7-Hour Debre Libanos Monastery Day Trip
Highlights
Debre Libanos, Addis Ababa
religious, historical, sightseeing
Private Tour
7 Hours
Easy
English, French
Description
Embark on a 7-hour expedition to Debre Libanos Monastery. Depart Addis Ababa and head to Debre Libanos on a day trip. Visit the church and its museum, and see the cave of Tekla Haimanot, the monastery founder. Explore the Debre Libanos Monastery, a major Ethiopian Orthodox monastery and Visit the church museum to see ecclesiastical items and Italian guns. See the cave of Tekla Haimanot, the monastery's founder, and the source of the holy water and Learn about the history of the monastery and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
Itinerary
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Debre Libanos Monastery Day Trip
- Depart Addis Ababa and head to Debre Libanos on a day trip. Visit the church and its museum, and see the cave of Tekla Haimanot, the monastery founder.
- Depart Addis Ababa at 07:30 AM. At slightly over 100 km from Addis Ababa, Debre Libanos is one of the best day trips from the Ethiopian capital.
- The church is monumental and pretty awful on the outside, but the stained-glass windows are attractive. Debre Libanos has one of the most interesting church museums in Ethiopia.
- Besides the usual ecclesiastical items, there are Italian guns, giant cooking pots, crowns of past emperors and their wives, musical instruments, and old wooden shackles.
- Fifteen minutes up the hills from the monastery is the cave of Tekla Haimanot, the monastery founder, where the saint is said to have done all his praying. It is also the source of Debre Libanos' famed holy water.
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Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price
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1 to 10 | /person |
Adult | |
1 to 10 | /person |
Adult | |
1 to 10 | /person |
This is a private tour |