Sitting on the top of the world, the Simien mountains – Ethiopia’s highest peaks – are home to some of the country’s most remote communities and some of its rarest wildlife. Simien ...

There were plenty of “firsts” on this new trek in northern Ethiopia’s Simien Mountains. Aptly described by Homer as “chess pieces of the gods,” the Simiens are majestic: a vast cauldron ...

There was no road into the Simien, and everything except chickens ... I'd focus on the Moon and show it to the rangers or to local mountain men who often bivouacked overnight at our base camp ...

These playful Gelada Baboons wake up before daybreak and climb to the highest vantage point they can find to bask in the dawn sunshine of Ethiopia's Simien mountain range. The Geladas, which are ...

There are new and idealistic officials in charge. The 220-sq.-km Simien Mountains National Park is the most spectacular in Africa, and tourist numbers are steadily rising. However, despite it ...

Particularly notable: Simien Mountains National Park, medieval rock-hewn churches in Lalibela, and Lucy, one of the oldest hominid fossils. At the start of 2019, Bole International Airport ...

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