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Historic North tours

Imperial cities, pilgrimage landscapes and the northern escarpments.

Places within the region

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Lake Tana seen from the shore at Bahir Dar01

Bahir Dar

Palm-lined Bahir Dar sits beside Lake Tana and makes a measured gateway to island monasteries, waterside life and the Blue Nile Falls.Lake Tana seen from the shore at Bahir Dar02

Lake Tana

Lake Tana is both the source region of the Blue Nile and a lived cultural landscape of fishing communities, wetlands and island monasteries.Blue Nile Falls descending through a green gorge03

Blue Nile Falls

Tis Issat is a seasonal waterfall landscape where river paths, stone bridges and cultivated highlands matter as much as the volume of water.Stone towers and walls inside Fasil Ghebbi in Gondar04

Gondar

Gondar's castles, royal baths and painted church tell a layered story of court life, faith and craftsmanship in Ethiopia's seventeenth-century capital.Layered escarpments in Simien Mountains National Park05

Simien Mountains

The Simien escarpment is a high-altitude landscape of immense scale, walked for a day or many with local guides, realistic acclimatisation and no wildlife guarantees.Bete Giyorgis rock-hewn church in Lalibela at sunset06

Lalibela

Lalibela is a living pilgrimage town where rock-hewn architecture, daily worship and highland life ask for time, quiet and informed guidance.Ancient carved stelae in the northern field at Aksum07

Aksum

Aksum brings archaeology, inscriptions and living faith together in the landscape of an ancient African kingdom.Rock-hewn church and cliff landscape in Gheralta08

Gheralta

Gheralta's sandstone massifs hold remarkable rock-hewn churches, reached by routes ranging from easy valley walks to exposed climbs.

Journeys

14 ways into Historic North.

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