Lake Assale, also known as Lake Karum, is located in the heart of the Danakil Desert, next to the Danakil Depression. It evaporates under the sun during the dry season and turns into a salt pit, to where camel caravans travel.

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Djibouti

Lac Assale

Situated in the heart of the Danakil desert at the border of Eritrea, this active volcano is famous for its spectacular lava lake.

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Erta’ale

This volcanic furnace located at 136.8 metres above sea level, on the border with Eritrea, is a multicoloured plateau with an unearthly appearance surrounded by salt mountains. You can also visit the salt caravans and salt mine.

Dalol

One of the most famous towns in Ethiopia, known for its incredible rock cut churches.

Lalibela

A large town of more than 100,000 inhabitants, Kombolcha is a stopover for a traditional night (or nearby Dessie), on the north road, going toLalibela or Mekele.
 


Kombolcha

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Kombolcha presents little interest for tourists, it is a large charmless textile industrial city where you stop purely for logistical reasons Many travellers prefer to fly directly to Lalibela or Mekele so as not to lose two days travelling, spending the the night in Kombolcha or Dessie, the other large city in the Amhara region with 250,000 inhabitants. 
The good news is that many new comfortable cheap hotels have opened here, making this quite a pleasant stopover. You are rewarded with the most beautiful road going north from the city.
Those who have time and go through Kombolcha can visit the monastery of Gishen, one of the most venerated in Ethiopia (you need one day for this excursion) and also the monastery of Debre Damo. It was founded in the 5th century by King Kaleb, according to local legend, and it shelters sacred relics which came to Ethiopia in the 14th century during the reign of King Dawit. Only men are allowed to visit Estifanos monastery, situated on the Gishen peninsula.

A large town of more than 100,000 inhabitants, Kombolcha is a stopover for a traditional night (or nearby Dessie), on the north road, going to<a href="/ethiopia/">Lalibela</a> or <a href="/ethiopia/">Mekele</a>.

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