The Park's Activities and the Capital
Elevated Protectorate
All over the Park, towards the very high plateau, often attract a glimpse of the Capital below the mountain. This is inevitable and should not be considered a disadvantage. Instead, the contact and the overlapping of the city and countryside is essential to point out. The Capital cannot isolate itself from Nature and the rural areas but depends heavily on them. The Capital does not look repellent at all but fascinating from the mountain. Experience of the Ethiopian Nature and Science Beauty A National Park near Addis Ababa is a serene attraction for many people every season. School children will be actively using the Park for environmental education purposes (or to find a peaceful spot to do the homework.
Entoto Kidane Mehret Church and Sanctuary
Entoto Kidane Mehret is a very dedicated and appealing mountain town but should more precisely be described as a profoundly religious Sanctuary and Protectorate of Nature and its Inhabitants.
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A Sanctuary of Grand Well-being and Refreshing Well-aroma.
The courtyard of this sanctuary (32) Entoto Hamer Nohe Kidane Meheret Church is very open and extensive but invitingly cosy and soothing. The reasons for this surprisingly impressive feeling of well-being and harmony are certainly the well-tuned architecture, but also that this whole place is embraced by a natural and refreshing roof of high, fragrant and native Juniper trees. These native trees delicately delimit the interior courtyard in a private walled setting.
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Along the anticipated and continued pretty steep climb of the road is the experience of native forest (30) within arm's length of a charming but surprising experience. This native juniper forest is just very close, on the right side of the road, inviting in a revelation and guise to this wholly fenced but mighty Juniper forest (30) that spreads out vigorously from the steep ascent beginning and up to the road's clearance, completely beside Entoto Kidane Mehret (32).A Mountain-based Station for Bus and Taxi
Although Entoto Kidane Mehret is quite highly located and appears distant due to its height above the Capital, it's equipped with a station for regular bus and taxi traffic. This quaint town's structure creates here a harmonic embrace of the extensive and impressive Entoto Kidane Mehret Church (32), Monastery and Sacred Water Source (31), Juniperus procera Forest (indigenous) 30.
Although Entoto Kidane Mehret is quite highly located and appears distant due to its height above the Capital, it's equipped with a station for regular bus and taxi traffic. This quaint town's structure creates here a harmonic embrace of the extensive and impressive Entoto Kidane Mehret Church (32), Monastery and Sacred Water Source (31), Juniperus procera Forest (indigenous) 30.
Entoto Kidane Mehret Church and Community
Although Entoto Kidane Mehret (1) towers within the Capital's northern boundaries and its mountain massifs, it seems remarkably preserved and well above all stressful whims. This Church (32) and Monastery are astonishingly hidden, tucked into the mountain massif rising shoulder where perception arises very soon. Required here is careful because precipices and gullies take over immediately when you move away from a bit piece of this remarkable protective town.
The hidden path between the sanctuary and the gorge.
The trail runs attractively behind the Sanctuary of Entoto Kidane Mehret (32) in a concealed curve below its wall. The covered trail passes through a small part of the village before the path (5) opens along a deep ravine and finishes downhill towards a traditional bridge.
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Bees' Cliff 14 requires caution in the canyon but assisting by the wide map loop surrounding the gentle and fascinating points 36 and 41-42 Assistance Directions: [A] - (B) - (14) |
Mountain Maps & Alerts
The Assistance of Path Directions [A] - (B)
The superficial water-conducting metal pipe (37) - [A] assists the mountain hike where its apparent suitability begins on the slope above the valley [A]. This water-conducting metal pipe (37) makes the path easy to follow, where it reaches a pleasantly high level on the mountain's shoulder. At the same time, the route deviates in several exciting and beautiful choices.
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A Wilderness of Adventure & Ordeals
Note that the area is vast, and the family on an excursion should avoid the tiring adventure tours beyond the line of sight over the landscape of the mountain range. This caution observance in the family's daily route regards the family's well-being and pleasure due to the demanding terrain. Therefore, Do Not Combine the family today's new mountain adventure on the same day with tiring and exhausting fluttering trips between Entoto Kidane Mehret (1) and Entoto Park (Z), including Entoto Maryam 43. This caution is crucial because the impressions from each place are just at the upper limits of what a person can muster.
Those who want a lot of pleasures without demanding efforts of any mountain hike offer the opportunity instead of choosing the public transport (taxi). By this regular taxi, the route offers easy transportation along the mountain's side that reaches Entoto Park (Z) and further to the vast high plateau that extends around Entoto Maryam and its society (43).
Adventure and Activities of Seductively
Cosy Mountain Palaces
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Entoto Park Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Gate of Paradise Entoto Park (Z) provided highly inspiring views of altitude and cultural refinement with an attraction of a magnitude to a world centre for cultural activities, amusements and entertainment. |
Entoto Park Main Entrance
The newly inaugurated Entoto Park (Z).
Dramatically elevated buildings constitute the new Entoto Park (Z) and form the amazing mountain-dwelling for the whole family's interest in comfort and high-spirited culture. The dramatic and historical Entoto mountain massif now includes the newly inaugurated Entoto Park (Z), inviting the entire family to enjoy pleasant leisure with gardens or explore many highly inspiring activities.
Attractions of a Magnitude to a World Centre.
Here, the landscape's high drama constitutes the adventure's core to be incredibly close with breathtaking miles of mountain ranges and dagger-deep ravines. The Capital is immediate here but still surprisingly remote through the site's elevated rocky ledge. This contrast with the Capital and its high mountain park is unique with its culture and activities.
Entoto Park (Z) - The Main Entrance
Captures the whole Family's Real Interest in Charming Adventures.
Entoto Park (Z) opens the gates to the captivating way for the whole family to care and, in curiosity, explore the inviting gems of Entoto's mountain massif's original Nature. The phenomenon within the foundation of the world's ground pillars is unusually precious and near here. This invitation to humankind's real heart fulfils the essential purpose of creating an eager will to learn about health and its origin. The Park's closeness to natural science delivers a captivating understanding for the family about creating natural and healthy water and other vital biological processes with their scientific background. However, this Nature's scientific context is crucial to intellectual processes that form the basis for civilizations.
Wilderness Hiking & Adventures
Water: Drinking water must be available all year round, and caution should prevail since most brooks dry out sometime during the year. There are, however, a few springs within the Park area, providing water for all seasons.
Rain Season: There are two rainy seasons per year, the little rains from March to May and the big rains from July to September. The highest rainfall intensity occurs in July and August (Demissew, 1988).
Activities and Recreation
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Activities and Recreation |
**[CAUTION]
- Note that the mountain range is vast, and the family on an excursion should avoid the tiring adventures tours beyond the line of sight over the landscape of the mountain range. This caution observance in the family's daily route regards the family's well-being and pleasure due to the demanding terrain. This caution is crucial because the impressions from each place are just at the upper limits of what a person can muster.
- Therefore: Do Not Combine the family today's new mountain adventure on the same day with tiring and exhausting fluttering trips between Entoto Kidane Mehret (1) and Entoto Park (Z), including Entoto Maryam 43.
Adventure History
"Entoto's climate during the rainy season was far from pleasant, for it suffered from many storms. A French traveller, Jules Borelli, states that it was a place of much lightning, thunder and fog, while his compatriot, Charles Michel, remarked that, ''exposed to the wind, difficult of access, and without drinking water'' (Ibid, p.103).
Photographs
These photos of water-filled streams and cascading waterfalls are shot just above Bees' Cliff (14) at Entoto's southern highland plateau - from early October to the beginning of November. When these active water sports photographs passed, it was about one to two months since the long rain season ended.
The high plateau of Entoto Natural Park
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The high plateau of Entoto Natural Park |
A graceful invitation to the waiting adventures.
Attractively amongst the purging water and the seductive river banks, cliffs start below Entoto Kidane Mehret (32), the attractive options for the continued hiking adventure towards the high plateau. With curved rocks in harmonious wave formations where the children play, and the laundry dries on the inviting soft and clean, polished rock bed, this place is an appealing beauty, already at the first steps on the bridge below Entoto Kidane Mehret.Picnic and Play for the Young Family
An excellent and cosy invitation to gain an initial practical view of underground reservoirs, water technologies and a comfortable little walk is obtained within the valley [A] - 19 just to the right of the bridge (22) at Entoto Kidane Mehret (1). This place also offers an ideal little excursion for the young family on picnics where an open grass pitch offering all kinds of games can be enjoyed, which is breathtaking right beneath the start of the mountain. The Italian construction (19) at the site is nevertheless hidden here underground but at the same time alluring for exploration. However, a more thrilling adventure is often required and is offered by a cosy mountainous picnic for the amused hike family: The Italian Mountain Fortress (38) - (B)
The Cautious Choice for Families (19)
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Refreshing Spring-water Pleasure.
Reach the Italian-built spring water facility (19) is within these requirements and, therefore, an excellent choice for most activities and nature interests. Entoto Kidane Mehret's inhabitants are bringing their household water from this source. Thus, the company is apparent by playing with children and people fetching quantities of water to their homes.
Picnic care for the family (19)
The most beautiful and versatile Nature and fascinating places, which are also reachable within charming simplicity, are often the primary for family picnics but can often be challenging to accomplish within the convenience of the whole family's interest. Due to weather conditions, duties and family members' interest in comfort and alluring entertainment, this will require some unique and beautiful characters for the picnic.While this site (19) offers this required, convenient and exciting beauty and the tempests usually follow a bound rhythm, its experience in beautiful, cosy daily hours can be both appealing and irresistible. The most necessary for the Park's experience, picnics, and candy shop (2) is across the bus stop from the community (1). This comfort provides a conscious behaviour to return the short distance to Entoto Kidane Mehret (1) in time before the next thunderstorm.
ππ. πππ₯π₯ππ² ππ¨πππ¨π¦ near Entoto Kidane Mehret Church, beautiful scenery with a brook passing by. This brook (35) characterizes the views of the dramatic landscape and cliff formations of the uphill trails. This brook is dominated by its canyon (35) - (B) and, therefore, an excellent assistant for orientation for the hiking paths. The captivating courses at the canyon begin above the map loop (B) and up to the high plateau at Bees' Cliff (14).
The valley [A] below Entoto Kidane Mehret (1) is easily reached by a bridge (22) - [A] just some steps downhill along the path (5) of the sanctuary (32). This valley [A] invites to pleasant promenade but also gentle family picnics and games for the children and youth. This place is the location of the Italian reservoir (19). On the map, the point of this concealed reservoir (19) is located just in the right part of [A] and easily reached by a gentle, undulated, and charmingly curved path. The bridge crossing here (22) - [A] is also the natural path for those who want a more dramatic hike towards the high plateau by the first passing point (37).
Entoto Kidane Mehret's Valley [A]
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Detailed Description: Maps and Hiking Trails Bees' Cliff 14 requires caution in the canyon but assisting by the wide map loop surrounding the gentle and fascinating points 36 and 41-42 |
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Here are the full experiences of the ravine above this river in its fascinating formations and complete contact. With this dramatically graceful and sculptural valley just below Entoto Kidane Mehret (1), this place constitutes a crossroad for many very completely enchanting choices. Within this open river-dell of paths, ways and bridge crossing, this enticingly cosy and inspiring valley attracts for waiting in pleasure, to not risk losing its beauty but spiritually sense to remain in harmony and fully engulf its full beauty the sculptural shape.
Here are the full experiences of the ravine above this river in its fascinating formations and complete contact. With this dramatically graceful and sculptural valley just below Entoto Kidane Mehret (1), this place constitutes a crossroad for many very completely enchanting choices. Within this open river-dell of paths, ways and bridge crossing, this enticingly cosy and inspiring valley attracts for waiting in pleasure, to not risk losing its beauty but spiritually sense to remain in harmony and fully engulf its full beauty the sculptural shape.
A. The Character of Entoto Kidane Mehret's valley
The square (A) on the map above serves as a directed and facilitating figure to more easily find points (5), (22), and (37) which are located and form the valley at Entoto Kidane Mehret (32). This area (A) begins most of the following hiking trails described.
B. The Invitation to the crossroad of wilderness
The still gently upward hike shown within the circle (B) includes the points (35), (38), and (39) and constitutes both a crossroads of somewhat wild paths and a beautiful rise on a ledge of some metres threshold. This crossroads is located just to the right of point (38), but regardless of the hiking paths within the loop point (B), all of these will soon contact the continued walk towards the higher positions.
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Accommodation and Food Services |
The nearest location to the guest house, hotel, restaurants and amenities for tourism and dining is the Shero Meda (Shiromeda) community. However, this central community and central station are pretty extensive. Its possibilities for accommodation include an extent both clearly south, east and north of the indication on this map and satellite image.
Guest Houses, Hotels and Restaurants.
Continuing up to the mountain massif and Entoto Natural Park, this offers an exclusive selection of accommodations. As the area progresses, it is an excellent opportunity for restaurants, cafes, and hotels some miles north of Shero Meda's (Shiromeda) centre.
Pleasant and Inviting Hiking Trails
The southern hillside of Entoto's rising shoulder is here apparent, and from this site (22), with the gully and its valley just beneath Entoto Kidane Mehret (32), the mountain dominating very close. This ancient highland mountain, with its remote high plateau of authentic old serenity, is intriguing with its unique formations. Often veiled in mysterious beauty, the historical mountain towers with complete contact on the opposite side of Entoto Kidane Mehret. Thus, this mountain's mighty hillside initiates the first steps of Entoto's threshold that rises majestically over the southern slope. The towering landscape appears to visitors in profound veneration of reverence as it towers above a relatively high altitude. Caution is an essential foundation for preparation because the mountain's rise is quite demanding for visitors with otherwise healthy activities from the lowland experience.Towards the Fresh Well-Fragrance of Highland
Despite this somewhat harsh highland air, the hiking is captivating and comfortable but requires regular rest and is essential to drink regularly from the brought-with and full water bottle. However, underneath in the valley and just after the handcrafted bridge rises the mountain's slope towards Entoto's high plateau continuously upwards towards secret places of pure serenity, often with views of breathtakingly beautiful heights. Well fragrant and aesthetically unforgettable are these paths from Entoto Kidane Mehret's valley bottom (gully 22) and the river (35), where they rise towards breathtakingly sublime heights of aesthetically unforgettable dream paths.The Rising Shoulder of Entoto's Massif
Here the trails follow a clear direction up to Entoto's high plateau and, furthermore, including all of these exciting and surprisingly attractive paths along the eastern slope of the river bank; they are straightforward to follow in the landscape. This visible clarity in the appearance and selection of trails is apparent here, thanks to the attractive overview of the sculptural introduction to this very family-friendly gorge.A Guiding Canyon Deliver Path Assistance
The open and pleasant contact with the lush hillside of these riverbanks towards the river (35) and its mysterious twilight cleft are apparent here. An excellent place for the well-equipped family to appreciate unforgettably thrilling adventures and the most pleasant magical mountain views where cosy picnics places offer an utterly captivating nature. Although the canyon is mysteriously attractive, its accessibility is restricted to a few enchantingly inviting dells (see 38 within circle B and 36 within loop 14).35. Season Limited Creek Hiking
This dry creek bed hiking can be an exhilarating experience. It offers adventure experiences unique to those who may have the courage to surprise a pleasant strenuous Hyena. The shadows fall mysterious in pesky creatures from the past and concealed cliff space just waiting for the action in a somewhat overwhelming flow of impressions. Observing the hiking directly in the dry brook bed is only possible if it has elapsed some months since the last rainy season.The close encounter with the wild Hyena
By echoing the past, hiking here becomes an exciting and mysterious experience that appears to trigger forgotten abilities that have been genetically dormant sleeping since ancient times. Especially startling here is, therefore, the location of this place, the tributary (36), which invites a careful study of Hyenas that much appreciate the site's freshness and natural wealth.![]() |
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Harmonic Currents Along the River
Since all streams around Entoto run up within a short distance to the highest part of the plateau, there is no risk of being surprised by far and accumulated sudden river flow from an unknown range. There is no known weakness in the deep rock pools that could constitute a magazine water mass just waiting to break through a weak point in the cliff bottom.**[CAUTION] During Rainy Seasons
However, be careful and expect the worst scenarios because the animals are wild. Also, the most reliable rock will break if lousy luck and a rare and significant earthquake coincide.14. **Enchanting Lush Attractions Above the Abyss
Bees' Cliff constitutes a hidden, unknown void, which can become a real danger and does not allow direct, easy proximity from either the east or the west side of the gorge's slopes. These precipitous cliff sides are so seriously too steep that all visual contacts toward the bottom of the abyss are impossible. In all their Nature, a multi-dimensional, graceful beauty is nevertheless a false invitation of safety delivered. Through this deceiving natural trickery, the eastern canyon's slope gives an impression of invitingly lush beauty but a treacherous one with a fertile green breathtaking threshold, hiding a shocking void.Safety Preparations & Unique Adventures
Qualifications and care are necessary as the hiking trails are either unusually varied or dramatic in their diversity propagation up to Entoto's high plateau. No concealed walk in the dry creek bed should be done without company, depending on the possible risk of injury, fatigue, or heart fragility. Still, at least one more person requires in this type of concealed seasonal hiking. At least two litres of water per person in unbreakable bottles is a minimum for these Highlands adventures to Bees' Cliff.Bees' Cliff 14 requires caution in the canyon but assisting by the wide map loop surrounding the gentle and fascinating points 36 and 41-42 Entoto Park (Z) (Inquiries) |
The New Facilities of Entoto Park (Z)
Entoto Park (Z) facilities are located just below the Entoto Maryam (43). These newly built facilities should inform the regulations for special open hours of this very modern and extended centre for Entertainment, Culture, Art, Sport Activities and Breathtaking Highlands views of Nature and mountains. However, the freshly made Entoto Park is in its first phase of organizational development, and it is challenging to give personal service time. Despite this, there are probably conditions for direct contact with restaurants at this newly inaugurated Entoto Park (Z).
[ Free ] - [ Entrance Fee ]
The entrance is free but if you're coming in your own car the parking outside: 15-20 birr per hour. However, although the Park's Nature is free to visit the entertainment, amusement activities are usually not accessible. Furthermore, do not forget your id card or passport.Entoto Natural Park (Nursery)
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