Trekking the Simien Mountains: Inside Ethiopia’s dying World Heritage Site. The Simien Mountains are on Unesco’s danger list. We checked out a new tourist venture that claims to be trying to ...

The Semien Mountains in northern Ethiopia were for centuries home to Jews known as the Beta Israel. The community included a class of ascetic high priests, known as meloksewoch, who oversaw ...

The Fincha Habera rock shelter, in the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia, about 11,000 feet above sea level. Humans lived here as long as 50,000 years ago.

The mountains are home to 5 small mammal species and 16 bird species endemic to Eritrea and/or Ethiopia as well as an important population of the rare lammergeyer, a spectacular vulture species. The ...

There are approximately only 500 Ethiopian wolves remaining and they are scattered in isolated populations across Ethiopia’s Bale and Simien mountains.

Romanian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Julia Pataki, a passionate mountain enthusiast, expressed her awe at the park’s stunning landscapes. Reflecting on her first visit to the Bale Mountains, she shared: ...