Boat tour on lake Tana and Go Deep Into The Zege Peninsula

Boat tour on lake Tana and Go Deep Into The Zege Peninsula

Walk between various monasteries inside the forested Zeghe Peninsula that is full of birds and vervet monkeys. You will also enjoy a boat ride on the scenic Lake Tana, do a hike at Ararat Hill and visit the impressive monastery of Ura Kidane Mihiret

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After breakfast, the Ethiopian tour guide will pick you up at your hotel and then walk to the harbor. 
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Take a boat that will take you to the outlet of the Blue Nile, Lake Tana, for watching hippos and birds. Before or after you see fishermen with tankwa (a vessel boat that made out of Cyprus papyrus plant) and then ahead to Mehal Zeghe Giorgis monastery, the place where the boat will drop you and start your trekking on the peninsula.
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From Mehal Zeghe Giorgis, walk (1-1:30 hours) up to the hill called Ararat through evergreen forest and coffee plantation. While you walk through this route, you will have a chance to watch yellow fronted parrots, butterflies, monkeys, various forest birds and indigenous trees.
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Along the way, you will have lunch with coffee under a tree.
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Ararat Hill will be your final destination and after you reached the hilltop, trek downwards to Ura Kidane Mihiret Monastery.
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Later, walk down to the harbor and taste Arebica, the famous coffee on earth. 
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Head back to Bahir Dar.