is about 12600 ft. (3840m). It is built on the edge of a great escarpment, within a horseshoe crescent of mountains providing panoramic views of Mt Imemihret or Fiqre Gimb commanding the old trading route to the eastern lowlands, the plains of Afar, Harar, the Great Rift Valley and the coastal ports of Berbera, and Zeyla in the Gulf of Aden. |
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Awash National Park and Game Reserve is located 225km east of Addis Ababa, bordering the Awash river in the upper Rift Valley. The park covers some 756 sq km of mainly acacia woodland and grassland, ranging from 750-2,007m above sea level. |
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 Axum contains some of the most mysterious monuments in the world, and is reputed to have been the ancient capital of Sheba around the 10th Century BC. Axum is the location of the Church of St Mary of Zion, where the Ark of the Covenant is said to have been placed by Menelik, son of King Solomon, 3000 years ago; a connection with the legendary Queen of Sheba. |
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There are secluded Island monasteries on Lake Tana with ecclesiastical treasures hinting at a mysterious past, and a few miles away, you can experience the enduring might of Tissisat Falls, sometimes called the Blue Nile Falls. |
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2,470 Sq Kms of National Park, towards the southern end of the Rift Valley in South-east Ethiopia, 400km from Addis Ababa. |
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 The home of the Emperors and their castles, Gondar, located in the foothills of the Simien Mountains in northwestern Ethiopia, is the 'Camelot' of Africa. |
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Harar is a famous, walled, Muslim City, forbidden "to the French and other infidels." |
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 "The eighth wonder of the world", Lalibela is the "New Jerusalem" built by King Lalibela "with the help of Angels" in the 12th Century, in an almost inaccessible mountain stronghold at a height of 2340m above sea level. |
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2,162 sq km, 770km southwest of Addis Ababa, on east bank of Omo river. 450-2,528m. Highest point is Mount Mago. |
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The Omo National Park has all the ingredients that make one of the world's best river adventures, rapids, waterfalls, canyons, creeks, hot springs and exotic wildlife. Yumo Tours will ensure that you have a wonderful Ethiopian experience. |
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 "The most marvelous of all Abyssinian landscapes opened before us, as we looked across a gorge that was clouded amethyst to the peaks of Simien."
The Simien Mountains is known as "The Roof Of Africa," located near Gondar, 760km north of Addis Ababa. The Simien Mountains rise to the vast peak of Mount Ras Deshen, at 4620m, the fourth highest peak in Africa. |
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Yabello Wildlife Sanctuary |
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2,496 sq km, 550km south of Addis Ababa, near the Kenyan border. |
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