Sehenswürdigkeiten in Ethiopia

Manda Hararo

Manda Hararo is a group of basaltic shield volcanoes in east Africa whose last eruption was in 2009. The group is very large, spreading over 105 square kilometres (41 sq mi). At its northern end is a small example.

Dama Ali Crater

Mount Dama Ali is a 25 km (16 mi) wide shield volcano in Ethiopia, on the shore of Lake Abbe.

Kundudo

Kundudo or Kondudo Ego (rarely spelt as Qundudo) is a flat top mountain (or amba) in the Fafan zone of the Somali region of Ethiopia.

Tosa Sucha

Nechisar National Park

Nechisar National Park (or Nech Sar National Park) is a national park in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia.

Zengena Lake

Zengena Lake (Amharic: ዘንገና ሐይቅ) is a crater lake located at 10°54′50″N 36°58′00″E in the Awi Zone of the Amhara Region in Ethiopia. It is situated between the towns of Injibara and Kessa, only 200 m from the Addis Ababa-Bahir Dar highway at an elevation of 2500 m.

Hirna Silase Bete Kristiyan

Hirna (Oromo: Hirna) a town Located in the West Hararghe Zone Of Oromia, Ethiopia it has a latitude and longitude of 9°13′N 41°06′E and an altitude of 1763 meters above sea level.

Adwa

Adwa (also known as Caaduba, Amoissa, or Dabita) (1733 m/5686 ft.) is a stratovolcano in Ethiopia, located in the western Somali Region region and has a 4 by 5 km caldera.

Ayalu

Mount Ayalu (also spelled Ayle) is an isolated, rhyolitic stratovolcano in eastern Ethiopia. Located in Sitti Zone of the Somali Region, near the South of the Afdem, this mountain has a latitude and longitude of 10°5′N 40°42′E and an altitude of 2145 meters.The Issa people have a tradition tha…

Wonchi

Wancii crater lake, which is sometimes incorrectly spelt as Wonchi or Wenchi, is a volcano located 98 km (61 mi) west of Addis Ababa, Oromia, Ethiopia.

Mount Dendi

Mount Dendi is a volcano located near the city of Addis Abeba, in Ethiopia. It has an 8 km (5.0 mi) wide caldera, and its highest point is Mount Bodi at 3,260 m (10,700 ft). It fully contains Lake Dendi.

Debre Libanos Monastery

Debre Libanos (Oromo: Dabra libanose; Amharic: ደብረ ሊባኖስ) is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo monastery in Ethiopia, lying northwest of Addis Ababa in the North Shewa Zone of the Oromia.

Yelet Giorgis Church, Bulga

Yelet Giorgis Church is an Ethiopian Orthodox church in Yelet, Bulga, Ethiopia.The church is dedicated to Saint George, and has over 2,500 parishioners. The church body has been in existence since the 17th century.

Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Abeba

The Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Abeba, officially the Metropolitan sui iuris Archeparchy of Addis Abeba (Latin: Metropolitana sui iuris archieparchia Neanthopolitana) is the metropolitan see of the Ethiopian Catholic Church, a sui iuris metropolitan Eastern Catholic Church.The cathedral…

Menelik II Palace

The Menelik Palace, also known as the Imperial Palace or Great Ghebbi, is a palatial compound in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Previously for years was known as the Gebbi, it was the seat of the power of Ethiopia's emperors.

Wehni

Wehni (Amharic: ወህኒ) is the name of one of the mountains of Ethiopia where most of the male heirs to the Emperor of Ethiopia were interned, usually for life.

Yemrehane Kristos

Yemrehana Krestos Church is an 11th / 12th-century Ethiopian Orthodox church located in Amhara Region, northern Ethiopia. Built of stone and wood, it was erected in the architectural tradition of the ancient Kingdom of Aksum.Located 12 miles northeast from Lalibela, the church was built in a large n…

Martyr's Memorial

Martyrs Memorial Monument is a monument built in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, in memory of those people who gave their life fighting against the Derg dictatorship.

Hadar, Ethiopia

Hadar (also spelled Qad daqar, Qadaqar; Afar "white [qidi] stream [daqar]") is a paleontological site in Mille district, Administrative Zone 1 of the Afar Region, Ethiopia, 15 km upstream (west) of the A1 road's bridge across the Awash River (Adayitu kebele).It is situated on the southern edge of th…

Yangudi Rassa National Park

Yangudi Rassa National Park is a national park in Ethiopia located in Afar Region, Its 4730 square kilometers of territory include Mount Yangudi near the southern border and the surrounding Rassa Plains, with altitudes from 400 to 1459 meters above sea level.

Blue Nile Falls

The Blue Nile Falls is a waterfall on the Blue Nile river in Ethiopia. It is known as Tis Abay in Amharic, meaning "great smoke". It is situated on the upper course of the river, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) downstream from the town of Bahir Dar and Lake Tana.

Addis Abeba train station

Legehare train station (French: La Gare) was the main railway station in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the terminal station of the metre-gauge Ethio-Djibouti Railway that connected Ethiopia's capital to the Port of Djibouti.

Monument to the Lion of Judah

The monument to the Lion of Judah is a statue of the Lion of Judah, symbol of Ethiopian Emperors and Ethiopia is located in Addis Ababa.

Abuna Josef

Abuna Yosef (Amharic: አቡነ ዮሴፍ) is a prominent mountain in the Lasta massif of the Ethiopian Highlands. At 4,260 metres (13,976 ft) it is the 6th tallest mountain in Ethiopia and the 19th highest of Africa.

Ma Alalta

Ma Alalta is a stratovolcano in the Afar Region of Ethiopia, located well to the west of the Danakil Depression at the foot of the regional Ethiopian scarp.

Zoma Museum

The Zoma Museum, formerly known as the Zoma Contemporary Art Center (ZCAC), is an environmentally conscious artist in residency project with locations in Addis Ababa and Harla, a historical village near Dire Dawa in Ethiopia.

Guenete Leul Palace

The Guenete Leul Palace ("Paradise of Princes") is a palace in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was built by Emperor Haile Selassie in 1930.

Ethnological Museum

The Ethnological Museum, Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia, is a public institution dedicated to ethnology and culture. The Ethnological Museum houses anthropological, musicological and cultural objects. The Ethnological Museum is the first university museum in Ethiopia.

Addis Ababa Zoo

Addis Ababa Zoo is a zoological park in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.The zoo was founded in 1948 by Emperor Haile Selassie I.The Addis Ababa Zoo keeps apes, lesser kudus, ducks, eagles and tortoises.Several lions kept in the zoo were found to be genetically similar to wild Central African lions from Camero…

National Museum

The National Museum of Ethiopia (NME), also referred to as the Ethiopian National Museum, is a national museum in Ethiopia. It is located in the capital, Addis Ababa, near the Addis Ababa University's graduate school.The museum houses Ethiopia's artistic treasures.

Fasil Ghebbi

The Fasil Ghebbi (Amharic: ፋሲል ግቢ) is a fortress located in Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It was founded in the 17th century by Emperor Fasilides and was the home of Ethiopian emperors.

Lake Abbe

Lake Abbe, also known as Lake Abhe Bad, is a salt lake, lying on the Ethiopia-Djibouti border. It is one of a chain of six connected lakes, which also includes (from north to south) lakes Gargori, Laitali, Gummare, Bario and Afambo. The river Awash flows into the no-drain lake.

Harar Jugol

Harar (Amharic: ሐረር, Harari: ሀረር; ጌይ Gēy "the City", Oromo: Adare Biyyo, Somali: Herer, Arabic: هرر‎) is a walled city in eastern Ethiopia. It is known in Arabic as the City of Saints (Arabic: مدينة الأَوْلِيَاء‎).

Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela

The Rock-hewn Churches of Lalibela are monolithic churches located in the Western Ethiopian Highlands near the town of Lalibela, named after the late-12th and early-13th century King Gebre Mesqel Lalibela of the Zagwe Dynasty, who commissioned the massive building project of 11 rock-hewn churches to…

Bale Mountains National Park

Bale Mountains National Park (BMNP) is a national park in Ethiopia. The park encompasses an area of approximately 2,150 square kilometres (530,000 acres) in the Bale Mountains and Sanetti Plateau of the Ethiopian Highlands.The park's Afromontane habitats have one of the highest incidences of animal…

Sheikh Hussein

Sheikh Hussein is a town in south-eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Bale Zone of the Oromia Region, it has a longitude and latitude of 7°45′N 40°42′E with an elevation of 1386 meters above sea level.

Tiya Megalithic Steles

Tiya is an archaeological site in central Ethiopia. It is located in the Soddo woreda, in the Gurage Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region south of Addis Ababa.

Melka Kunture

Melka Kunture (መልካ ቁንጥሬ) is a Paleolithic site in the upper Awash Valley, Ethiopia. It is located 50 kilometers south of Addis Ababa by road, across the Awash River from the village of Melka Awash.

Bet Medhane Alem

Biete Medhane Alem is an Orthodox underground monolith rock-cut church located in Lalibela, Ethiopia. It was built during the Zagwe dynasty. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Lalibela. Biete Medhane Alem (House of the Saviour of the World) is home to the Lalibela Cross.