Sof Omar Caves, Ethiopia, Ethiopia

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120km east from Goba is one of the most spectacular and extensive cave system in the world. Created by the Web River in the limestone rock, the caves are an extraordinary natural phenomenon and a place of breathtaking beauty. Great caverns have been carved out of the rock creating soaring underground chambers. The caves, now an important Islamic shrine, can be visited with local guides.

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