July 19, 2021

SOF OMAR cave

After making a tour to Bale Mountains park, visiting the Sof Omar cave is a nearby optional destination which is found only 130km from Bale mountains national park, this cave formed by the flowing of Weyib River runs through the long mountain this repeated flow of the web river make the longest cave system in Ethiopia also in Africa the cave is 15 km long. There are more than 40 Entrances for this cave but only 4 are dominants the cave is named by the former Muslim sheikh Sof Omar Ahmed he reputedly taking refuge here in the late 11 and early 12 century, Ayiew Maco is a place where this river sinks the name Ayiew is the daughter of Sof Omar then the river appears at Holuca after 1 km this actions makes the cave more interesting you can watch the Amazing lime stone which makes attractive shape also formed a shaped of colons , You can see this cave by walk but you will cross the river Sven times so this take awhile but there are available small boats. As we are a best Ethiopian travel agency we incorporate the sof Omar cave tours with different Ethiopia travel packages specially as the bale Mounains national park is the nearby stunning destination after making a tour to Bale mountains national park visiting this cave is recommended just by a day trip from the park.this tour can combine with different ethiopia travel packages such as harar tour and omo valley tour.