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 ...

The Simien Mountains are on Unesco’s danger list. We checked out a new tourist venture that claims to be trying to save the area. Sue Watt. Monday 09 January 2017 17:43 GMT. Comments.

By the time you read this I should be in the Simien Mountains of northern Ethiopia. I have been asked to go back there to tell the nation's current generation what the forests and wildlife were ...

Due to a diet that consists primarily of grass the Geladas need large foraging grounds, with the heights of the Simien Mountains, which are more than 4,200 meters high, providing the perfect location.

Limalimo Lodge, Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia (00 251 93 168 8062; limalimolodge.com). Doubles from US$300 (£224) per night, full board.

Next year, pioneering travel outfitter MT Sobek offers a new 10-day trip that includes a lodge-to-lodge trek in the Simien Mountains (mtsobek.com). Milwaukee .

On Saturday, Jan. 18, I set foot in Addis Ababa for the first time since I left Ethiopia in late October 1969. I was with Kentaro Fukuchi, a staff member of our Afan Woodland Trust in Nagano ...

From the dramatic peaks of Simien Mountains National Park to the sprawling salt plains of the Danakil Depression, natural wonders alone could fill a month of adventure. But there is also plenty ...

Israel has sent a team of firefighters to Ethiopia to battle the forest fires raging in the Simien Mountains, the Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday morning. The snow-capped mountains are one of ...