Ethiopia Travel & Tour Information
Bahar
Dar: A
Lakeside
Town
Bahar
Dar for centuries has been a place of commercial importance. It
was and still is visited by papyrus canoes made by a lakeside
people called the Woyto, who ply these craft across the waters of
the lake. Open at the back end, the boats appear dangerously
fragile as they slide over the surface, but they continue to carry
passengers and goods to and from the many islands in the lake as
they have done for centuries. These reed boats were, and still
are, constructed at Bahar Dar and in the nearby Fogerra area.
Bahar
Dar, situated as it is on the southern extremity of Lake Tana,
provides access to both the lake and its many islands, and to the
Blue Nile
Falls
. The visitor to Bahar Dar will no doubt see this papyrus canoes
on the lakeshore and may at times catch glimpses of their
construction. Still standing is the building erected by the Jesuit
Pero Paes, which can be seen in the compound of
Saint George’s
church.
Bahar
Dar, though bustling and pretty, is often looked at as just a base
from which to visit the area’s two main attractions: the
Blue Nile
Falls
and
Lake Tana
.
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Rena,
Oded, Uri & Ariella from Israel
I
will never forget Lalibela and the people we met there ...the sweet
children that adopted us and followed us all around.
We arrived in Lalibela on a Saturday and saw the long March to the
Market and it was so beautiful and also sad because we understood
how far the people had to work and carry. learn
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