Sof Omar, named after the nearby village, is a famous and long known cave. It is also the longest cave of Ethiopia with a length of more than 15km.

This cave system is part of the underground Web river, which sinks at Ayiew maco at an altitude of 1,345m a.s.l.. The river resurges 1,200m away, at Holuca at an altitude of 1,330m a.s.l.

The sof omar cave is entered from the resurgence side, but it has 42 entrances. Great caverns have been carved out of the rock creating soaring underground chambers.

A medieval sheikh, Sof Omar, local legend holds that he was praying nearby when Allah opened the cave mouth for him. He used the chambers as a mosque all his life, and they remain sacred to Muslims as a place of pilgrimage and worship.

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