Tis Issat - Tis Issat

Tis Issat, also Tisissat, Tis Isat among others, amharic: ጥስ እሳት, "Water that smokes", denotes the waterfalls of the Blue Nile, amharic: ጥቁር ዓባይ, Tiqur Abbay, "Black Abbay", north-northeast of the village of Tis Issat / Tis Abbay in the province of Amhara in Northern Ethiopia. Before the regulation of the Blue Nile, which is used to generate electricity from hydropower, this was the second largest waterfall in Africa. The largest water masses fall here in the months of August to November after the rainy season.

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getting there

The journey takes place via the village 11.485537.57821 Tis Abbay, also Tis Issat called, which is 27 kilometers southeast of Bahir Dar is located and can be reached via a slope. In Tis Abbay you go to the Tis Abay Tourist Information Center, which is located west of the hydropower plant.

The Tourist Information Center is open daily from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Here you pay the entrance fee, that is 100 Birr per person and a further 100 Birr for a guide per group. A further 10 birr per person are allotted to a possible boat trip.

Hike to the waterfalls of the Blue Nile

You should plan two and a half to three hours for the hike. One route is about two and a half kilometers long, although the effort for the hike is rather low.

• Start at the Tis Abay Tourist Information Center "Blue Nile Falls" in the northeast of Tis Abbay.
• The hike takes place in an easterly direction, past a settlement at 11.48520837.595333Settlement east of Tis Abbay2 11 ° 29 ′ 7 ″ N.37 ° 35 '43 "E and reached the old one 11.48740637.5943243 portuguese bridge(11 ° 29 ′ 15 ″ N.37 ° 35 ′ 39 ″ E) from 1626.
• On the north side of the bridge you go around a small rural settlement 11.48790537.593064Settlement east of Tis Abbay4 11 ° 29 ′ 16 ″ N.37 ° 35 ′ 35 ″ E counterclockwise and follows the Blue Nile (Abbay) about 100 meters away.
• At 11.49064637.588729Waterfalls viewpoint5 11 ° 29 '26 "N.37 ° 35 ′ 19 ″ E reaches a viewpoint at the confluence of the Alata in the Blue Nile (Abbay) with a view of the waterfalls of the Blue Nile.
• You now follow the Alata and after about 200 meters in a north-easterly direction you will reach the one built in 2011 11.49214237.5896926 Suspension bridgewho crossed the Alata. You continue to walk in a south-westerly direction.
• If you want, you can follow the Alata for another 500 meters and join the river at a flat, knee-high point 11.4962337.59087Crossing Alata7 11 ° 29 ′ 46 ″ N.37 ° 35 ′ 27 ″ E cross. You now follow the Alata on the other bank in a south-south-west direction.
• At 11.49088337.588464Lookout point in front of the waterfalls8 11 ° 29 ′ 27 ″ N.37 ° 35 ′ 19 ″ E you reach the viewpoint immediately east of the 45 meter high waterfalls.

There are two options for the way back. On the one hand, you could also use the way there to return. On the other hand, one could follow the Blue Nile in a westerly direction.

• The water basin east of the waterfalls is circled counterclockwise and follows the course of the Blue Nile.
• At 11.49069137.584929Dam in the Blue Nile9 11 ° 29 ′ 27 ″ N.37 ° 35 ′ 6 ″ E you pass a dam in the Blue Nile. After another 500 meters you will reach one 11.49079137.5807741 Boat dock(11 ° 29 ′ 27 ″ N.37 ° 34 '51 "E.). The other bank can be reached at 11.48971937.580232Boat dock2 11 ° 29 '23 "N.37 ° 34 '49 "E. From here you can get to the village of Tis Abbay.

Tourist Attractions

• Portuguese bridge. Ethiopia's oldest stone bridge that crosses the Blue Nile. Erected in 1626 at the time of Emperor Susenyus.
• Suspension bridge.
• 11.49085737.58780110 Waterfalls of the Blue Nile

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