Blue Nile Falls
Another place not to be missed in Ethiopia is the Blue Nile, the longest river in Africa & Blue Nile Falls It is locally known as Tis Isat, is 400m wide and 45m deep. When the water falls into a gorge, it creates the most spectacular view, a sight to rival Niagara falls even – the Blue Nile Falls.
Another place not to be missed in Ethiopia is the Blue Nile Falls locally known as “Tis- Isat Falls” which is ‘Smoke of Fire’ – the most dramatic spectacle on either the White or the Blue Nile rivers. 400 meters (1,312 feet) wide when in flood, and dropping over a sheer chasm more than 45 meters (150 feet) deep, the falls throw up a continuous spray of water, which drenches on viewers up to a kilometre away. This misty deluge produces rainbows, shimmering across the gorge, and a small perennial rainforest of lush green vegetation, to the delight of the many monkeys and multi-coloured birds that inhabit the area.
Blue Nile Falls Located south of the beautiful town of Bahir Dar, around an hour drive, and stop at Tis-Isat village need half an hour walk on open and fertile fields, then drops into a deep rift that is spanned by an ancient, fortified bridge built in the seventeenth century by Portuguese adventurers and still in use. After a thirty-minute walk, a stiff climb up a grassy hillside is rewarded magnificent view of the falls, breaking the smooth edge of the rolling thundering cataract of foaming water.
Another rewarding rout to reach the falls by crossing the Blue Nile river by boat then easier trek along the east bank of the river.
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