Cliffs and Wolves of the Simien

Simien Mountains National Park holds 1,500 metre high sheer cliffs in Ethiopia.

The largest national park in Ethiopia sits in the Amhara Region.

Volcanic flood basalts formed the highlands roughly 30 million years ago.

Heavy erosion carved deep valleys into the old shield volcano remnant.

Giant lobelia grows across the afroalpine vegetation above 3,700 metres.

Walia ibex is a wild goat found nowhere else in the world.

Ethiopian wolves also roam the slopes within the park boundaries.

Gelada baboons live within Simien Mountains National Park.

The thick-billed raven is one of 400 bird species here.

UNESCO inscribed the park as a World Heritage Site in 1978.

Villages dot the unpaved road crossing east through the park.

Simien Mountains National Park was established in 1969.

Erosion carved 1,500 metre cliffs in the Simien Mountains.