Gondar

• These buildings include; Empress Mentewab’s castle, Dawit’s Hall, Iyasu’s hall, Fasilides castle, a banqueting hall, stables, a chancellery, three churches, and a library.
• These castles are collectively known as the Gondar Castles, also known as the Camelot of Ethiopia. Gondar is a town that breathes heavy with history.
• The town features a picturesque sight of ruins in FasilGhebbi (loosely translated as the Royal Enclosure).
• It is from these castles where emperors exalted their authority in the land.
• The Royal Enclosure is home to Gondar’s most popular buildings.

To get you started, we’ve snuck in a night in the royal city of Gondar, a place of impressive castles and churches that’s cloaked in mystery and intrigue. Then, it’s off to the Simien Mountains and as you snake through the impressive highlands you’ll catch your first glimpse of the endangered gelada baboons and giant bearded eagles. It’s a long drive, but the rewards at the end include sightings of the charismatic Ethiopian wolf, Menelik's bushbuck and giant mole rats. It’s exciting, dramatic and an experience you’ll never forget!.

Gondar can be easily reached by via air and road. You can also take domestic flight from Addis Abada to Gondat Airport. You can also take public transportation from major cities of Ethiopia, to Gondar.