Ethiopia: Dendi Lake, Mount – the Most Captivating Area


The lake is about 5km long, 2 km wide narrowing down to only about 220m at the center where the two craters form an opening to merge which otherwise could have been two separate lakes. The surface area of Lake Dendi is about 8km².

The lake, which has a shape similar to the figure eight, has extraordinary land structures and contour around it. The vast surrounding landscape encompasses both stunning flat and green lands and it is filled by sky blue and highly sweet water naturally renewed by flow of rainwater from the surrounding mountains. The huge flat green area also increases the fresh splendor and beauty of the landscape that make Dendi Lake a unique spot for nature lovers.

This Crater Lake is one of Ethiopia’s undiscovered treasures and can only be described as absolutely breathtaking.

Mount Dendi is a volcano located near the city of Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia. It has an 8 km (5.0 mi) wide caldera, and its highest point is Mount Bodi at 3,260 m (10,700 ft). It fully contains Lake Dendi. It is the second highest volcano in Ethiopia, only 13.5 km (8.4 mi) from Wonchi, Ethiopia’s highest volcano.

Located on the border with Wonchi woreda, the notable landscape features include the Chilimo forest, a wooded area 2,400 hectares in size near Ginchi, which is a remnant of the dry Afromontane forest on the Ethiopian Central Plateau.