Blue Nile Falls
Good to know
- Best time to go
- September to November (post-rains, highest flow)
- Accessibility
- not-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
Known locally as Tis Issat — 'water that smokes' — the Blue Nile Falls plunge approximately 45 metres over a basalt cliff some 30 kilometres downstream of Lake Tana, historically described by early European explorers as one of Africa's most spectacular waterfalls. The volume varies dramatically between the dry and wet seasons, with peak flow after the Ethiopian rains producing a mist cloud visible at considerable distance. A walking trail from the village of Tis Abay crosses a 17th-century Portuguese bridge en route to the viewpoint.
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