Entoto Natural Park ( Light Mode)

    Entoto Kidane Mehret Church 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒 An Inner Courtyard of Grand Well-being and Cool Well-aroma Entoto Kidane Mehret's Sanctuary (32) and courtyard appear, thanks to their serene, natural mountainous location, very open and extensive yet invitingly cosy and soothing. The reasons for this surprisingly intense feeling of well-being and harmony are certainly the well-tuned architecture, which charmingly appears to be embedded by the courtyard's mighty arboretum of native and stately Juniper trees. Unreachable by the aeons of a forgotten time, these ancient trees' green foliage proudly rises from furrowed pillars to a mighty hall of cosy tranquillity. Thus, an ardour appears to stay extended for a while, well embraced by this refreshing roof of high, fragrant and native Juniper trees. These ancient trees delicately demarcate Entoto Kidane Mehret's interior courtyard in a private, walled settin...

Geographical Situation Addis Ababa is situated 9° north of the equator in central Ethiopia. On the mountain of Entoto, the Park area extends from the northern edge of the city, at an altitude of  2 600m and further north over the mountain crest at almost  3 100 m. There is a splendid outlook over the sprawling city and over five high solitary mountains from several spots, in the southwest to the southeast (Menagesha, Wachecha, Furi Zukuala and Yerer). Facing north from the top ridge, one looks out over vast plains, towards Sululta and some bare mountains. The mountain ridge on which the Park is located constitutes a big water divider. The northern slope drains into the Blue Nile, and the precipitation from the southern slope will End up in the Awash River. This has the curious result that two raindrops falling at the same time just a few centimetres apart will have entirely different destinies: one will, after a long journey, reach the Mediterranean Sea, wherea...