ENLARGE SHOW BOAT | Many of the monasteries in Lake Tana welcome visitors and are accessible only by boat. But I never expected anything like Lake Tana. And since custodians of sacred religious sites tend to be gentle on their natural surroundings too, last year Unesco declared Lake Tana a biosphere reserve. The wood-paneled dining room, overlooking Lake Tana, serves excellent food, including steamed local fish in a Balinese curry and chicken breast with a pungent rosemary sauce. My guide, Dawit Teferi, specializes in both northern Ethiopia and the Omo Valley in the south of the country (understandingethiopiatravel.com/index.html).

Source: Wall Street Journal September 08, 2016 20:26 UTC