Gheralta Mountains
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Package Location : tigray
Features Gheralta Mountains The sandstone cliffs in Gheralta are one of Ethiopia's most iconic landscapes. There are plenty of hiking opportunities along these plateaus, and within the crevasses and caverns of the cliff face, ancient monasteries and temples wait t
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Only two hours away from the Tigrayan capital of Mekele, you quickly develop a sense of the scale as you drive out of the city and into the expansive Gheralta landscape. There's only one thing from here on: untouched, unending wilderness.
Construction began on the churches in the fifth century, by one man, a nomadic priest by the name of Father Yemata.