Bahir Dar

Bahir Dar
Bahir Dar
Bahir Dar is the gateway to the Blue Nile Falls and the Zeghe Peninsula. Lake Tana is dotted with 37 islands. Churches and monasteries have been built of many of these islands. Bahir Dar is a beautiful city with tree-lined avenues and set on the shores of the deep blue Lake Tana. Measuring 68 km by 73 km, Tana is Ethiopia's largest lake and famous for the churches and monasteries on 20 of the lake's 37 islands. Bahir Dar city lies on the southern tip of Lake Tana. The city enjoys tropical type of climate with an average temperature of 17.50c. Today the city is developing fast into a place of considerable social, political and economic activities, with a population of about 130,000 people. It is also becoming a top commercial center of the Amhara National Regional State, with cotton and oil factories, polytechnic, pedagogical colleges & University. There are also a growing number of Banks, Insurance companies, modern shops, Government offices, Business organizations, Tour and Travel Agents, Hotels, Pensions and Restaurants.
 
Bahir Dar - Papyrus and Tana hotel

 
Bahir Dar University-Poly-08

 
Festival at Lake Tana - Bahirdar, Ethiopia

Boating over Lake Tana to Ura Kidane Monastery, we were fortunate to see a once-a-year celebration. A mixture of African and devout Orthodox Ethiopian Christianity, it was spine-tingling. Ura Kidane is the Zege Peninsula's most famous monastery and has beautifully painted depictions of Jesus, Mary and every other saint. Primitive, bold and thoroughly engrossing..

From: http://www.TravelsWithSheila.com
 
Shadi & Linda visit the source of the Nile River

 
A song about Bahir Dar