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The landscape here changes dramatically depending on the season, but the gorge is also impressive in late summer (February), even though there are no waterfalls then. There's also a good place to eat at the starting point, and the cook is very friendly.

Make sure to come on a day with clear view

A short hike leads from the car park (4WD road!) to the Portuguese bridge and some waterfalls. There is also a magnificent view towards the Blue Nile Gorge. There is also unique vegetation and if you are lucky you can even see raccoon baboons. Ideal as a day trip from Addis Ababa, combined with the Debre Libanos monastery.

A highly recommended spot!

Fasil Ghebbi is a fortress town in the Gonder region of Ethiopia and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In the 17th century, the town was the residence of the Ethiopian Emperor Fasilidas, who built a residence here for the rainy season. His successors continued to expand the town and palace. Plan of Fasil Gebi The town lies at an altitude of 2208 m and is surrounded by a 900 m long fortress wall. It includes palaces, churches, monasteries and other public and private buildings. The architecture shows Hindu and Arabic influences, and later also Baroque elements introduced by Jesuit missionaries. After the capital was moved to Debre Tabor in the middle of the 19th century, Fasil Ghebbi was damaged by an attack by followers of the Mahdi in 1881 and by British air raids in 1941. More information: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasil_Ghebbi

Not far from Gondar lies the Debre Berhan Selassie monastery, which is decorated with beautiful and unique wall paintings from 1694. Debre Berhan Selassie translates as "Monastery of the Trinity on the Mountain of Light" and was founded by Emperor Iyasu around 1700. It is impressive and surprising at the same time how extensively the paintings are in the anteroom accessible to visitors. Winged angel heads even look down on visitors from the wooden monastery ceiling. The famous ceiling paintings and wall paintings are among the most precious in Ethiopian iconography. The life of Christ and Mary is presented in great detail on the side walls. Furthermore, all kinds of saints such as Saint Michael or George with the dragon are depicted. The walls are filled with scenes from the New and Old Testaments. Inside the monastery, everything is completely painted, so that there is not a single empty space on the walls. Debre Berhan Selassie is probably the most beautiful monastery church in Gondar. As the only place of worship that survived the invasion of the dervishes, this jewel has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

The rock churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia are eleven churches, each carved out of the surrounding rock formation as a monolith around the year 1250. Their construction was originally attributed to Emperor Lalibela, who wanted to build a "New Jerusalem" in the 12th century after Muslim conquests brought Christian pilgrimages to the Holy Land to a standstill. The holy city of Lalibela experienced its heyday after the fall of the Aksum Empire. The churches are located in the central Ethiopian highlands in the urban area of the growing town of Lalibela. They still serve their original purpose and are visited by Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims. The church buildings have been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1978. More information: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felsenkirchen_von_Lalibela

The Bath of Fasilidas in the valley of the Kaha River is a 70 × 40 meter basin, inside of which a small pleasure palace rises on pillars. Emperor Fasilidas had the moated castle built in the large basin in the 17th century. Fasilidas is said to have once bathed in the basin. Although it is described as a bathing facility, the Bath of Fasilidas was probably built for special celebrations. Towards the end of the Gondar period, the pleasure palace was finally converted into a church. Timkat Festival Every year on January 19th, the Bath of Fasilidas is the central location for the Timkat Festival, the festival commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan. For the Timkat Festival, the entire Fasilidas Basin is filled with holy water from the nearby river. The Bishop of Gondar consecrates the water by dipping his carrying cross into it. The believers then bathe in this holy water in ecstasy and with liturgical chants. Orthodox Ethiopian Christians celebrate the festival in their colorful cloaks. Priests adorn themselves with church crowns and brocade-decorated parasols. On the eve of Epiphany, priests from all churches carry the holy "Tabot tablets" into the castle to venerate the shrines containing replicas of the two tablets of the law of Moses. On the actual day of the festival, church dignitaries gather around the tablets, sprinkle the believers present with holy water and renew the tablet vows. Before the tablets are returned to the churches, the church followers walk through the town in extensive processions singing, praying and dancing.