Nile Photo Gallery Nilo Azul

As it plunges more than 2,000 meters in its 800 kilometer course from Ethiopia to the plains of the Sudan it is the Blue Nile which embodies the drama and mystery of the great river of history - beginning its journey with a thundering cascade of 50 meters over the 400 meters wide Tissisat Falls, 30 kilometers downstream from the point where it leaves Lake Tana.

As it plunges more than 2,000 meters in its 800 kilometer course from Ethiopia to the plains of the Sudan it is the Blue Nile which embodies the drama and mystery of the great river of history - beginning its journey with a thundering cascade of 50 meters over the 400 meters wide Tissisat Falls, 30 kilometers downstream from the point where it leaves Lake Tana