Bahar Dar, the next stop, 563 Kilometers from Addis Ababa, has daily Ethiopian Airlines flights, a number of good hotels, and is located on the southern shores of lake tana this is the source of the Blue Nile, with its most spectacular feature the Tis Isat waterfalls. Many of the lake tana island have historic churches, such as the island of Dega. On the island of Dega Estefanos you will find the monastery of Dek Stefanos which has a priceless collection of icons and manuscripts and houses the mummified remains of a number of Ethiopia emperors.