Bahar Dar is 578 kilometers from Addis Ababa, has a number of good hotels, and is located on the southern shores of Lake Tana the source of the Blue Nile, with its ancient island monasteries and both the Blue and the white Nile’s most spectacular feature, the Tis Isat waterfalls. Lake Tana, 3,673km2 is also the source of Blue Nile, and the falls of Blue Nile, the 2nd biggest fall in Africa 400m wide and falls from a 40m high is reachable which is 35 km from Bahirdar and experience of nature and culture together. Blue Nile falls is also rich in aquatic and other specious of birds. The other most interesting experience of your stay in Bahirdar is boat trip over Lake Tana to the island monasteries. There are 37 islands of which 21 of them have monasteries and churches, which were made starting from 13th century. These monasteries are very rich old and unique Biblical and royal wall painting, collections of gold and silver crowns, old books, parchments, royal dressing’s medieval Ethiopian kings as well as mummified body remains of a number of Ethiopian emperors. Some of the Islands were also the homeland of the Felasha, Black Jews and temporary resting place of the original Arc of the Covenant.

On the island of Dega Estefanos, you will find the church of Saint Stefanos, which has a priceless collection of icons and manuscripts.